China Speakers Bureau

SZhang Lijiaby Fons1 via Flickr“From the rocket factory to the international media: a personal memoir of 30 years of reform and opening” is the theme of renowned author Zhang Lijia on 20 November at a meeting of the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club.From the invitation: Now a writer, journalist and regularRead More →

Arthur Kroeberby Fons1 via FlickrA familiar pattern in how China tried to reform its electricity industry, but failed to do a decent job, describes Arthur Kroeber in the Financial Times. In less than half a year China changed regular shortages into a glut: under influence of the current crisis, demandRead More →

Victor Shih Both the four trillion renminbi (450 billion euro) and the share rescue package of 930 billion Renminbi are not a way to spend China to economic safety, writes assistant-professor Victor Shih in his latest analysis of the country’s financial policies. Most of the four trillion Renminbi will beRead More →

Paul Frenchby Fons1 via FlickrPhilanthropy is making headway into China, writes China-consultant Paul French in Ethical Corporation. China’s rich are more confident and start to give more of their wealth to charity. Philanthropy, charity, donating … these are all new words in China. Last year business magazine Forbes announced thatRead More →

Hu Jintaovia WikipediaChina’s 450 billion euro package has been part of setting the stage ahead of the global financial meeting on Saturday in Washington, says Arthur Kroeber, managing director of the Beijing consultancy Dragonomics in USA Today.President Hu Jintao is joining the meeting for China and the country wants toRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fons1 via FlickrIn the midst of many failures, KFC has been one of the best American companies moving into China, argues Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group, in the CIB-magazine. Rein supports largely the positive case made by Warren Liu, in his bookRead More →

Arthur Kroeberby Fons1 via FlickrThis is pretty major, says Arthur Kroeber of the consultancy firm Dragonomics in Reuters, about the four trillion Renminbi (euro 450 billion) investment China’s central government into its economy. ‘It reflects the official view of how serious this problem is and shows that this is aRead More →

Rowan Gibsonby Fons1 via FlickrA good intention only gets you so far, says Rowan Gibson in one of his recent key note speeches. “Intentions are not enough, you also need to get the systems in place, just as we did with quality.”As the financial crisis hits companies worldwide, innovation becomeRead More →

Kaiser Kuoby Fons1 via Flickr“All bets are off now that the credit crisis is lapping at China’s shores,” says Kaiser Kuo, group director digital strategies of Ogilvy in Beijing in an interview with Adam Schokora. With funding as tight as it’s going to be in the time frame, you specify,Read More →

Howard Frenchby Fons1 via FlickrBarack Obama’s election has Africa still not put on the political agenda in Washington, writes former New York Times correspondent Howard French, but the continent is solidly on Beijing’s roll call.China is doing a much better job than the old colonial powers, although Beijing is notRead More →

Paul Frenchby Fons1 via FlickrChina consultant and prolific speakers Paul French checked China for signs of crisis and did not like what he saw. “China is looking increasingly stationary,” he writes in the weekly Access Asia newsletter. So if you want to fly from Shanghai to London, it’s cheaper thanRead More →

Mark Schaub For time reasons we have delayed the planned China Speakers Bureau podcast with Shanghai-based lawyer and author Mark Schaub on the labor contract law till next week. But we are right away discussing another no less equally important subject: Chinese investments abroad.When you look at the news onRead More →