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What can multinationals learn from China this year? – Ashley Dudarenok
Setting up solid eco-systems to facilitate your business, is what China’s companies do right when they go global and other multinationals can learn from them, says strategic advisor Ashley Dudarenok on her vlog. Especially European companies have a rather poor starting position, she adds.Read More →
How China started to control its tech companies – Shaun Rein
When China’s authorities cracked down on Jack Ma’s Alibaba, it was only the start of ongoing efforts to control tech companies and manage their data streams, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein to WRAL. “Now Chinese people are quite concerned about data privacy because Alibaba and Tencent have so much data – even more data than the government,” he adds.Read More →
How negotiations in China changed in the past 25 years – Mark Schaub
China-lawyer Mark Schaub looks back at how negotiations in China have changed compared to 25 years ago. Now, deals are made much easier, and lawyers no longer attend negotiations on basic deals. Business partners can solve often their problems without a large delegation of lawyers on both sides, he tells on his vlog. Read More →
How China uses Didi-crackdown to discourage US IPO’s – Ben Cavender
Just a week after Didi’s massive IPO at the US stock market, the company faces a crackdown by China’s authorities. Business analyst Ben Cavender sees a hit to other Chinese firms, contemplating a US IPO: go to one of China’s stock markets to avoid problems, he tells at RTHK.Read More →
China did not comply with the WTO agreement – Harry Broadman
China did not comply with the conditions it signed up for when it entered the World Trade Organization (WTO), says former White House advisor Harry Broadman at the NACD Northern California Chapter in a discussion about American business in China. And while US president Joe Biden has taken on China bilaterally, it needs collective action to change the country’s attitude to trade, he adds.Read More →
How China’s video-apps get support from seniors – Ashley Dudarenok
Initially, short-video apps in China booked their successes among youngsters, but now also seniors find their way, and apps try to monetize the elderly followers, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok to Kr-Asia.Read More →
The difference between NFT’s and cryptocurrencies – Winston Wenyan Ma
China’s Ant group went to great length in explaining its non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) are something completely different from the cryptocurrencies the government is targeting. Is it a smart way to avoid government measures? Fintech expert Winston Wenyan Ma highlights the dilemma created by Ant’s NFT, he tells Reuters.Read More →
Will the G7’s alternative for China’s Belt&Road Initiave work? – Harry Broadman
The G7 planned during its certain meeting an alternative for China’s Belt&Road Initiative, to halt the country’s international leverage, the Build Back Better World (B3W). But former White House advisor Harry Broadman has serious doubts whether the new plan will be effective at all, he tells according to the GTReview.Read More →
China braces for COVID-19 border controls till second half of 2022
The State Council, China’s cabinet, has set a provisional timeline for COVID-19 border controls that runs well into the second half of 2022, reports the Wall Street Journal. The plan was made in a meeting half-May, the report says.Read More →
Why bloggers sell better than brands in China – Ashley Dudarenok
In China bloggers sell better than brands because they can make use of the digital ecosystem the country has developed, says branding expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog.Read More →
Crackdown on bitcoin mining: not only because of coal – Winston Wenyan Ma
Provincial governments in Sichuan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan have been cracking down on bitcoin mining, but it is not alone because of the usage of coal to generate cheap electricity, says strategic advisor Winston Wenyan Ma to Reuters.Read More →
How China’s social media differ from the West – Arnold Ma
Marketing expert Arnold Ma of Qumin joins a panel explaining why social media in China fundamentally differ from those in the West, and (later) why China will lead the future path for new social media innovations in the rest of the world.Read More →