Wendell Minnick by Fantake via Flickr A shake-up in our top-10 of most-sought speakers for June, at least at the top. Not only was Jasper Becker able to maintain his surprising top position, he earlier got in May. Wendell Minnick, the Asia Bureau Chief of Defence News, who recently joinedRead More →

Jasper Becker by Fantake via Flickr Our monthly overview of the most-sought speakers shows two remarkable trends. First, our number one Kaiser Kuo has left behind the pack. He is not firmly leading on the fist position, leaving behind the rest of the top-10. Second, we see a relative highRead More →

Janet Carmosky by Fantake via Flickr Kaiser Kuo, the most quoted person in the Google/China brawl, has solidified his position in the top-10 most-sought speakers of April. A remarkable achievement, since Shaun Rein, our number two, has been beating his drum also in a major way in the mainstream media.WeRead More →

Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr The world is in too many cases waking up too late from a prolonged winter. China has jumped into action, after the annual meetings of the NPC and CPPCC meetings in Beijing, and also at the global offices of the China Speakers Bureau hibernationRead More →

Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr A massive bailout of China’s major banks might be one of the options to let them recoup much of the 2.4 trillion Renminbi (255 billion euro) spend during the recent financial rescue operation, says professor Victor Shih to BusinessWeek today. “The most likely case isRead More →

Victor Shih by Fantake via Flickr China’s debts, caused by its massive rescue plan of the past few years, might trigger off a crisis as debts rise to almost 100 percent of its GDP in a worst case scenario, says professor Victor Shih in Business Week. “The worst case isRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr Just in time to convey you with the best wishes for the year of the tiger, at the global offices of the China Speakers Bureau we have done our home work again and figured out who were the most popular speakers of this month.Read More →

Shanghai mall by Fantake via Flickr The world is still at best marginally recovering from a global crisis, while China is booming already. Arthur Kroeber explains in Market Oracle how it comes that for the first time the roots for economic rebounds were not found in the US, but inRead More →

Shaun Rein by Fantake via Flickr It’s Apple with their iPhone, eBay, Motorola, Tiffany, Nautica and Brooks Brothers got it wrong in China and Shaun Rein spells out in Forbes why they got it wrong. He fortunately also tells us who got it right, at least better than the losingRead More →

by Fantake via Flickr Despite its predicted 8 percent economic growth, China is still facing a crucial time, tells Arthurs Kroeber the Australian Inquisitr.  “The Global Financial Crisis has accelerated the impetus for change, with different regions within China responding in different ways, Mr Kroeber said. “Sustained recovery now dependsRead More →

Barbie via Wikipedia The famous doll Barbie was received with many cheers as its groundbreaking store opened in Shanghai earlier this year. But Barbie has been missing its target as it seems to appeal more to the Americans than to the Shanghainese, a problem that sounds very familiar for moreRead More →