Qumin founder Arnold Ma shares insights on the next generation of social media at the Europe Influencer Summit. Social OS, social commerce, live streaming, short-form videos, AI-powered social feeds and search. It’s time to get to grips with the everyday features that Chinese youths cannot live without, features China social commerce expert Arnold Ma likes […]
Speakers
Andy Xie: Coronavirus lessons for China: prioritise health care and quality of life over economic growth
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May
May
Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, in his recent SCMP article, opined that the pandemic has shown that countries with robust health care systems could contain the spread of Covid-19 without a complete shutdown. Instead of the mindless pursuit of debt-fuelled GDP growth, China should focus on revamping its scandal-ridden health care sector. The household deleveraging […]
20
May
May
China marketing expert, Arnold Ma, and his team at Qumin has recently published a research paper on Opportunities in China after COVID-19, examining how 10 industries are recovering from the pandemic and their future prospects. The full report can be found at Arnold’s linked in page here: Due to high demand and a positive response, […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Ashley Galina Dudarenok on Bloomberg – How Coronavirus Impacts China’s Ecommerce
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May
May
Ashley Galina Dudarenok was interviewed by Bloomberg on how coronavirus is impacting China’s e-commerce. Are the Chinese citizens spending money after the lockdown? Is there really “revenge spending” as retailers hoped? Which e-commerce platforms in China are winning the game? Ashley shares her observations in the interview. Ashley Galina Dudarenok is a China marketing expert with […]
04
May
May
Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE, shares her insights on how travel would be affected by COVID-19. Mass tourism will not pick up again until vaccines are widely available, which she estimates will take at least 2 years. That is a virtual travel barrier that will deter anyone from doing leisure travel, or roundtrip business travel. […]
Asia, China, Insights, Speakers
Lijia Zhang: The coronavirus pandemic is nature’s wake-up call to humans who have lost their Way
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Apr
Apr
In her recent opinion piece for SCMP, renowned author and speaker Lijia Zhang shared insights on the coronavirus pandemic, sustainable development and more. Here are a few highlights: The Tao-te Ching says: “Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law […]
Asia, China, Europe, Insights, Media, Speakers
Dr Leroy Chiao, Former NASA Astronaut on Social Isolation
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Apr
Apr
With social distancing quickly becoming the norm across the globe, former NASA astronaut Dr Leroy Chiao shares his tips on how to make the most out of being isolated for long stretches of time. Watch his Forbes interview below to learn more Read the rest of the article here. Dr Leroy Chiao 焦立中 worked at NASA […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: How the greedy ruling elite failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness
13
Apr
Apr
In his recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist opined that the ruling elite has failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness. The ruling class has been ignoring expert warnings of a pandemic, which resulted in the difficult situation the world is now facing. Ay attempts to align supply chains to health care […]
Asia, China, News, Speakers
Dr Shirley Yu interviewed by BBC on the CoronaVirus Impact to the Chinese Economy
07
Apr
Apr
Dr Shirley Yu interviewed by BBC on the CoronaVirus Impact to the Chinese Economy in early Feb 2020, shortly after China shut down Wuhan due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr Shirley Yu (于泽), is a former CCTV 9 anchor, an experienced moderator and author. She holds a PhD in Economics from Peking Univeristy and started her career […]
04
Apr
Apr
China has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. The whole country was locked down for a few weeks since late Jan 2020. With the virus under control, China gradually relaxed the lockdown measures and the citizens are going back to work and going out to shop again. According to Arnold Ma, as of 21 […]
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Mar
Mar
In a recent fireside chat, Arnold Ma, Founder of Qumin discussed with his colleagues what marketers looking to China should watch out for in 2020. The 3 major pillars they discussed, in particular, are people, technology and how these affect marketing. Arnold was joined by Qumin co-founder Thomas Nixon and Qumin marketing manager Louisa Loehrig […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: Three ways the coronavirus could trigger a global financial crisis – and why central bankers are to blame
23
Mar
Mar
In his most recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie details how the coronavirus (COVID-19) could trigger a global financial crisis. Dr Xie talked about the most vulnerable industries: tourism-related companies, commercial real estate sector and residential property market. He also discussed how cutting interest rates will not help these sectors, but it will boost speculation. […]
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Mar
Mar
Michele Wucker, author of Gray Rhino, shared her insights on the impact of COVID-19 on the Global Economy in her recent article published on Linkedin. So far, estimates of the hit that Chinese economic growth will take range from 0.2 to 0.8 percent, depending on whether the outbreak slows as spring arrives and temperatures increase, […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Andy Xie: Luck may be the only thing standing between the coronavirus and a US stock market crash
09
Mar
Mar
In his recent SCMP article, Andy Xie posited that the slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and ripple effect on global supply chains will hit the global economy hard, even if a recession can be avoided. He further emphasized that if the coronavirus outbreak cannot be contained by summer, a crash worse than the 2008 crisis awaits America’s […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Engage Hung Huang, one of the most influential women on Chinese social media, to speak at your upcoming event
05
Mar
Mar
China Speakers Agency is delighted to share that Hung Huang, one of the most influential women in Chinese social media is now available for speaking engagements. Hung Huang’s internet writing went from blog to weibo, where she remains one of the most influential women on Chinese social media with 14.7 million followers. In 2011, Time […]
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Feb
Feb
Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE, shared her insights on how using technology can improve living standards in China, in a recent podcast. In the podcast linked below, Peggy talks about spearheading the first public dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials on clean energy in 2006, helping to pioneer smart grid technology in China, and teaching […]