China´s media industry might be one of the toughest to grasp for the outside world. All media are state-owned, very much restricted, and got recently into trouble because they have been extorting companies. Nothing is what you might expert. Some guidance is needed, and fortunately we have a range of media experts at the China Speakers Bureau.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 “Biden is playing to an outdated idea of China, says Shaun Rein, author of the upcoming The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia.Read More →
The China Speakers Bureau is happy to include Sara Hsu, offering our financial clients a unique insight in this unique feature. She will soon participate in one of our China Weekly Hangouts to discuss shadow banking in China.Read More →
Shanghai has tried to lure headquarters of foreign multinationals for decades, but a recent policy change might just help the city to do this just a bit more effective, explains Shanghai-based lawyer Mark Schaub in IFLR.Read More →
Compared to the exciting times in China in May, June has been more back to basics in terms of news. Or is it a sign summer holidays are nearing? China does not honor the concept of a summer holiday, but traditionally we do see a drop in traffic during the summer, allowing us to have a break too.Read More →
Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr Political scientist Victor Shih is only halfway through a project finding out how huge China’s financial rescue package has actually been, but he is already worried. Not that China’s collapse is imminent, but the country has invested a far larger percentage of its GDPRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr China’s bean counters have been reporting enthusiastic economic growth of even 8.9 percent in the third quarter, but our own analyst Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics is not yet convinced,he tellls DNA. “The quality of the growth stinks.” The government looks set to meet and perhapsRead More →
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Arthur Kroeber explains in the Financial Times why China did not use a magic trick to keep on growing, but 34 percent of extra credit: The fact becomes even less remarkable when we recognise that nominal GDP (the appropriate comparator for nominal credit growth)Read More →
Wu Yi, a powerful woman via Wikipedia The West has not yet a clue about the importance of women in China, both in society and as powerful consumers pushing the economy into the direction of double-digit growth, says Shaun Rein of the Shanghai-based China Market Research Group in Forbes. WomenRead More →
Chris Anderson via CrunchBase Piracy is the theme of one chapter in an upcoming book by Chris “Long Tail” Anderson and not surprisingly, China is at the core of the chapter. One of our celebrity speakers, Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group (CMR) in Shanghai tells Chris AndersonRead More →
Zhang Lijiaby Fons1 via FlickrZhang Lijia became in December the fastest mover among our corp of speakers at the China Speakers Bureau. She is, at the second place, actually the first to really come close to Shaun Rein, who retains the first place.Jasper Becker – who only joined our serviceRead More →
Victor Shih, the highest newcomer In the third monthly overview of the top-10 most-sought speaker for the China Speakers Bureau we see that the top is remarkable stable, compared to our listing in October. The other half has been replaced by other speakers, with newcomer Victor Shih – we enlistedRead More →