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Most-sought speakers for April 2009
Sam Flemming by Fantake via Flickr In April we see at the China Speakers Bureau , compared to our March listing, a remarkable set of newcomers in the top-10 of most sought speakers for the month, although some have been there in previous months. Only the first four are maintaining aRead More →
Explaining the stimulus package – Shaun Rein
Image by Fantake via Flickr A fast-acting government has organized a soft landing of its economy, says Shaun Rein of the research firm CMR in Shanghai in an overview of the country’s stimulus package for Seeking Alpha. Consumer confidence remain strong and did not need much attention, he says, butRead More →
Japan’s export to China wins in crisis – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr The current global economic crisis not only has losers, it has also clear winners, says economic analyst Arthur Kroeber today in the Global and Mail. China’s stimulus packages might help you greatly if you are in the right industry, where China wants to boostsRead More →
Limited interest in US real estate – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife Media have been fascinated by Chinese investors touring American real estate to buy, but the impacts might just not be as big as huge as expected, warn Rupert Hoogewerf , the expert on wealthy Chinese, in Business Week. While US real estate might offer genuine bargains,Read More →
Global China Chat on tourism
Roy Graff Is China going to bail out a world in crisis? This question is asked in many variations and the tourism industry is one of them. Are the Chinese tourists going to replace the tourists from other parts of the world, or will they stay at home to supportRead More →
New Shanghai offices
View Larger Map Do note that the Shanghai offices of Trombly Ltd and the China Speakers Bureau in Shanghai have recently changed. Mail address: 1448 Yan An Xi Lu, #4, Shanghai, China 200050Telephone: +86 21 5258-5557-283 (Anna Zhang)Fax number :86 21 5258-5557-221Read More →
One-child policy supports Barbie – Shaun Rein
Image via Wikipedia The once popular Mattel toy Barbie might be facing both a financial and cultural crisis back in its home market, Shaun Rein comments on the multi-million six story venture Mattel opened in Shanghai for its doll. In Forbes: Not only is Barbie moving into a new regionRead More →
No bail-out from China – Victor Shih
Hu Jintao via Wikipedia If the world is waiting for China for a bail-out of the global financial crisis, it might be waiting in vain, assistant professor Victor Shih reads in remarks by president Hu Jintao to NPC-delegations from Guangdong. He translates on his weblog: “Now many countries are sayingRead More →
Art market holds better than stock exchange – Rupert Hoogewerf
Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife The Chinese art market is holding much better than the stock exchange, tells China Rich List producer Rupert Hoogewerf the German magazine Die Welt. “China’s market for modern art has dropped in 2008 by 25 percent, while the stock markets lost 60 percent,”Read More →
Nobody writes about China’s investments in Africa – Howard French
Howard French via Wikipedia China is replacing very fast the old colonial powers in Africa, but the story is mostly ignored by the media, told former New York Times correspondent Howard French last Thursday at the China in Africa of the School of Journalism at Indiana University. “China is floodingRead More →
Too early to cheer – Arthur Kroeber
Arthur Kroeber While China’s financial leaders might see light at the end of the tunnel of the country’s crisis, financial analyst Arthur Kroeber warns in The Guardian it might be too early to cheer. “We know that a lot of money has been pumped into the economy and we knowRead More →
Barbie packed her bags for Shanghai
Cover of Barbie Can anything be more symbolic than Barbie, the doll who defined the image of American women worldwide? When we believe media like Bloomberg, we do note that Barbie has packed her little pink bag and left the US economy for Shanghai. Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker,Read More →