Image by Getty Images via Daylife The decision by Google to leave China, after hackers had tried to enter email account from Chinese human rights activists is still very fresh, but our speakers are out in force to discuss the consequences. Was is all a carefully planned PR-move by Google,Read More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Famous economists take very different positions on the questions whether China’s economy is a bubble or not. In Forbes Shaun Rein explains James Chanos China has no bubble. Making some bucks on telling the world about China’s demise, economically or otherwise, has been partRead More →

Shanghai Fantake via Flickr Going against the comments of many fellow economic analysts, Arthur Kroeber simply does not believe China is even close to a real estate bubble, he tells the Washington Post. There is still too much room to grow, he says.The Washington Post: Arthur Kroeber, a Beijing-based analyst andRead More →

Image via Wikipedia Chinese are getting wealthier and fatter, visitors of the country can see. Retail analyst Paul French just finished a major report on “Fat China” and tells Shanghai Urbanatomy about his study into Chinese obesity. Famine has definitely become a feature in the country’s history. “In the West, obesity hasRead More →

Large companies are only spending a fraction of their marketing budget on digital initiatives, while most of the Chinese consumers can be found behind their computer screen or on their mobile, says Shaun Rein in an article describing three major consumer trends for Forbes. “Through the first nine months of 2009,Read More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Should China revaluate its currency or not? No, says business analyst Shaun Rein in a publication of the International Institute for Trade in India. American business would be better off without at this stage with a firmer Renminbi: Shaun Rein, founder and managing director ofRead More →

Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Bubbles in real estate and otherwise could have a negative effect on China’s economic development and inflation could become a serious problem in 2010, warns economic analyst Arthurs Kroeber in Citiwire from the UK: ‘At this stage, although Beijing denies it, inflation could becomeRead More →

Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr Fortunately saved for history is Kaiser Kuo’s great speech in November at TedxHonolulu on Chinese-US relations and the big disconnect between the rednecks and the red guards on the internet, the big disconnect between American and Chinese relationships.He asks his mainly American audience forRead More →

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 →