In the early days, KFC and McDonald’s tried to conquer China’s consumers with a standard US menu. Now diversification and localization have become a key feature in the success of both fast-food chains, although the road has not been without bumps, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok to the Panda Daily.Read More →
Traditionally conservative sovereign wealth funds are a wrongfully ignored player at developing the digital economy, says financial analyst Winston Ma, author of The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace, at the Investment Magazine.Read More →
Typically, China’s economy comes to a standstill during the annual Chinese New Year, but not in 2021, explains business analyst Shaun Rein to CNBCTV. GovermentalCovid-19 restrictions make it tough for migrant workers to return home, and double salaries at the factories might encourage them to continue working during the festival. Other industries like travel and leisure might suffer, though.Read More →
The aging founders of the first-generation modern companies in China are trying to survive their first generational switch and private equity funds try to help them digitize their operations to move on, says Winston Ma, adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and former managing director of the sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation (CIC) in the Global Finance Magazine.Read More →
Former White House official Harry Broadman looks at how US President Biden will act differently than his predecessor Trump. Biden will seek more alliances to face China on the international field, he tells at Bloomberg. Biden will listen to others, unlike Trump, Broadman adds.Read More →
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok discusses the origins of the Chinese Spring festival and how it translates into modern times, on her vlog. On red envelopes, the dragon, and much more.Read More →
Spring festival is the time when China’s consumers spend more than any other period during the year. How will their spending behavior in 2021 look like, after the Covid-19 disruptions of 2020. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks ahead for Technode.Read More →
China’s authorities are trying to avoid 300 million migrant workers to go home for Chinese New Year, in an effort to avoid another embarrassing corona lockdown like in 2020, says leading economist Arthur Kroeber in the New York Times.Read More →
Foreign companies all too often had a simplistic view of China’s consumers. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at how she can now differentiate between consumers in different clusters, although she still has to keep it simple, she tells at an interview in Dao Insights.Read More →
Former US President Donald Trump tried to derail relations with China by banning stocks from Chinese companies at US stock markets. Now, under President Joe Biden, certainty for stock markets including the Chinese shares is key, says former White House advisor Harry Broadman at US News. Although there might be some other dangers.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 →
Shanghai-based VC-veteran William Bao Bean prepares for a dynamic surge of digital consumption in 2021 after a booming 2020, he tells at the 10-year celebration of the Chinaccelerator. Keywords: virtual reality, blockchain and fintech.Read More →