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Debating CIC’s CEO Levin Zhu – Victor Shih
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr Our speaker, assistant-professor Victor Shih will be debating coming Tuesday in Brussels with Levin Zhu, the CEO of the China International Capital Corporation (CIC) on the future of China. His session “Countering the global recessions. Is China an economic threat or a locomotive ofRead More →
Stimulus prefers SOE’s over private companies – Arthur Kroeber
Image by Fantake via Flickr Much criticism is heard about how China is spending its 4 trillion Renminbi (430 billion euro) stimulus package against the economic crisis and especially private companies seem to be left out, says Arthur Kroeber in a wide range of US newspapers. “My suspicion is thatRead More →
Global China Chat on social networks, brands and consumers 2
Sam Flemming by Fantake via Flickr In a few hours the China Speakers Bureau will open the doors of our second Global China Chat of today with CIC-founder Sam Flemming. After a busy hour of discussing with Asia and Europe, the second chat is focusing on the times zones inRead More →
Global China Chat on social networks, brands and consumers
Image by Fantake via Flickr The China Speakers Bureau is hosting on Thursday 14 May two sessions with CIC’s founder Sam Flemming on social networks in China, brand, consumers and how they interact with technology of the now-famous start-up CoverItLive.com. At the first announcement of this Global China Chat youRead More →
Plastic bag ban is getting serious now – Charles McElwee
Charles McElwee by Fantake via Flickr The efforts by China’s environmental authorities to ban the popular plastic bags from their supermarkets has been met with a lot of skepticism. But according to environmental lawyer Charles McElwee the introduction of the ban is now getting into phase 3 and really getting serious.Read More →
Deflationary pressure is getting worse – Victor Shih
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr While China’s bean counters try to stress positive figures in its economic development, assistant-professor Victor Shih sees very troublesome signals as prices for industrial goods fall by huge percentages over the first three months of 2009. From his weblog: I strongly suggest readers takeRead More →
Preparing book tours to France and the Netherlands – Zhang Lijia
Image by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia continues her road to world fame, as the 21th Century edition of Jung Chang, and will visit France and the Netherlands this autumn, she tells the China Beat. Her upbeat personal account of China’s recent history continues to gather pace, afterRead More →
Panic: China’s exporters turn to home market – Paul French
Image by Fantake via Flickr As China’s exports continues to drop, its exports industry turn to their home markets, as desperate move that might spell trouble, says retail analyst Paul French to Reuters. From producers of famous Western brands, they now try to sell their own brands and lines ofRead More →
Pushing the envelope in the 1980s – Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia – one of the contributors to the upcoming book “A Changing China” by the China Speakers Bureau – relives the 1980s in an interview with The Star. “I loved the 1980s,” she adds. “There was so much idealism. “Then, people wereRead More →
China invests in overcapacity – Victor Shih
Image by Fantake via Flickr Our speaker Victor Shih has been digging up an internal report by China’s central bank the People’s Bank of China (PBOC): most of the stimulus package goes to state-owned construction companies. For the time being Shih sticks to his guns: it is very doubtful China’sRead More →
Why the stimulus package might still not work – Victor Shih
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr While some might see some positive economic signs in China, assistant-professor Victor Shih sticks to his gun and does not see a real recovery. In his weblog he points at all those important signals that are still not well and not encouraged by theRead More →
Chinese speakers bureau April 2009 newsletter
William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr The China Speakers Bureau April 2009 newsletter has just hit the road and is available here to download. We announce here the upcoming Global China Chat with Sam Flemming on social networks, consumers and brands. The latest news from our speakers, the most-soughtRead More →