The major economies in the G-7 need more investments in R&D and collaboration in science and technology to compete with China, says former US assistant trade representative Harry Broadman at CNBC. “We’ve done really well among democratic countries collaborating on investment and trade, but we’ve done an extraordinarily poor job in R&D,” he said.Read More →
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok dives on her vlog into third-tier cities and explains why youngsters here are interesting as consumers, despite their relatively lower incomes.Read More →
Cosmetics sold in China require up to May 1, 2021, animal tests to prove they are safe for consumers. Since their users required cruel-free cosmetics, foreign manufacturers had a hard time selling cosmetics to Chinese consumers. But times are changing, although only a little, says China-lawyer Mark Schaub in the China Law Insight in a review of upcoming legal change.Read More →
China’s government shocked the fintech industry by introducing firm financial measures, similar to the banking sector. Ant Financial even had to cancel its massive IPO. But what we have seen is only the start of more government action to regulate the internet, says fintech expert Sara Hsu in the Diplomat. Managing capital and data are key elements.Read More →
China’s digital landscape is changing fast. Internet watcher Matthew Brennan and marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok discuss how internet giant Tencent is reinventing itself as a B2B platform, and much more.Read More →
China counts more than 1,000 billionaires in US dollar terms, overtaking solidly the US, according to the Hurun Rich List ranking. “We’re currently in the heart of a new industrial revolution, with new technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, data and e-commerce creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs and leading to a concentration of wealth and economic power on a scale never seen before,” said Hurun Report Chairman and chief researcher Rupert Hoogewerf, according to Shine. Read More →
China’s economy is booming post-corona, while much of the rest of the world is still suffering. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains how foreign companies can start their marketing in China to tap into the current opportunities in Marketing Freaks.Read More →
China’s digital war with the US has entered a new phase with the successful IPO of short-video giant Kuaishou at the Hong Kong stock market, says Winston Ma, author of The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace, to Bloomberg.Read More →
China marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at how luxury brands can survive in China in 2021 at her vlog. “We are building the future in China,” she says about her work as a bridge between Chinese consumers and brands with global aspirations.Read More →
Luxury brand Cartier has been able to win over also the younger generations consumers in China by smart use of the country’s social media. Marketing expert Arnold Ma explains in the Jing Daily how Cartier paved its way to success.Read More →
China was the first economy to leapfrog into mobile, skipping hardware technologies from the West. Now it is moving from “mobile first” into “data first”, paving the digital road also for other economies, writes investment analyst Winston Wenyan Ma in Arabian Business.Read More →
Marketing veteran Ashley Dudarenok looks at three major changes in China after the pandemic in 2021. Speed, digitalization, and consumer behavior went through an amazing rollercoaster, she says on the vlog.Read More →