Category Archives: Business and Finance

Danwei FM: Inflation in China

Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group (CMR), shares his insights on recent inflation in China and its effect on the consumer.

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Finance and family values

Jonathan Rechtman presents a Southern Weekly (南方周末) story about family values in contemporary society.

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Danwei FM: Chinese demand more plastic

Your correspondent had a business textbook in university that illustrated, with neat little box diagrams, the cultural differences in economic behavior between East and West, specifically that Americans buy everything on credit while Asians stow all their money in low … Continue reading

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When strategy consultants collide; “the good stuff” vs “its good enuff”

Strategic consultants do battle Orit Gadiesh, chairwoman at Bain and Company, published an article in Forbes.com arguing that multinational brewing companies should to produce light beer versions of their international products at low cost, with quality just good enough to … Continue reading

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Pan Shiyi, my heart bleeds for thee

We can’t get a loan! The Financial Times reports: Chinese property developers are suffering an acute lack of capital, the chief executive of newly listed Beijing commercial property developer Soho China told the Financial Times on Monday. Zhang Xin said … Continue reading

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 4

In this episode I speak with the PR executive at Ketchum Newscan who is handling the Olympics campaign for Lenovo.

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The return of Mr China

Jack’s back Mr China by Tim Clissold is one of the most entertaining books about China and business published in the last few years. The ‘Mr China’ of the title is a larger than life investment banker who first came … Continue reading

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China’s nuclear option — dumping dollars

China’s ‘Nuclear Option’ from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. Responses by Paul Craig Roberts, and Richard McGregor.

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China Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 3

With so much hype about the Beijing 2008 Olympics, when will people just burn out?

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Geely cars and CEO Li Shufu

China Car Times has posted a series of videos profiling the Geely automobile company and its charismatic founder Li Shufu. The above is the first installment; watch the rest of it here, where there are links to other stories about … Continue reading

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