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China Roundup: Alibaba Share Price Touches New High and Lenovo Completes Motorola Mobility Buyout

ArticleOctober 31, 2014

Xiaomi was officially crowned the world’s third-largest smartphone maker but news of Lenovo completing its buyout of Motorola Mobility is clouding the verdict; and meanwhile Alibaba’s share price touched new highs.

The Variable Interest Entity seems like a “Deliberate Nod and Wink”

ArticleOctober 29, 2014

Michael Brennan, a renowned academic in finance, on the variable interest entity structure, China’s capital markets and the internationalization of the renminbi.

Learning from Market Entry: Keep Your Entrants Imaginary

ArticleOctober 28, 2014

What industry incumbents can learn from the forces that guide market entry.

Chinese Outbound Investment in Auto: Stop! Wait! Go!

ArticleOctober 23, 2014

A look at how Chinese outbound investment in auto is rising and how marquee brands like Volvo Cars and Manganese Bronze now belong to Chinese companies.

Technology and Higher Education: Welcome to Future U!

ArticleOctober 21, 2014

How technology will make higher education better, but probably not cheaper.

China Roundup: The race to become the largest economy in the world and the UK Treasury’s RMB Bonds

ArticleOctober 10, 2014

This week, there was fresh debate over whether China will overtake the US to become the largest economy in the world this year, the RMB inched one step closer to true internationalization, and all eyes were on Hong Kong to gauge the impact of the Occupy Central protests on the economy.

Alibaba Surfs the E-finance Wave in China

NewsSeptember 17, 2014

With Chinese firm Alibaba set to create history this week with the largest IPO ever in the US, western media outlets have struggled to define exactly what the group is. The Chinese Amazon? eBay? PayPal? Or perhaps a combination of all three? The answer according to Alibaba founder and CKGSB alumnus Jack Ma is that while Amazon and eBay are e-commerce companies, Alibaba merely helps others to do e-commerce.

Will WeChat Succeed in Mobile Commerce?

ArticleAugust 26, 2014

WeChat, China’s wildly popular social messaging app, is experimenting with mobile commerce in a bid to become an all-in-one platform. What are the odds of success? Twenty two-year-old Yin Junyu has been selling fashion accessories made of synthetic pearls and designer jewelry replicas for the last two years at a small store in Beijing’s Tongzhou […]

China Roundup: Apple inches ahead of Samsung in China; China’s Staggering Debt; and a New Food Scandal

ArticleJuly 25, 2014

The week that was: Apple is making a comeback and beating Samsung in China; China has a debt-to-GDP ratio of a whopping 251%; and fast food giants find themselves battling a new food scandal. Will Apple eat Samsung’s pie? Although the earnings report of Apple’s third fiscal quarter of 2014 (Apple’s fiscal quarter runs from […]

China Roundup: Chinese economy grew 7.5% in Q2; Alibaba delays IPO; and another bond market default on the horizon

ArticleJuly 18, 2014

The week that was: the Chinese economy clocked 7.5% growth; new home prices still in a tailspin; Shanxi-based Huatong Road & Bridge Group heads for a bond market default; and Alibaba delays its IPO. China growth picks up steam The world’s second-largest economy grew 7.5% in the second quarter, slightly faster than the 7.4% rate […]

Restrictions on New Car Purchases: An Economist’s Road Trip

ArticleJuly 9, 2014

Various cities across China are restricting new car purchases in an effort to curb pollution and traffic using either auctions or lotteries. Which of these two methods works better? In efforts to contain rapidly-escalating congestion and pollution, city governments across China are experimenting with numerous methods to pull cars off the road. Some of these […]

Real Estate in China: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

ArticleJuly 8, 2014

What ails real estate in China? Are we heading for a property market crash? Does the government need to step in and save the day? In this wide-ranging interview, CKGSB professor Liu Jing, an expert on the real estate market, analyzes the situation in China’s real estate sector. China bears have never been this close […]

Of Risks and a Global Economic Recovery

ArticleJune 3, 2014

Philippe Legrain, economist and author of Aftershock and European Spring, on the global economic recovery and the risks that could further disrupt the world. In 2008, the financial crisis brought the global economy to its knees. Today, six years later, the world has still not fully recovered from the impact of the crisis. At the […]

The Rise of E-Finance in China – Implications of Money Market Funds, Mobile Payments and Other Trends on China’s Transformation

NewsMay 28, 2014

On May 28th, CKGSB, in partnership with KPMG, held its second breakfast panel on the topic of internet finance. Shedding light on the implications of this hot topic in China and globally were two distinguished speakers, CKGSB Associate Dean and Professor of Finance, Chen Long, and KPMG Partner, Raymond Cheong.

Stem Cell Research in China: Regenerative Economics

ArticleMay 5, 2014

What is the state of stem cell research in China? Who is positioned to make the most money from stem cell therapy, and who or what will stand in their way? Hours after delivering her first baby, Oscar, in November 2011 at the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital in Shanghai, Cecilia Huang readily […]

The BRICS Countries: An Emerging Actor in Development Cooperation?

ArticleApril 23, 2014

The BRICS countries are becoming a very important player in a rather unlikely arena: development cooperation. Here’s why they are better off working together as a bloc, rather than as individual countries. In the last decade, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries have increased their presence in a rather different field. […]

China Roundup: China GDP Growth at 18-Month Low; Weibo’s IPO; and Candy Crush on WeChat

ArticleApril 18, 2014

The week that was: China GDP growth falls to 7.4%; government may ease controls on housing market; and Tencent to bring popular game Candy Crush to WeChat. China’s growth falls short of the target China’s first quarter GDP growth is not so glamorous—in fact, the 7.4% rate is an 18-month low, according to The Wall […]

China Roundup: China’s growth slows; Shuanghui’s IPO; and cross-border investments

ArticleApril 11, 2014

The week that was: China’s growth slows further; financial regulators wrangle over debt problems; and meat processing company Shuanghai International (now known as WH Group) prepares to list in Hong Kong. China prepares for slower growth More signs of a slowing Chinese economy this week—imports and exports fell by 11.3% and 6.6% year-on-year in March, […]

Chinese Investors Face Overseas Hurdles

NewsMarch 30, 2014

On Saturday, March 29th, CKGSB hosted its 3rd annual Young Investors Forum, a series of discussions led by industry experts and executives as well as key CKGSB faculty, pertaining to the most relevant investment themes of today. Yang Jing of Global Times discusses the key themes and takeaways from the event, including major challenges and opportunities going forward.

Teaching China’s Business Leaders the Importance of CSR

NewsMarch 7, 2014

South China Morning Post’s Freda Wan interviews Anson Wong, assistant director of the research center – sustainable and inclusive development at CKGSB, on the importance of teaching corporate social responsibility (CSR) to achiever broader impact across society.

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