‘Trump will use a shock and awe strategy to control China, similar to his tactics with Denmark, Greenland, Canada, Panama, and Mexico,’ says Shaun Rein, Founder and Managing Director, China Market Research Group (CMR) in an interview at WION. Tariffs, TikTok, and many other issues are hanging over the negotiations. But in the end, both countries are better off working together, says Shaun Rein.Read More →
China lawyer Mark Schaub expects an uptick in joint ventures in 2025, and in his latest China Chit-chat, he explains the pros and cons of this legal vehicle. “Due to geopolitics and business uncertainty,” he writes.Read More →
China will start to delay its current retirement age from the start of 2025 in monthly steps for the next 15 years. But business analyst Ashley Dudarenok wonders if changing the country’s very low retirement age is a good idea, for example now the youth unemployment rate is already very low. This and other arguments in her vlog.Read More →
While he remains optimistic about China’s economy in the long run, he foresees a rough time in most of 2025 as deflation and layoffs melt away the financial stimuli of the past months, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at CNBC’s Squawk Box. He sees a recovery only in nine to twelve months as consumer confidence is not going up in 2025.Read More →
Most visitors to China know the larger cities, but marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into Yunnan, this time the community-based agricultural markets that are so different from the cities.Read More →
In an interview with Keith Yap, shanghai-based best-seller author and business analyst Shaun Rein, recently published The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order and explains what the West gets wrong about China’s economy and how the country is working.Read More →
The temperature of the trade relations between China and the EU has been going up, but business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, does not expect it will be an all-out trade war, he tells CNBC. Rein expects China’s response to be “measured” as it seeks closer economic relations with Europe amid intensifying tensions with the U.S., he says.Read More →
China veteran and lawyer Mark Schaub, senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons, has released a new book Unlocking International Joint Ventures: Keys to Formation Success through Cultural, Commercial, and Legal Decision-Making together with Dr. Alan MacCharles, partner at Deloitte Consulting. Read More →
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains on her TikTok channel that drones have become a common feature in China and will change the country even more in the next two to three years.Read More →
Now the USA has elected Donald Trump as its next president, traders in China are bracing for another backlash, reports trade expert Ashley Dudarenok on its LinkedIn page. “Trump’s proposed 60% tariffs on Chinese imports + 10-20% on other global goods would set US tariff levels at their highest since the 1940s,” she writes.Read More →
Customer centricity is key in a competitive markets, more than customer friendliness, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog. “China’s approach to customer centricity has been transformative, driven by a combination of technological integration and a deep understanding of consumer behavior,” she writes.Read More →
China’s massive financial stimulus is good for the short term, but the economy needs more structural change, away from real estate, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein to CNBC. While it is good Xi Jinping moves away from politics and ideology and turns to the economy, more is needed to restore long-term confidence in the economy by the consumers, he adds.Read More →