Shaun Reinby Fons1 via FlickrChina’s consumer spending is going strong and the country is heading for a soft landing from its economic troubles in six months from now, says Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group in Shanghai in an interview with China Radio International.Despite all gloomyRead More →
Zhang Lijia Two very different and rather entertaining interviews with Zhang Lijia, documenting the writer who is documenting a changing China. On the new trend of books on the new China. Interviewers are Xu Xi and Lawrence Gray. CommercialZhang Lijia is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. If youRead More →
Paul Frenchby Fons1 via FlickrPaul French reports at his weblog about the Shanghai sledgehammers threatening the Old Love Lane, now Wujiang Lu, up for “redevelopment”. People voting with their wallets for tasty local food rather than western fast food. But the builders are encroaching – already some of the oldRead More →
Zhang Lijiaby Fons1 via FlickrZhang Lijia became in December the fastest mover among our corp of speakers at the China Speakers Bureau. She is, at the second place, actually the first to really come close to Shaun Rein, who retains the first place.Jasper Becker – who only joined our serviceRead More →
William Overholtby Fons1 via FlickrNext week the December 2008 China Speakers Bureau Newsletter is due, only the second in our short life. Some of the subjects: most-sought speakers for December China Predictions for 2009 CSB-speakers in the news “Engage China” speaking tour by Lonnie Hodge in the US Our “ARead More →
Mirella Visser The Asian economic crisis in the 1990s, the reunification of Hong Kong with China and the collapse of the Barings bank happened within Mirella Visser’s tenure as senior manager at the ING Group in Asia. From Hong Kong she led as a member of the management board ING’sRead More →
tPaul FrenchFive reasons why China’s retail consumption will do well in 2009, published in Paul French‘ Access Asia newsletter, and here republished by Danwei. It goes against the trend of doom and gloom that comes along with the economic crisis in the US – and to a lesser degree inRead More →
Shaun Reinby Fons1 via FlickrSpending by urban consumers is still on track, says Shaun Rein, director of the China Market Research Group, based on his own research in the International Herald Tribune. Seventy out of one hundred urban consumers had no plan to change their spending habits despite all theRead More →
Marc van der Chijs At the China Speakers Bureau we have last week started a book project, called “Change in China”. It was based on a discussion we had on what combines all those different and often conflicting messages our speakers send into the world about China.What brings together manyRead More →
Rupert Hoogewerfby Getty Images via DaylifeBecoming a celebrity inside and outside China is an achievement few can put on their record, but Rupert Hoogewerf or Hurun can do so. The best-selling author of the China Rich List has become so much of a household name, many Chinese even do notRead More →
Shaun Reinby Fons1 via FlickrBoth Home Depot and B&Q will face hardship on the Chinese market in 2009, predicted Shaun Rein, managing director of the China Market Research Group in Shanghai, at Bloomberg. “People think prices are going to drop,” Rein said. “They are not going to buy home decoration.Read More →
Zhang Lijiaby Fons1 via FlickrAfter Jung Chang hit the world with he epic story “Wild Swans“, many female authors have been trying to copy her success without making much of an impact. Zhang Lijia, author of “Socialism is Great” is on the way to become the Jung Chang of theRead More →