Category Archives: Business and Finance

China Businesscast: Henry Winter of SmartClub

Posted on 2007-02-15 by Robert Ness

Henry Winter, CEO and founder of Shanghai-based online company SmartClub, gives insight into the economics of loyalty points and virtual currency, such as why it is better to make a prize out of a Black Eyed Peas T-shirt than an Ipod.

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Hu Jintao in Africa: a roundup of news and views

Posted on 2007-02-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

In Zambia with President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa – Xinhua image Chinese president Hu Jintao is in Africa again, continuing China’s aggressively friendly Africa policy with a tour that takes in Sudan, Zambia, Cameroun, Liberia, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and the … Continue reading →

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Mobile phone advertising: will datamatrix codes work?

Posted on 2007-02-05 by Robert Ness

Print media that you’re not meant to read. In a recent talk with Johan Vakidis, creative director at OgilvyOne Shanghai, I learned that Ogilvy is preparing to incorporate datamatrix (dm) codes in their advertising campaigns in China. Put simply, these … Continue reading →

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MySpace China under construction

Posted on 2007-01-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Keso — probably China’s most popular IT blogger — yesterday wrote about the domain name Myspace.cn. Check it out: www.myspace.cn is active, and now belongs to a company called Mai Sibei (my space, geddit? or 北京麦斯贝信息技术有限公司). The image above is … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: interview with James McGregor

Posted on 2007-01-28 by Robert Ness

McGregor on Xinhua: “We should have driven a stake through their heart ten years ago.” In 2005 James McGregor released his book One Billion Customers, Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. The book became a best … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Republishing Shaun Rein Interview

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Robert Ness

In the last episode of Danwei FM’s China Businesscast, I interviewed Shaun Rein on the topic of strategic consulting in China. For our mainland listeners who couldn’t listen because of internet difficulties, I am republishing the interview using our mainland … Continue reading →

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137 million Internet users in China

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

IDG’s Steven Schwankert reports: China Internet market grows to 137 million users China added another 14 million Internet users in 2006, retaining its status as the world’s second-largest Internet market, with 137 million total users, the China Internet Network Information … Continue reading →

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Chinese tourists: some numbers

Posted on 2007-01-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The People’s Daily website has published a short Xinhua article in English containing figures for Chinese outbound tourism last year. Excerpt: The number of outbound travelers from the Chinese mainland reached 34.52 million in 2006, up 11.27 percent over the … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Strategic Consulting with Shaun Rein

Posted on 2007-01-14 by Robert Ness

Shaun Rein is the chief executive at CMR China Market Research Group, based out of Shanghai. Shaun believes that the end is near for the strategic consulting companies that depend on the Henry Kissinger model of using personal relationship networks … Continue reading →

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Chinese cars in Kenya, female ethnic Chinese minister in Zimbabwe

Posted on 2007-01-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Fay King Chung, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education Two China Africa stories: From Beijing Review: Chinese Song of ‘Chimurenga’ A Chinese descendant has grown into the first Chinese female Minister of Zimbabwe More than a century ago, in 1904, a 17-year-old … Continue reading →

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