China Speakers Bureau

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein takes on James Fallow of The Atlantic, who thinks 44 percent of the Americans have lost their marbles because they think China is a more important superpower than the US. Rein issues a wake-up call for James Fallows and argues in ForbesRead More →

Shanghai mall by Fantake via Flickr The world is still at best marginally recovering from a global crisis, while China is booming already. Arthur Kroeber explains in Market Oracle how it comes that for the first time the roots for economic rebounds were not found in the US, but inRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Luxury goods might be doing very well among China’s emerging wealthy, diamonds are even better, tells Shaun Rein in Newsweek. Compared to other diamond markets, the Chinese are the most promising buyers. In Newsweek: China’s diamond lust is being driven in large part by its burgeoning,Read More →

Shanghai via Wikipedia Chinese shoppers are welcome guests in the world’s luxury capitals like London, Paris, Macau and Hong Kong. Shanghai-based retail expert Paul French explains the the Globe and Mail why they prefer to go abroad, in stead of shopping in China itself. “All around the world, people areRead More →

Charles Ponzi via Wikipedia Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr China’s economic growth might look encouraging, but financial and political experts like Victor Shih warn in Forbes for what is really keeping the economy burning. “It’s a Ponzi scheme whose head is the central bank, and it can print money,”Read More →

Have you ever wondered how to apply the Blue Ocean strategy in a highly competitive economy like China? Blue Ocean expert Zunaira Munir has a solid background in China, where she obtained a PhD in Innovation Management from Wuhan University of Technology, China.Are you interested to learn more? Do getRead More →

Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia has just returned this week in Beijing after spending three months at the prestigious International Writers Program at the Iowa University. But her career as a successful is further developing and the French and Italian editions of her book “SocialismRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr It’s Apple with their iPhone, eBay, Motorola, Tiffany, Nautica and Brooks Brothers got it wrong in China and Shaun Rein spells out in Forbes why they got it wrong. He fortunately also tells us who got it right, at least better than the losingRead More →

by Fantake via Flickr Despite its predicted 8 percent economic growth, China is still facing a crucial time, tells Arthurs Kroeber the Australian Inquisitr.  “The Global Financial Crisis has accelerated the impetus for change, with different regions within China responding in different ways, Mr Kroeber said. “Sustained recovery now dependsRead More →

Howard French by Fantake via Flickr The prestigious Columbia Journalism Review has been publishing a two part interview with Howard French, former foreign correspondent for the New York Times in both Tokyo and Shanghai on how the US media got it wrong when they reported Barack Obama‘s recent trip toRead More →

The China Speakers Bureau has published its November newsletter and you can read it here. Some of the subjects we cover: economic alarm bells keep on ringing despite high economic growth in 2009. And Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr how, despite a new European minister of foreign affairs, theRead More →