Hurun by Fantake via Flickr Programs for corporate social responsibility (CSR) adds to the competitive advantage of companies in China, says Hurun or Rupert Hoogewerf in his latest report. Most of the top-50 companies in his CSR list are domestic, says he says in the Shanghai Daily.Over 30 companies wereRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr While mostly optimistic about China’s economic future, Shaun Rein warns in Forbes against too lighthearted investments in China’s companies, even when they are listed in the US. Why? First, Chinese company stock prices remain very volatile, because of hedge funds. There are onlyRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein, managing director of the market research group CMR, might be in general optimistic about China’s economic development, at CNBC he cautions against too many bears on the road for China’s Agricultural Bank, also called AgBank or ABC. The bank performedRead More →
Paul French via Flickr Today saw the long anticipated book Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation (China in the 21st Century) by Paul French, on obesity in China. “An in-depth analysis of the growing problem of obesity in China and its relationship to the nation’sRead More →
Warren Liu via Flickr Major changes this month in our line-up for the top-10 most-sought speakers in July 2010, actually half of them is new. Highest newcomer of this month is Warren Liu, author of the best-selling book “KFC in China: Secret Recipe for Success (Paperback)“, We only expectedRead More →
Image by Fantake via Flickr Our celebrity speaker Zhang Lijia is preparing for her next book tour, this time for her Portuguese translation of “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China“. She will be in Brazil from August 29 till September 16, starting off in Rio deRead More →
Shaun Rein Fantake via Flickr Many foreign companies get it wrong when they try to enter the booming luxury market in China, explains Shaun Rein to CNBC, just focusing on the wrong age groups, regions and getting the branding wrong. Most luxury car buyers, like those from Mercedes, have an averageRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Increasing labor costs and price rises for food, oil and other minerals might push up the inflation and this needs the government urgent attention, says Shaun Rein on Bloomberg TV today. While Rein sees some bears on the road to economic recovery in the shortRead More →
Sara Hsu is an expert on Chinese shadow banking and economic development. Dr. Hsu has coauthored two books on shadow banking, Informal Finance in China: American and Chinese Perspectives (2009) and Chinese Shadow Financial System (2012; in Chinese). She travels from New York.Read More →
Ben Cavender is a senior analyst with The China Market Research Group (CMR) focusing on strategic planning and brand positioning. He graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Government and Asian Studies. He travels from Shanghai.Read More →
Mark Schaub a partner at King & Wood and Mallesons, the largest law firm in China and Australia combined. He is a prolific speaker who wastes no time in avoiding the real challenges in doing business in China.
As a lawyer he had extensive experience in negotiating deals, firing people and otherwise dealing with the ignorance of companies entering the Chinese business minefield. He travels from ShanghaiRead More →
Writer focusing on civil society, culture and religion; senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. Awarded with a Pulitzer prize, Ian Johnson worked for twelve years for the Wall Street Journal as feature writer and bureau chief. He is now a regular contributor to the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, and National Geographic. He travels from Beijing and Berlin.Read More →