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How long working hours changed consumer habits – Ashley Dudarenok
Long working hours have changed many consumption habits for young workers in tech companies, explains consumption expert Ashley Dudarenok at her vlog. But now the 996 working culture has been banned by the government, will the world for those young tech workers become more healthy? Read More →
Evergrande: just one of many problems for China – Arthur Kroeber
China faces not only its most prominent problem Evergrande but a range of issues, says leading economist Arthur Kroeber in the New York Times. Shortage of electricity, dealing with its big tech companies and many other in-debted giants offer similar challenges. “The common feature of these crises: All were triggered by government policies,” he writes.Read More →
China used the pandemic by accelerating its digital transformation – Winston Wenyan Ma
Never waste a good crisis, says investment expert Winston Wenyan Ma, quoting the other Winston, Winston Churchill. China used the pandemic crisis to accelerate its already ongoing digital transformation at a panel discussion to make a difference, he tells at the ORF at a panel discussion.Read More →
How oral history is changing China’s view on recent history – Ian Johnson
CFR-scholar Ian Johnson describes how oral history changes the perception people have about the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, now documents and interviews emerge on the internet, he tells at the Manchester China Institute.Read More →
How the West lost interest in China – Ian Johnson
CFR-scholar Ian Johnson discusses the way the West lost its interest in China and missed the wide-ranging intellectual debate in China. He reacts on contributions by David Ownby and Xiang Biao who plead for the inclusion of China’s intellectuals into the global debate, instead of ignoring them, at the Berlin Contemporary China Net (BCCN). You can find the full debate here.Read More →
Explaining the young digital natives of Gen Z – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains the young digital natives of Gen Z in China 2021 in terms of marketing. How do they spend their budgets? In spending they Gen Z’s are the most wealthy generation in China, she tells at her vlog, although in a population of 1.4 billion, it is dangerous to talk too much in generalizations. Read More →
Government is unlikely to let Evergrande collapse – Sara Hsu
Investors worldwide have been watching developments at Evergrande, China’s second largest real estate company, as it struggled to repay its gargantuan debts. But while the problems are serious, financial analyst Sara Hsu does not expect a full collapse of the giant, she tells the commercial observer.Read More →
Zhong Nanshan: relax border control when 80, 85% is vaccinated
China has been successful in its zero-contamination strategy against Covid-19 domestically but will have to keep its borders closed as long as the virus is raving around in the rest of the world. Leading virus expert Zhong Nanshan suggested this weekend in state-media border control might relax when 80 to 85 percent of the 1.4 billion Chinese citizens are vaccinated, expected at the end of this year and diverts from the current zero-transmission policy.Read More →
Tiktok, Bytedance: the Attention Factory – Matthew Brennan
Internet watcher Matthew Brennan, author of “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance,” discusses at BW Dialogue Tiktok and Bytedance, and looks at how much the Covid-19 crisis has changed the industry.Read More →
The story behind China’s Golden Week – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s National Day is the start of its October Golden Week. Business analyst Ashley Dudarenok dives in her vlog into the history and the economic motives behind that weeklong season of travel and celebrations, and its disruptive effects on retail, logistics, and other industries.Read More →
Why I keep on investing in China – Jim Rogers
Geopolitics tensions, domestic problems, and a range of political crackdowns: China got its fair share of troubles over the past months, but super-investor Jim Rogers remains confident about his investments in China, he tells at the Money Levels Show.Read More →
How China deals with smart cars – Mark Schaub
China has issued a wide range of new rules on cybersecurity, data exchange, and consumer protection that will define the development of smart cars, says China-lawyer Mark Schaub in an extensive analysis of the recent regulations, at Lexocology.Read More →