Category Archives: Business

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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The rich lives of coal bosses

Coal bosses from Tangshan (唐山) buy a surprising amount of luxury items in Beijing. Also, Xia Yaozhou (夏耀周) builds a city in Yunnan.

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Finding big brother in China’s Facebook

In this special edition Danwei FM podcast, your correspondent interviews the ‘brand ambassadors’ of Zhanzuo.com, ‘China’s Facebook’. The topic is the real name system (实名制).

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Mattel apologizes to China

Mattel apologizes to China for design flaws.

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WTO suit brews; China establishes patent centers

As a non-adversarial approach to IPR enforcement that transforms the Chinese from “bad guys” into stakeholders, these in-house patent resource centers seem promising.

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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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US vs. China: pointless IPR-related WTO suit drags on

IPR at the WTO from China Business Times (中华工商时报).

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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 Businesscast: Olympics Marketing Part 3

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

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