Category Archives: Business and Finance

Music and movie pirates: if you can’t lick ’em…

Posted on 2005-09-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Ellen Sander writes about movie piracy for Women of China magazine.

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Kingsoft attacks Microsoft: free download of Chinese equivalent to Microsoft Office

Posted on 2005-09-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Looks like Word, works like Word, but it’s free! Would you like a legal working equivalent to Microsoft Office for free? For the next 90 days or so, you can download a Chinese-made alternative to Microsoft’s Office suite, for free. … Continue reading →

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Geely’s opera mask

Posted on 2005-09-08 by Joel Martinsen

Top: China Dragon; Bottom: Mybo Here’s a new car Geely is bringing to the Frankfurt auto show in mid-September. China Dragon 中国龙 is the new incarnation of Geely’s Mybo 美人豹 sportscar. To project a more “Chinese flavor,” Geely has retooled … Continue reading →

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Politics and the CNOOC-Unocal debacle: assigning blame

Posted on 2005-09-06 by Joel Martinsen

In an article in this month’s Global Entrepreneur Magazine, China’s merger king Wang Wei dissects the missteps CNOOC took in its bid to acquire Unocal to determine precisely who should be blamed for dragging politics into the mess. He doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The death of Nanfang Sports

Posted on 2005-09-05 by Joel Martinsen

Nanfang Sports folds after chasing an elite audience.

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Explaining Chinese book prices

Posted on 2005-08-30 by Joel Martinsen

Oriental Outlook explores rising book prices.

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Baidu IPO: investors go nuts but doubts remain

Posted on 2005-08-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Can anyone say “irrational exuberance”? This week, Baidu became the Britney Spears of American stock markets as investors rushed in a teenage frenzy to buy shares of the Chinese search engine immediately after its IPO. The Financial Times (August 6) … Continue reading →

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Nanjing Auto and SAIC to fight it out over MG Rover?

Posted on 2005-07-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

MG Rover: it’s going to get eaten by a Chinese company, but which one? On Friday, the Financial Times reported that Chinese auto giant Nanjing Auto had successfully bought MG Rover for £50 million. Today the Guardian questions the success … Continue reading →

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Chinese TV goes exclusive

Posted on 2005-07-23 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese TV is in for a change in format. China Central Television has decided to take the initiative to adopt a more “western” approach to programming, in which a single station obtains exclusive broadcast rights to a show. In the … Continue reading →

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Find a work unit: lots of jobs on Danwei

Posted on 2005-07-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

International Sales Position in Beijing – Native English Speaker Preferred VOA’s Mandarin-language service seeks researcher Business Development Manager for Economist Intelligence Unit in Shanghai Immediate vacancy: subeditor for international news agency in Shanghai Interpreters needed for film production in Beijing … Continue reading →

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