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China’s billionaires are turning 40 – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s extreme rich are very young compared to the billionaires elsewhere in the world, but they are getting older. The Hurun rich list of those under 40 years old, composed by Rupert Hoogewerf, lost 23 over last year, because they turned 40, he tells in China.org.cn.Read More →
Alibaba, the winner in China’s economy – Ben Cavender
Economists differ very much on the future of China’s short term economic direction, upwards or downwards. But in every case, e-commerce giant Alibaba is going to be a winner, predicts consumer analyst Ben Cavender in Bloomberg.Read More →
Ferrari, Apple: two products appealing to the rich – Ben Cavender
The Chinese are not trying to become middle class, they want to become rich, very rich. Products like Apple and Ferrari are helping consumers is creating that feeling, tells consumer analyst Ben Cavender in the Wall Street Journal and Adage.Read More →
The End of Cheap China – Strait Times review
“Mercifully, The End Of Cheap China is not another academic tome about the most miraculous economic transformation of our times,” writes Andy Mukherjee in a review in the Strait Times about Shaun Rein’s The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that Will Disrupt the World.Read More →
UK speakers’ scam
Today we got a kind invitation from Reverend Michael Silver , presiding Minister of the Emanuel Evangelical Church,London, United Kingdom, to provide a speaker. It proved to be a scam.Read More →
How to keep Chen Guangcheng relevant – Zhang Lijia
What is Chen Guangcheng’s future, wonders author Zhang Lijia, as she recalls her earlier meetings with the blind lawyer and his diligent way to make a difference in China. How can Chen stay China’s bright and honest son, she asks in The Diplomat.Read More →
Government cannot deny pollution – Shaun Rein
The US embassy in Beijing and US consulate in Shanghai tweet regularly their measurements of the pollution in those cities. No allowed, said a representative of the environmental authorities in China this week. Denying the problem is not going to help, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in Marketplace.Read More →
June 4th and later – Zhang Lijia
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia of “”Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China” recalled yesterday at her weblog the dramatic events of June 4, 1989, and looks ahead at the future of China in the years to come.Read More →
France top-destination for luxury travelers – Rupert Hoogewerf
France is the top destination of luxury traveler, followed by the US and Australia. The Maldives, Switzerland and Dubai are the fastest growing, tells Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the rich list in the Shanghai Daily.Read More →
Why Hyundai’s strategy might fail – Shaun Rein
Korea’s car maker Hyundai tries to sell its relatively larger car in China upscale market. But asking more money for a tiny car might be a tricky strategy for the producer of small cars, tells business analyst Shaun Rein Bloomberg.Read More →
Zhang Lijia on political reform in China – Hangout-on-air
On Thursday 31 May the Beijing-based author Zhang Lijia will answer questions on political reform in China in an upcoming Hangout-on-air. Are we seeing merely window-dressing, or are there real options for change. Basis will be her opt-in in the New York Times, where she sounds rather pessimistic.Read More →
Can China withdraw the state from the economy? – Victor Shih
China needs to shift its economy from state investments to domestic consumption to survive. But can China withdraw that kind of power from state institutions, wonders political and financial analyst Victor Shih in the Financial Times.Read More →