Category Archives: Business

China Businesscast: Mobile Space in China

In the second part of our series on the mobile space in China, your correspondent interviews Richard Robinson, CEO of Dada Asia. Richard makes a case for why entertainment applications are the most compelling in the mobile business. Aside from … Continue reading →

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Musings about money

A free exhibition requires ID to buy a ticket, but a scalper’ll give you one for 10 kuai. No one wants to run free schools. Shanghai gives 2.5 yuan a month to parents of only children.

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Mobile Business in China – podcast

If you are like me, you have sat in restaurants and bars nursing your drink in awkward silence wishing you knew enough to join in the conversation about things called 3G and TD-SCDMA. If so, then you be pleased about … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: The Future of Chinese Media

Earnshaw talks about running a lifestyle magazine in China and believes the death of magazines is imminent. The Chinese expression 从无到有(cong2wu2dao4you3), to emerge from nothingness, would be a fair way to describe how traditional and new forms of Chinese media … Continue reading →

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China to build and finance Guinea Bissau infrastructure

From the website Macau Hub: The Chinese government has pledged to build a military hospital and the ‘Palace of Justice’ in Guinea Bissau’s capital, during an official visit to China by Guinean President João Bernardo “Nino” Vieira , Guinean officials … Continue reading →

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Nigeria and China railway deal: $8.3 billion

According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, China and Nigeria signed an 8.3 billion US dollar railway construction contract. China will build 1315 kilometers of railroad in the west African state; this is the biggest infrastucture project abroad for a Chinese … Continue reading →

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China Businesscast: Chinese Word of Mouth with Sam Flemming

Flemming talks of net stars and other commercial trends in the Chinese web How do you sort through the massive noise of millions of messages posted daily on Chinese web forums, aka BBS sites? Sam Flemming, CEO of CIC Data, … Continue reading →

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Google – Youtube: it’s all about search

Koolhaas-hunting on Youtube: this Danwei video is a frequent search target Google’s recently-announced purchase of Youtube for the cool sum of 1.6 billion dollars has excited the chattering classes of the Internet. People are asking all kinds of things about … Continue reading →

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Moonstruck: Fallout from the Mid-Autumn Festival

Traditional dress on the Moon Festival, mooncake pricing problems, and Zhang Gongyao’s initiative to junk the lunar calendar.

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China Businesscast: Interview with Ogilvy

In this episode, I interview Debby Cheung and Johan Vakidis of the Shanghai office of Ogilvy, the international marketing, advertising, and public relations firm. Having just interviewed Vanessa Seow of PR company Weber Shandwick, this interview sheds more light on … Continue reading →

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