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How luxury brands failed to follow China’s consumers back home – Ben Cavender
In the past, China’s consumers focused often on foreign luxury brands, but those days are over. Unfortunately, most brands failed to follow that cue from their buyers in China, although the situation is improving, says Shanghai-based branding expert Ben Cavender in Jing Daily.Read More →
Why Apple closed a secret US$275b deal with Chinese government – Victor Shih
Apple’s current key position on the China market did not come for free, disclosed the AppleInsider this week, but was triggered off by a US$ 275 billion deal between the company and the central government in 2016. Political analyst Victor Shih explains how CEO Cook dealt with governmental concerns about the US firm.Read More →
China artists move up in global ranking – Rupert Hoogewerf
COVID-19 did put pressure on the global turnover of public auctions of artworks, but their value has gone up, says Hurun chairman Rupert Hoogewerf at Shine. Artists from China have been moving up in the ranking, in line with China’s economy, he adds.Read More →
China’s wave of regulatory change – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at the wave of regulatory changes hitting industries and especially tech firms at her vlog. “China tries to set up a more sustainable digital ecosystem,” she explainsRead More →
Why China does better than the US in Africa – Howard French
Africa is high on China’s diplomatic agenda, says Howard French, author of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. China is winning in Africa for that reason, While the US is losing, he tells at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.Read More →
Sourcing, supply chain challenges and the new 5-year plan – Mark Schaub
Lawyer and China veteran Mark Schaub looks at how foreign firms have been sourcing in China over the past 20 years, and how supply chain challenges developed, at the latest webinar of his law firm KWM. “The real market is now the domestic market,” he says.Read More →
Is the world heading for a Cold War 2.0? – Ian Johnson
China watcher and CFR-scholar Ian Johnson opens a roundtable conference at the National University of Singapore on the question whether the world is heading for a new cold war, now the tensions between China and the USA have not diminished after the US president Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump.Read More →
China is closing more than only its borders – Victor Shih
China under President Xi Jinping is profoundly changing its attitude to the outside world, much more than a pandemic-driven closure of the borders, says political analyst Victor Shih to CNN.Read More →
China prepares to become the world’s largest economy by 2035 – Ian Johnson
China is drawing its future, including becoming the world’s largest economy by 2035. China watcher and CFR-scholar Ian Johnson looks at the CFR website at the decisions taken at the November 2021 Plenum of the Communist Party, as the country prepares for its party conference in 2022 with a new 5-year plan.Read More →
Why Pakistan matters – William Bao Bean
Leading VC William Bao Bean, general manager of SOSV, has been funding startups over the past five years from Shanghai in Pakistan and explains why Pakistan startups do matter.Read More →
How the Double 11 festival became a teenager – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok tells at the state-owned CGTN how the Double 11 festival in 2021 became a teenager and started to become the way to introduce new products to China’s consumers and turned international.Read More →
Xi-Biden virtual meeting: a step forward – Victor Shih
US president Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping plan a virtual meeting next week, after months of rising tension between both economic giants. Political analyst Victor Shih sees the meeting as a step forward, he tells CNN.Read More →