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The Chinese Smartphone Market: Who Will Be the Next Xiaomi?

ArticleApril 17, 2015

From LeTV to OnePlus, the new contenders for the top spot in the Chinese smartphone market.

Mapping the New Silk Road

ArticleMarch 24, 2015

A huge shift in trade and relations could be underway across Eurasia, and China’s New Silk Road policy is at the heart of it

The Automobile Industry in China Hits the Speed Limit

ArticleMarch 11, 2015

The slowing auto market is reshaping the automobile industry in China.

The Chinese Property Market Conundrum

ArticleJanuary 26, 2015

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

Amazon China: A Lightweight

ArticleJanuary 14, 2015

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

India-China Relations: Silk Road 2.0

ArticleSeptember 22, 2014

Will India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi change India-China business relations?

Shaun Rein on How China Will Become an Innovative Economy

ArticleAugust 25, 2014

China is not known to be an innovative economy, but Shaun Rein, author of The End of Copycat China, believes that will change sooner than we know. Can you name one innovative project, one innovative change, or one innovative product that has come out of China? That was a challenge posed by US Vice-President Joe […]

The Business of Urbanization in China

ArticleJuly 2, 2014

The government is preparing to throw billions into urbanization in China, but has it thought through the hardware challenges? Perhaps the most striking way to take in China’s startling urbanization is to sit in front of a computer and click through to Google’s Earth Engine. A search for Shanghai on the website brings up time-lapsed […]

Agriculture in China: Down on the Farm

ArticleJune 5, 2014

Agriculture in China is still primitive and needs to be modernized quickly. But whose responsibility is that? Wang Liang is a farmer in the northeast province of Heilongjiang, China’s top corn producer. Despite fertile soil, Wang says the small size of his plot limits his crop yield and income. Both took a hit last year […]

Stephen Roach on the US and China’s Unhealthy Codependency

ArticleApril 9, 2014

Stephen Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, believes that the US and China’s codependency will lead to further imbalances in the global economy. In June last year, an unlikely set of visitors descended upon a private estate at the edge of California’s Mojave Desert. Over the next two days, the leaders of the two […]

CHINA ROUNDUP: Chinese GDP growth target at 7.5%; more austerity measures; and war on smog

ArticleMarch 7, 2014

The week that was: Beijing hosts the annual CPPCC and NPC meetings; Chinese GDP growth target for 2014 announced; austerity measures in full force; and solar cell company heads for China’s first corporate bond default. All eyes this week, understandably so, are on Beijing where delegates from all over China have gathered for the two […]

ArticleMarch 7, 2014

The week that was: Beijing hosts the annual CPPCC and NPC meetings; Chinese GDP growth target for 2014 announced; austerity measures in full force; and solar cell company heads for China’s first corporate bond default. All eyes this week, understandably so, are on Beijing where delegates from all over China have gathered for the two […]

China Roundup: Bitcoin Prices Plunge; Luxury Market Slows Down; and Housing Prices Rise

ArticleDecember 20, 2013

The week that was: luxury retail in China slows down as the government’s anti-corruption measures take effect; over-the-counter exchange markets widen their reach; housing prices rise; and bitcoin prices nosedive. China broadens OTC exchange nationwide More small and medium-sized companies will have access to China’s over-the-counter (OTC) exchange market, as the Chinese State Council […]

The World Trade Organization’s Bali Package: Good News for China

ArticleDecember 19, 2013

The World Trade Organization’s Bali deal is likely to boost China’s economy tremendously. Here’s how. Eighteen years since its founding and one day after the current round of trade liberalization talks’ scheduled end, on 7th December 2013, the 159 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally did something few observers expected: they agreed […]

Bolshie in Beijing: Soaring Labor Costs in a Slowing Economy

ArticleNovember 13, 2013

China’s labor costs are soaring even as the economy slows. How are companies responding? It was a tactic designed to grab headlines, and it succeeded. In late June, workers at a medical parts factory in Beijing held hostage Chip Starnes, a visiting American executive, demanding that he provide better compensation. The company’s employees guarded exits, […]

Tiger Woman on Wall Street: a Q&A with Junheng Li

ArticleSeptember 30, 2013

A conversation with Junheng Li, author of Tiger Woman on Wall Street US investors still have little confidence in Chinese companies. That was the conclusion to be drawn from 2012, in which only two Chinese companies—Vipshop, an online retailer, and YY Inc, a social media platform—listed shares in the US. It was the lowest yearly […]

The Switch: Lenovo’s Strategy in the PC-Plus era

ArticleJuly 16, 2013

PC-manufacturer Lenovo is gearing up for the era of tablets and smartphones with an improved business model When the iPad 2 was launched in 2011, late Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared the years to follow as the “post-PC era”. Thanks to abysmal PC shipment numbers since, an army of tech bloggers have followed in suit […]

Will crowdfunding change everything?

ArticleJuly 15, 2013

Once upon a time, two IT workers quit their jobs and ran off to Lhasa, Tibet, to start a youth hostel. But they were short on money. So they went to a fairy godmother named DemoHour who took pity on them and granted their wish. Rarely seen in recent years, fairy godmothers like DemoHour have […]

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild on Reinventing Capitalism

ArticleJune 25, 2013

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of E.L. Rothschild, is a strong advocate of inclusive capitalismLady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of E.L. Rothschild and Co-Chair of the Henry Jackson Initiative for Inclusive Capitalism, believes that capitalism is not a lost cause. It only needs long-term thinking and a more human face Can capitalism be […]

Promoting Innovation in Society

ArticleMay 7, 2013

How do you kickstart innovation? Here are some pointers Beyond the law of supply and demand, one of the few things that most economists and policymakers agree on is that innovation is a very good thing. Most authorities acknowledge that the tremendous gains in lifespan and living standards made over the past 300 years […]

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