“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
Information, research, and insights about the economy and business environment in China, with focus on ideas and opportunities for networking, making connections, entrepreneurship, jobs and careers.
At Clinton Global Initiative, Duke Energy and ENN Group announce a partnership to share best practices and technology in: clean coal, carbon sequestration, biofuel, carbon-capturing algae, natural gas, smart grid. Chairman Wang Yushuo shares insights into his company’s future plans.
While Jessica Alba graced the stage at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, China seemed vastly underrepresented at the gathering, with only 1 of 33 Plenary Session speakers from China. This posts offers 7 reasons why China might be underrepresented, and photos of Queen Rania, Alba, and Ben Stiller.
Alibaba Group and Grameen Trust announce a new partnership to form Grameen China to serve the very poor in Sichuan and Inner Mongolia. Is this a trend toward Chinese corporate philanthropy or a smart business move to dominate the low-end market worldwide?
Review of the online virtual world game, iPartment or “love apartment” (in Chinese), where young Chinese girls decorate homes and “live with” their boyfriends.
Chinese bloggers answer why Kaifu Lee resigned from Google China, how it will affect Google China, and what we can expect from his new startup Innovation Works.
We’re hosting an open conference call with the Supernova Group of UPenn’s Wharton School. Kaiser Kuo, Benjamin Joffe, and other leading execs will cover topics, trends in China’s consumer internet.
Kaifu Lee, former President of Google China, leaves to start new Chinese incubator “Innovation Works”. The company appears to be funding companies & providing services to young entrepreneurs.
Kai-Fu Lee resigns as head of Google China. Recently starting to make some market share gains, Google remains a distant 2nd place to Baidu. Could the recent controversy over Google porn have caused the resignation?
Discussion with Rebecca MacKinnon on the emerging uncertain future of the Internet under non-democratic, non-Western countries like China, and new approaches toward US-China relations.
Why is China’s social network site dominated by local domestic Chinese players while foreigners have little success? Do Chinese netizens use SNS differently?
Rumors continue of Apple negotiating with China Unicom to bring the iPhone officially to China. It’ll have to compete with grey market imports, fakes, & Google?
MSH China, an insurance services company serving multinational companies, seeks a Customer Service Executive/Account Executive to work full-time in Shanghai.
Lip-Bu Tan (Cadence), Symbio, & Microsoft shared insights into working with the Chinese government, the difficulty of penetrating inner circle of elites, and reasons for optimism for China 2010.
Foreign hospitality company seeks experienced Hospitality Sales Manager with references to work full-time in Beijing’s central business district.
