Latest Posts
Top-5 stories for April 2012
April had no shortage of news, and fortunately, our monthly top-5 of most-read stories at the China Speakers Bureau mirror those current affairs very well. Not only Bo Xilai made it into our top-5, but also Zhang Lijia’s appeal to repeal the death penalty for business women Wu YingRead More →
Apple still lagging in China – Shaun Rein
Apple might be doing well in the China market, they could do better, tells business analyst Shaun Rein in Bloomberg. Apple is losing ground to the competition, because they focus better on the Chinese consumer.Read More →
Has China a viable middle class? – The debate
No says Shaun Rein in Bloomberg, it might take at least another ten years before China’s middle class earns enough, and he advises clients to focus on premium products for the rich. Yes, says Helen Wang in CNN, since China is cheap enough. What do you think? Fill in our poll.Read More →
The End of Cheap China – USA Today review
New reviews of Shaun Rein’s “The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World” keep on appearing. Earlier in the week, the Wall Street Journal, yesterday USA Today.Read More →
Chongqing’s wealth based on sky-high debts – Victor Shih
Disposed Chongqing leader Bo Xilai might have left behind a more prosperous city, that wealth comes at a price, as Chongqing’s debts are far higher than China’s average of already high liabilities, tells financial expert Victor Shih in the Wall Street Journal.Read More →
Midnight in Peking – review
Paul French’s bestseller “Midnight in Peking” was already much praised, and got now also a raving review in the Wall Street Journal.
Read More →
Jiang Zemin joins leadership transition – Victor Shih
Former president and party leader Jiang Zemin has made appearances last week, joining the mayhem surrounding China’s leadership transition, later this year. Political analyst Victor Shih gives his take in this article for Bloomberg.Read More →
China pushes missile systems on international arms market – Wendell Minnick
Chinese companies are increasingly entering the international arm markets, pushing missile systems at the 13th annual 2012 Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition held from April 16-19 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, writes defense expert Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
Pricing not an issue for Starbucks – Shaun Rein
Starbucks has played its cards right in China, by not only selling coffee in a country of tea drinkers, but also by selling their product for a premium price. Business analyst Shaun Rein explains to AFP why Starbucks is so successful.Read More →
The End of Cheap China – review
Of the plethora of China books only a few make it in the eyes of Chris Devonshire-Ellis of China Briefing. But Shaun Rein’s book The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World certainly made the grade, he writes.Read More →
Why China’s middle class does not exist – Shaun Rein
Many Western brands in China might be targeting the emerging middle class, but that does not exist in China, like it does in the US, argues retail analyst Shaun Rein. Chinese consumer got for the premium products, or for the cheap, there is no middle ground, he writes in Bloomberg.Read More →
Paul French’ “Midnight in Peking” to become TV drama
The successful book “Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China’ by the author Paul French will be turned into a TV drama, according to Forbes.Read More →