2013

Analysts are still sorting through the interbank lending costs that are putting a squeeze on all debtors, especially “wealth management

A good friend of mine, Eric Meng, recently launched a new site targeting a specific niche: China Law for Expats.

Lots of bearish news right now but there are a couple of opportunities such as selling real-estate to Chinese buyers

Perhaps the biggest story that I have come across this past week is the newly unveiled plan to move 250

Another cornucopia of links, mostly China-related.  I wonder if encryption usage will become more prevalent by companies and individuals?  Maybe

A smorgasbord of China-related links.  Xi and Obama are meeting out in Sunnylands right now (good VF article covering Sunnylands

While Iron Man 3 did quite well in Chinese theaters (earning $100 million this past month in this market segment

Despite the political issues and bilateral hacking, there is an ever growing amount of trade between the US and China. 

Upcoming political meetings between Xi and Obama, relatively slow news other than that.  Some of the links are from Sinocism.

With a goal of attracting 500,000 foreign students annually by 2020, the mid-way point has now been crossed.   According to

A number of stories from a variety of segments.  Several are from Sinocism. Where Art Meets Luxury Shopping from The

Last year alone, Chinese movie studios (nearly all of which are state-owned) produced more than 200 anti-Japanese films.  Why?  Because

Big mix of links today.  Certainly wouldn’t want to be a new college grad in China without awesome guanxi. Recent

Clearing the tabs of some article published in the last few weeks.  Thanks to Melissa for two of them. Seeking

Anecdotatly it is hard to say what direction luxury is heading since it is such a large segment now.  Government

Another relatively slow news week.  Big skillset mismatch with new college grads, sympathize with (unemployed) former students at the colleges

Slow news week, pretty bearish too.  There are a few bright spots.  Thanks to Larry M for sending in a

Shanghaiist recently did a must-read interview with Shaun Rein.  I had the fortune of interviewing him for my book (see

Inbound tourists who stay overnight in China: 2010: 55.7 million (source) 2011: 57.6 million (source) 2012: 58 million (source) The

Mostly China-related links from the past couple of weeks.  Thanks to those who sent them in, see Sinocism for more: