Image via Wikipedia Chinese are getting wealthier and fatter, visitors of the country can see. Retail analyst Paul French just finished a major report on “Fat China” and tells Shanghai Urbanatomy about his study into Chinese obesity. Famine has definitely become a feature in the country’s history. “In the West, obesity hasRead More →
Large companies are only spending a fraction of their marketing budget on digital initiatives, while most of the Chinese consumers can be found behind their computer screen or on their mobile, says Shaun Rein in an article describing three major consumer trends for Forbes. “Through the first nine months of 2009,Read More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Should China revaluate its currency or not? No, says business analyst Shaun Rein in a publication of the International Institute for Trade in India. American business would be better off without at this stage with a firmer Renminbi: Shaun Rein, founder and managing director ofRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Bubbles in real estate and otherwise could have a negative effect on China’s economic development and inflation could become a serious problem in 2010, warns economic analyst Arthurs Kroeber in Citiwire from the UK: ‘At this stage, although Beijing denies it, inflation could becomeRead More →
Kaiser Kuo by Fantake via Flickr Fortunately saved for history is Kaiser Kuo’s great speech in November at TedxHonolulu on Chinese-US relations and the big disconnect between the rednecks and the red guards on the internet, the big disconnect between American and Chinese relationships.He asks his mainly American audience forRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shaun Rein takes on James Fallow of The Atlantic, who thinks 44 percent of the Americans have lost their marbles because they think China is a more important superpower than the US. Rein issues a wake-up call for James Fallows and argues in ForbesRead More →
Shanghai mall by Fantake via Flickr The world is still at best marginally recovering from a global crisis, while China is booming already. Arthur Kroeber explains in Market Oracle how it comes that for the first time the roots for economic rebounds were not found in the US, but inRead More →
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Luxury goods might be doing very well among China’s emerging wealthy, diamonds are even better, tells Shaun Rein in Newsweek. Compared to other diamond markets, the Chinese are the most promising buyers. In Newsweek: China’s diamond lust is being driven in large part by its burgeoning,Read More →
Shanghai via Wikipedia Chinese shoppers are welcome guests in the world’s luxury capitals like London, Paris, Macau and Hong Kong. Shanghai-based retail expert Paul French explains the the Globe and Mail why they prefer to go abroad, in stead of shopping in China itself. “All around the world, people areRead More →
Charles Ponzi via Wikipedia Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr China’s economic growth might look encouraging, but financial and political experts like Victor Shih warn in Forbes for what is really keeping the economy burning. “It’s a Ponzi scheme whose head is the central bank, and it can print money,”Read More →
Have you ever wondered how to apply the Blue Ocean strategy in a highly competitive economy like China? Blue Ocean expert Zunaira Munir has a solid background in China, where she obtained a PhD in Innovation Management from Wuhan University of Technology, China.Are you interested to learn more? Do getRead More →
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia has just returned this week in Beijing after spending three months at the prestigious International Writers Program at the Iowa University. But her career as a successful is further developing and the French and Italian editions of her book “SocialismRead More →