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China was an easy scapegoat for the COVID-19 pandemic – Jim Rogers
China has become an easy scapegoat for the COVID-19 pandemic, while now it is in better shape than most other countries in the world, says super-investor Jim Rogers from Singapore. “Blaming foreigners is a normal habit during crises,” he adds.Read More →
Why China’s digital yuan does not create a reserve currency – Victor Shih
The creation of a digital currency does not mean China can create a reserve currency for the international markets, says financial expert Victor Shih in Quartz. Domestically, it could mean the digital currency could try to catch back the financial room now occupied by commercial players like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat, he adds.Read More →
How Nongfu’s Zhong Shanshan became one of China’s wealthiests – Rupert Hoogewerf
Zhong Shanshan, the owner of bottled water producer Nongfu became through its IPO suddenly one of the wealthiest people in China, in a time when IT in a post-COVID economy seems to be leading, says Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman of Hurun, the China Rich List to the China Daily. Consumption tycoons have become the winners in post-COVID China, he adds.Read More →
The US should improve its infrastructure, just like China did – Shaun Rein
The US should improve its infrastructure, just as China did, says business analyst Shaun Rein at the CGTN. He looks back at his 23 years in China, and how traveling has become so much easier, because of heavy investments in the fast speed railways network in the country.Read More →
Why I did not become a China-whiner – Kaiser Kuo
In a wide-ranging interview with the South China Morning Post, China veteran Kaiser Kuo explains why – unlike many others – he did not become a China-whiner, also not after he returned in 2016 to the US. He is now a leading voice on the relations between China and the US, without taking sides for either country.Read More →
Ai Wei Wei’s hidden footage of the Wuhan crisis – Ian Johnson
Journalist and academic Ian Johnson reviews a documentary of artist Ai Weiwei with hidden footage of the coronavirus crisis in Wuhan for Plataformamedia. “The public needs to understand that this film is about China,” Weiwei said in a telephone interview with Ian Johnson. “Yes, it is about the coronavirus lockdown, but it is an effort to reflect what ordinary Chinese have experienced.”Read More →
Trump killed dialogues between China and the US – Arthur Kroeber
A large number of officially organized exchanges between the US and China underlined in the past the relations between both countries. But since US president Trump came in charge in 2017, about one hundred have been abandoned, says long-term China analyst Arthur Kroeber to Bloomberg.Read More →
China’s digital innovation according to two Western misconceptions – Kaiser Kuo
China watcher Kaiser Kuo opens a panel on innovation in China at the (pre-corona) AMR Festival 2019 discussing how the West had flipping narratives on how the technology works in an authoritarian climate. And both say more about the China observers in the West than China itself, Kaiser argues.Read More →
Ant Group’s IPO: the largest ever, and its background – Shaun Rein
Jack Ma’s Ant Group is heading for a listing at the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets, for possibly up to 300 billion US dollars, the largest in the world ever. Business analyst Shaun Rein looks into the company’s background and its largest success in China, Alipay, on the BBC.Read More →
What to expect from the trade talks between China and the US – Harry Broadman
China and the US might have their first evaluation of their 6-month old trade agreement soon, but the cross-currents between both countries are here to stay, says Berkeley Research Group managing director Harry Broadman to Bloomberg Markets. China kept largely its promises, while the US cannot afford to take on China in a more aggressive way, he says.Read More →
Even COVID-19 did not make food deliveries profitable – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s food shipping was already far ahead of competitors in the US, but making a profit is still not possible, says marketing veteran Ashley Dudarenok to 90xtra, although the restaurants are griping about the percentages the shippers ask. And the COVID-19 crisis did not improve relations between retailers and shippers.Read More →
China tech firms turn away from the US – Ben Cavender
The tug of war between China and the US on how the possible US ban of Tiktok makes China’s entrepreneurs – especially those in tech – to rethink its involvement in the American market, says business analyst Ben Cavender to Jing Travel.Read More →