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China’s rich were too busy to spend – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife The new class of Chinese rich has been so busy in making money over the past five to ten years, they had no time to develop a lifestyle, like the wealthy in Europe and the US could do, says Hurun CEO Rupert HoogewerfRead More →
Snow beer has uphill struggle in China
Image via Wikipedia Compared to Tsingtao beer, the largest beer producer in China, is having a tough time in getting hold of China’s massive beer market, says Shaun Rein in an interview with Bloomberg. Although market leader, the larger beer brewers only hold 40 percent of the market, while theRead More →
Beijing has most rich Chinese – Rupert Hoogewerf
Most of China’s wealthy prefer to live in Beijing, says the latest Hurun report on the country’s rich, composed by Rupert Hoogewerf. in a report by the China Daily. The capital city has 143,000 multimillionaires and 8,800 billionaires, compared to 116,000 multimillionaires and 7,000 billionaires in Shanghai.From the China Daily: They ownRead More →
Health-care reform boon for medical device makers
Success in China via Wikipedia Foreign medical device makers have huge opportunities in China as the country embarks next year in a gigantic reform of its health-care systems, says Shaun Rein in Business Week, based on research of his China Market Research Group (CMR). One fifth of China’s ambitious stimulusRead More →
Explaining China’s internet for the outside world – Kaiser Kuo
Image by Fantake via Flickr Kaiser Kuo does a brave effort to explain the internet in China for the outside world of non-geeks, an almost impossible thing to do. At Chinalogue of Bonlive he talks about BBS’s, human flesh searches and how older Chinese can work on the internet anyway.Read More →
Unbottoning Mao’s straightjacket – Zhang Lijia
Image by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia tells at Chinalogue of Bonlive about the 1980s, when women started to find their sexuel liberation after Deng Xiaoping started to open China’s doors for the outside world at the end of the 1970s and other women’s issues. Related articles byRead More →
Most-sought speakers for August 2009
Annette Nijs by Fantake via Flickr The summer is drawing to a close, the first full summer we have been in business as a speakers bureau. That means that after a pretty lazy month, requests are hitting our mailbox again, including the first few panic calls for as early asRead More →
Douglas Maclellan joins China Speakers Bureau
Image by Fantake via Flickr A veteran of the US-China business, Douglas Maclellan, has joined the China Speakers Bureau. Maclellan has a distinguished career that roots back into the Reagan era. Douglas Maclellan has extensive experience in telecom, pharmaceuticals and other industry. Currently he also is Chairman & CEO atRead More →
Why business in China differs from Russia – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr The world might have feared China was following Russian style of business when it arrested Rio Tinto executives on state-security charges in Shanghai on July 5, writes Arthur Kroeber today in the Financial Times. By Russia, we mean a country in which ordinary commercialRead More →
Finding a job in China not that easy – Shaun Rein
Fudan University via Wikipedia Shaun Rein reacts on an article in the New York Times, describing US youngsters moving to China to find the work they could not find at home. It is not that easy, he says in Forbes. Often government regulations, like in media or telecom, prevent foreigners fromRead More →
Top brands look into consumer needs – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr China might be the second-largest consumer market in the world within five years, consumer researcher Shaun Rein tells in this interview with CBS. “Top brands need to look into the needs of consumers,”, explain Rein, not only because they have hugely different tastes fromRead More →
Crisis politics: the Great Wall of Borrowed money – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Arthur Kroeber explains in the Financial Times why China did not use a magic trick to keep on growing, but 34 percent of extra credit: The fact becomes even less remarkable when we recognise that nominal GDP (the appropriate comparator for nominal credit growth)Read More →