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Profit China’s music industry stops at ringtones – William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr The global music industry hopes to tap into the revenue streams in Asia, writes the Hollywood Reporter, But VC William Bao Bean does not give them a lot of hope to make a buck in China as the country has no tradition ofRead More →
Zhang Lijia to visit Amsterdam
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr The famous Chinese journalist and author Zhang Lijia will visit Belgium and the Netherlands (especially Amsterdam) for a short visit. Her groundbreaking book ““Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China has just appeared in Dutch. She will be in Amsterdam from 14Read More →
State has to loosen ties on economy – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Only by loosening the ties for private companies, who are in an disadvantaged position compared to state-owned enterprises, China can keep an economic growth of annually 8 percent, Arthur Kroeber explains in The Telegraph from the UK. Faced with a decline in export demandRead More →
Why the Chinese might like a Hummer – Shaun Rein
Image via Wikipedia When a Chinese company who never build a car bought the Hummer from GM, one of the largest problems of the Detroit car giant, many predicted huge problems. But Shaun Rein tells Forbes he sees also some positive sides on the deal. The assumption is that theRead More →
Shanghai moving fast on Worldexpo2010 – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Shanghai might be better prepared to deal with its Worldexpo2010 compared to what happened with the Beijing Olympics, although Shaun Rein at CNBC is not without worries.The city is pumping the equivalent of 45 billion US dollar into the city, but unlike Beijing, ShanghaiRead More →
Sino-American G2? Not any time soon – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr While China and the US are edging towards each other, the emergences of a new world order, excluding some of the old and upcoming new forces, is a distant prospect at best, writes Arthur Kroeber in todays Financial Times. It is perfectly accurate toRead More →
In a growing cage – Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Just days ahead of June 4, celebrity author Zhang Lijia remembers in the New Work Times her May-days in 1989 when she helped to organize demonstraties, like they took place all over China, adding to the concerns of the leadership in Beijing.Despite the setbacksRead More →
Former diplomat joins China Speakers Bureau
Xu Ming, currently the Asia-Pacific director of the IEDE business school from Madrid and a former Chinese diplomat in Latin America, has joined the China Speakers Bureau as a speaker. From our profile: As a former diplomat in Latin America, Xu Ming is not only a fluent Spanish-speaker, but alsoRead More →
Setting a young girl free – Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia by Fantake via Flickr Celebrity author Zhang Lijia gets many positive reviews for her book “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China, but a review in the Washington Post is still a milestone. From the review: In “Socialism Is Great!” Zhang recounts her quest forRead More →
China’s purchasing criteria different from Japan – Shaun Rein
Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Just like Japan in the 1980s China is now going overseas in a major shopping spree to spend a part of its USD two trillion in foreign reserves. But that is where the similarities stop, says Shaun Rein in a commentary on NPR. WhileRead More →
Can China pull the world out of its recession?
Image via Wikipedia In the latest newsletter for May 2009 of the China Speakers Bureau we make clear China will not, and does not want to.But China is offering the world unprecedented opportunities, as part of its 1.5 trillion US dollar in foreign reserves are being spent. Our speakers canRead More →
The Renminbi is not going to be a reserve currency – Arthur Kroeber
Image by r5d4 via Flickr With the US dollar in decline as the leading global currency, the financial world is looking for alternatives. China’s currency, the Renminbi, is not going to be one, writes Arthur Kroeber in the Financial Times. The Renminbi might be expanding its global network, but thatRead More →