Category Archives: Business and Finance

Rolling Stone China: a dud that will probably succeed

Posted on 2006-03-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Will Rolling Stone China succeed? (hint: it doesn’t)

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Business Briefs: Translation, beverages, and Hunan TV

Posted on 2006-03-14 by Joel Martinsen

Business news from The China Perspective. This week includes stories on China’s 30-billion-yuan translation sector, a crisis in the water dispenser industry, and Gatorade’s arrival.

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The first banking scandal of 2006

Posted on 2006-03-07 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Bank of China in Caijing’s crosshairs The cover of Caijing magazine’s March 6 issue screams China’s “first banking scandal of 2006”. The article inside is titled Big Thief Zhu Dequan and subtitled “It’s difficult to believe: a small company … Continue reading →

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Baidu earns while Google squirms

Posted on 2006-02-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From the Financial Times: Baidu.com, China’s most frequently used internet search engine, said net profits last year rose nearly fourfold to RMB47.6m ($5.9m), driven by online advertising sales… …For the full year, Baidu said revenues were up 172 per cent … Continue reading →

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Business Briefs: Hello Kitty, Pepsi price wars, and Shanda TV ads

Posted on 2006-02-17 by Joel Martinsen

From The China Perspective, this week we look at Hello Kitty MP3 sales at Kedi, and KLM’s flights to Chengdu.

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Business Briefs: Ring tones come home and latte prices go up

Posted on 2006-01-17 by Joel Martinsen

Business Briefs, sponsored by The China Perspective, returns this week with landline ringtones, multinationals, and coffee prices.

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Keep Cool: Americans and Chinese Internet censorship

Posted on 2006-01-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Keep Cool: Xiao Shuai’s not going to get the girl In Zhang Yimou’s superb film Keep Cool (有话好好说), Jiang Wen plays Xiao Shuai, a bookseller in Beijing who chases a girl named An Hong. She’s not interested in him and … Continue reading →

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Focus Media gobbles up its rivals

Posted on 2006-01-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Focus Media, the company that controls the majority of flat-panel TV displays that show advertisements in office buildings in Chinese cities, has signed a contract to buy its rival Target Media. This comes after Focus Media’s acquisition of Framedia which … Continue reading →

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Business Briefs: Imported oil and the online job hunt

Posted on 2005-12-20 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese business news from The China Perspective, including imported vegetable oil tariffs, online job placement, and Sony digital cameras.

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Business Briefs: Women’s spending and luxury goods

Posted on 2005-12-13 by Joel Martinsen

News from The China Perspective, including a Huakun survey of urban women’s shopping habits, China’s luxury good market, and the fortunes of two Sichuan companies.

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