Google services in China have been disrupted for the past ten days and business analyst Shaun Rein explains at Bloomberg TV how foreign and domestic businesses in China face limitations in their global operations. Although in the short run US tech firms suffer most.Read More →
When LinkedIn gained access to the attractive Chinese market, it had to make sure it would adhere to the country´s laws and regulations, including the censorship. Now, at June 4 we know what that means. Business analyst Shaun Rein tells the Wall Street Journal how he was censored.Read More →
Author Howard French´ latest book China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africais getting raving reviews. Here a few remark by Kerry Brown, Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney for Caixin.Read More →
High-end brands are no longer the only winners in China´s luxury industry, as affordable fashion gets the favor of consumers, and high-costs items are mostly purchased outside China, explains business analyst Ben Cavender in the China Daily.Read More →
After the massive gas deal between China and Russia, both countries are now working on a deal on Russian fighters and surface-to-air missiles. But it is not yet a done deal, explains defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
Name me one innovative project coming from China, US vice-president Joe Biden challenged his audience. CNN took up the challenge and lists four major ones. “Biden is playing to an outdated idea of China, says Shaun Rein, author of the upcoming The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia.Read More →
China´s list of environmental problems is mind-boggling, but the water pollution might be the worst, writes urbanization expert Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. For many pollution induced cancer is coming too close, time is running out.Read More →
China is hitting US tech interests now on an almost daily basis, and this battle is likely to continue in the coming months, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at Bloomberg TV. While the Edward Snowden disclosures might have set off these measures, the indictment of five Chinese for cyber espionage was the trigger.Read More →
Annette Nijs, CEIBS Executive Director Global Initiative, was among the five presenters, was among five experts explaining president Xi Jinping at his visit at CEIBS how China can attract foreigners and innovation to the country.Read More →
In the China-Africa debate, the voices of both the Chinese and Africans are often ignored. Former foreign correspondent Howard French wants to change that in this book, China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, he tells the Huffington Post.Read More →
The way the central government is ruling its currency, the Renminbi, has changed profoundly over the past months. Economist Arthur Kroeber argues in the Brookings Institute that the rules for the currency have changed profoundly.Read More →
Financial analyst Sara Hsu reviews for the Diplomat the book by Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, and the debate on state socialism and capitalism. For China´s economy there is a third road, she argues.Read More →