Alibaba, and its competitor JD.com made a record sales (or gross merchandise volume, GMV, as it is called) during Single´s Day. But retail specialist Ben Cavender also looks at the little print in the contract, and wonders in CNN Money if the record sales contribute to the profits.Read More →
E-commerce is booming in China, even more than in the US, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein in ABC. E-commerce is expected to grow from 25 percent now, to 50 percent soon. ABC: Shaun Rein, a Shanghai-based market research analyst, said these days it was exactly what the leaders wantRead More →
China will make another effort to sell its military products in the region at the Dubai Airshow, writes defense analyst Wendell Minnick in Defense News. While the Gulf market is attractive, China´s companies did not make many inroads yet.Read More →
Wang Jianlin, chairman of the China Wanda Group, tops the 2015 Hurun Property Wealth List, with 120 billion yuan (US$18.9 billion) in real estate. Property tycoon have been doing really well, says Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the China Daily, despite the relative drop in China´s growth.Read More →
China has backed out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a long-negotiated trade agreement between a dozen countries. Political analyst Sara Hsu says in the Diplomat China might have enough reason and chance to join later, but has now too many other international commitments on its plate.Read More →
High profile sportswear Under Armour’s is trying to its new Curry Two shoes also in China, but business analyst Shaun Rein believes the company faces severe barriers on the way to the Chinese market, he tells Afro.com.Read More →
President Xi Jinping might have refused to provide a name for the unborn child of Facebook´s Mark Zuckerberg, it does not seem that his company is fully excluded from a return to China. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains what such a move might need in AsiaOne.Read More →
Business analyst Shaun Rein does not support the current bearish mood on China´s economy, he tells MoneyControl. There are weaknesses, but economic growth for Q4 will be at or close to 7 percent, he says. And weaknesses offer opportunities, if you have a strong stomach.Read More →
Google, Ebay and Amazon are just some of the tech giants who failed in China. With a good preparation that would not have happened, claims William Bao Bean, managing director of the ChinaAccelarator. His organization prepares startups for launches in China, and Chinese firms for going global.Read More →
Money goes before politics during president Xi Jinping´s week-long visit to the United States. And the many CEO´s of American top firms, who will meet the Chinese leader, face dilemma´s, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Market Place.Read More →
While at the beginning of his tenure, market forces popped up regularly in the official parlance, by now it is clear that centralized power is key for president Xi Jinping, with markets at a second place at best, says economist Arthur Kroeber in the New York Times.Read More →
Previous political campaigns in China mostly fizzled out after a few months, but the anti-corruption drive – started by President Xi Jinping is staying. How is this affecting foreign companies? New York Times journalist Ian Johnson explains what has changed in China.Read More →