In a recent interview with CGTN, Arnold Ma shared his insight into the newly announced joint venture between Warner and Tencent Music. Read more about it here. Arnold Ma is a speaker, writer, podcast host, and the founder of Qumin, the UK’s first Chinese Digital Creative Agency. Born in China, which at the time was still known as […]
Tag Archives: insights
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Apr
Apr
In his most recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie discussed the property market bubble and why he thinks that China is cooling and not deflating it. Here are some highlights: The property market isn’t liquid like the stock market. The clampdown on liquidity has hit the equity market first, because it is easier to meet […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: How the US Federal Reserve created a financial opioid crisis in the West
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Jul
Jul
In his recent article in SCMP, Dr Andy Xie opined that how the US Federal Reserve created a financial opioid crisis in the West. Nowadays it is popular on both the left and right to blame China for the US’ woes. The Fed is even more at fault. It gave the West a painkiller. The […]
Asia, China, Speakers
Dr Andy Xie: Hong Kong and Singapore, so similar yet so different – it’s all about housing, money and politics
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Aug
Aug
Dr Andy Xie 謝國忠, renowned Economist, shared his insights on the recent disturbance in Hong Kong. The most bizarre development in Hong Kong’s real estate market is the rise of nano flats. Hong Kong’s developers increase housing affordability by shrinking size. Even these car-sized flats cost about 10 years’ income. It is amazing to see how […]
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Aug
Aug
Dr Andy Xie, renowned Chinese Economist, said that China had spoken about economic rebalancing for 10 years, but consumption as a share of GDP has continued to fall. Click on the image below to watch the video of Dr Xie’s interview with CNBC. Dr Andy Xie 謝國忠 is a renowned Chinese economist based in Shanghai who has been […]
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Jun
Jun
Porter Erisman talked about how the West can learn from China on e-commerce and Fintech. China, started from scratch, has created truly disruptive e-commerce and mobile payment business ecosystems. Porter says “Because China is really starting from scratch, China is able to leapfrog way ahead. And so finally you’re starting to see the evidence come out […]
Shanghai-based independent economist Andy Xie was interviewed by Karishma Vaswani for BBC Business regarding the possible impact of Panama Papers on Asia. Andy Xie was asked if he thinks the Panama Papers wil force more governments to become more transparent about tax and he said “In Asia it’s about how to hide your wealth that often hasn’t been […]
China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Andy Xie: China is running out of ways to keep its many bubbles inflated
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Nov
Nov
Andy Xie: China is running out of ways to keep its many bubbles inflated. The “impossible trinity”, or trilemma, here says that a country cannot run an independent monetary policy with a fixed exchange rate and free capital flows. Some may argue that China controls its capital account. It is true that the government has […]
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Jun
Jun
China is so Black and White that Chinese live in the grey to survive. So says Morry Morgan, author of ‘Selling Big to China‘ and co-founder of ClarkMorgan. In the video below, Morry describes how rules and regulations in China can be so strict and inflexible that Chinese must use guanxi to get around the […]
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Jun
Jun
Jack Sim is the founder of World Toilet Organization. He believes that by working on improving the world’s toilets, we can make the world a better place. He shared his journey in a recent speech. Jack Sim Jack Sim, founder of World Toilet Organization, achieved financial success through several business ventures at an early age. […]
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Jun
Jun
Dan Steinbock, business, politics and strategy expert, shared his insights on global economy at Credit Risk Conference in Hong Kong in 2011. Dr Dan Steinbock is an internationally recognized expert of the multipolar world. He focuses on international business, international relations, investment and risk among the major advanced economies (G7) and large emerging economies (BRICS […]
China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Juan Pablo Vázquez Sampere: China’s Alibaba is the First Real Test for Amazon’s Business Model
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May
May
Juan Pablo Vázquez Sampere considers that China’s Alibaba is the first real test for Amazon’s business model. Alibaba will gain a foothold in the U.S. market, probably with some portion of that huge group of consumers who don’t shop that frequently but who browse a lot, from whom Alibaba will derive advertising revenue even if […]
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Apr
Apr
Dr Justin Yifu Lin remains optimistic and confident in China’s economic growth in the coming few years, despite certain difficulties. Here is his CCTV interview… Justin Lin Professor Justin Yifu Lin is Professor and Founding Director of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is the former Senior Vice President and […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Martin Jacques: Why China Will Be a Very Different Kind of Great Power
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Apr
Apr
Dr Martin Jacques shared his insights on why China will be a very different kind of great power. To understand China’s growth, one has to also understand it’s history and it’s culture. He also shared his prediction on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the future of the World Bank and the IMF. Martin Jacques […]
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Apr
Apr
Andy Xie, renowned Chinese Economist, shares his insights in a recent media interview on how China should handle the slowing economy growth. Some experts, however, have said the latest figures are a sign that China should focus on stimulating its domestic economy, in particular consumption. “The slowdown in exports is in line with global trade conditions […]
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Apr
Apr
China and India may be neighbors but, politically, they share an uneasy relationship. A war in 1962 and a long-standing border dispute have led to a sense of distrust on both sides which often seeps into business relations. But Prof Anil Gupta is optimistic. He believes that business relations between China and India, two of the […]
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