Howard French by Fantake via Flickr Former Shanghai bureau chief Howard French not only has a distuighisted career as a foreign correspondent in China, Japan and Africa for the New York Times, he is also an accomplished photographer. He documented the old Shanghai, the Shanghai that is now disappearing fastRead More →

Image via Wikipedia For China Unicom, currently China’s second-largest mobile phone provider, an expected deal to distribute Apple‘s iPhone in the world’s mist connected nation might be a hit, Shaun Rein does expect major bears on the way for iPod, he tells Brand Republic Asia. Apple will have to makeRead More →

Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr Many of the larger Chinese companies are state-owned, says analyst Arthur Kroeber in a comment to Australian media, making passing on their information an infringement of state secrets. Four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto got arrested by Shanghai State Security andRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Google’s growth in China is not likely to be hurt by the recent porn brawl it had with China’s internet authorities, says analyst Shaun Rein in PC World. The US search engine got itself into hot water as it was accused of facilitating searches forRead More →

Zhang Lijia by \!/_PeacePlusOne via Flickr Zhang Lijia, the author of the autobiography “Socialism Is Great!”, will be speaking at a meeting in Amsterdam on Friday 17 July at the meeting room of On File, at the Singel 46 in Amsterda, very close to the Central Station. The meeting startsRead More →

Arthur Kroeber by Fantake via Flickr The dramatic scenes from Xinjiang are unlikely to have a big impacts on China as a whole, says Arthur Kroeber in media comments, days after the riots started in China’s remote Uighur region. “In terms of China’s domestic economy, it is in a remoteRead More →

William Bao Bean by Fantake via Flickr Despite dropping occupations rates in Beijing and later possibly Shanghai, China’s travel market is still growing, despite the crisis, says William Bao Bean, partner at Softbank India and China Holdings, according to 4Hoteliers. He sees much future for online bookings. One area that’s beenRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife Today the Hurun Report from Rupert Hoogewerf and Ammado organized the first CSR-mart in Shanghai, both organization announced in a press release. Hurun or Rupert Hoogewerf was one of the people giving an opening speech. “The Wenchuan Earthquake has been a turning pointRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf by Getty Images via Daylife Soft drink Wanglaoji from Guangdong tops the fourth Hurun list of Most Valuable Brands with an estimated USD 540 million of value, writes CCTV on their website. List composer Rupert Hoogewerf, who expanded the list from 50 to 100 Chinese brands, sees that brandingRead More →

Image by Wonderlane via Flickr We have just launched our June 2009 newsletter including details about Zhang Lijia’s trips to Europe and the US. Also an overview of the waves our speakers made in the mainstream media in the past four weeks. You can read the China Speakers Bureau newsletterRead More →

Rupert Hoogewerf China has avoided most of the credit crunch and its rich has not dramatically changed their life style, says Rupert Hoogewerf, author of the Hurun report and tracking China’s rich for over a decade in an interview. His research shows that life has remained the same for 82 percentRead More →