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China Roundup: Dumped! Shanghai’s GDP Growth Target

This week, Shanghai brought the annual practice of fixing GDP growth targets into sharp focus by simply abandoning it; Alibaba.

by Major Tian | Jan. 29 2015

#eCommerce, #Retail, #Amazon, #Taobao, #Big Data, #Slider, #Alibaba, #Competition, #Tmall, #JD.com, #Investing

Why E-commerce Alone Won’t Save the Chinese Retail Industry

CKGSB Professor Jack Chen on why the government should level the playing field in the Chinese retail industry.

by Major | Jan. 28 2015

#Pricing, #Consumption, #Chinese Consumers, #Slider, #Alcohol Tax, #Alcohol, #Brian Viard

Should the Liquor Tax in China be Higher?

Liquor tax in China is lower than in most other countries. Prof Brian Viard on whether there is a case.

by Brian Viard | Jan. 27 2015

#Economic Stimulus, #Property Bubble, #Slider, #Consumers, #Property, #Housing Prices, #Chinese Real Estate, #PBOC

The Chinese Property Market Conundrum

As the Chinese property market slows and complicates the country's economic outlook, the government faces a tricky balancing act.

by Nicole Sy | Jan. 26 2015

#WeChat, #Advertising, #Chinese Economy, #Economic Growth, #PBOC, #Slider, #EV, #GDP Growth, #LeTV

China Roundup: In 2014 the China GDP figure hit a 24-year low

This week, all eyes were on the 2014 China GDP figure, which at 7.4% was lower than the target.

by Major | Jan. 22 2015

#GDP, #Slider, #Infographic, #Chinese Economy, #Chinese History

China’s GDP: The Big Number

In 2014, China's GDP grew at 7.4%, the slowest in the last 24 years. We take a look.

by CKGSB Knowledge | Jan. 21 2015

#Government Regulation, #Slider, #RMB, #Logistics, #Shanghai FTZ, #Economic Reform

Has the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Lived Up to Its Promise?

A year on from its debut, we examine the hits and the misses of the much-touted Shanghai Free Trade.

by Hudson Lockett | Jan. 20 2015

#Tencent, #Xiaomi, #Lenovo, #Baidu, #Innovation, #Investment, #Slider, #Alibaba, #Start-ups, #Innovation Works, #Silicon Valley

Is There a Chinese Silicon Valley?

As China seeks to innovate and upgrade its economy, has it developed any region that can definitively be called the.

by Chris Russell | Jan. 19 2015

#Taobao, #Amazon China, #Localization, #eBay, #Slider, #Alibaba, #Competition, #Free Trade Zone, #Government Regulation, #Kindle, #Amazon

Amazon China: A Lightweight

Amazon China is redoubling its efforts, but will it succeed at the second attempt in the country's hyper-competitive.

by Ana Swanson | Jan. 14 2015

#Slider, #Shadow Banking, #Yu'e Bao, #Interest Rate, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #Banking Reform, #Alipay, #Brian Viard

When your Bank Interest is a Basketful of Vegetables

CKGSB professor Brian Viard on why Chinese banks are resorting to paying bank interest through Mercedes Benz cars, iPhones and.

by Brian Viard | Jan. 13 2015

#US, #Economic Growth, #Brazil, #India, #Slider, #Africa, #Aerospace, #Soviet Union, #Power, #Superpower

Who will Be the Next Superpower?

History shows that the world goes through cycles that repeat themselves. And from these cycles emerges the next superpower.

by Neelima Mahajan | Jan. 12 2015

#Chinese Economy, #Slider, #PBOC, #GDP Growth, #Didi Dache, #Kuaidi Dache, #Tencent, #Taxi App, #Fosun, #Alibaba

China Roundup: Is the Chinese Economy Rebalancing?

Tencent launched China’s first private bank, local governments vowed to crack down on ride-hailing apps, and with China.

by Major | Jan. 8 2015

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