Category: Latest China Business News
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Is China’s Economy on a Bumpy Road?
There has been a lot written around the removal of Covid restrictions in China and the anticipated rise in China’s economy. Many eyes were on the the 2023 May Day holiday at the start of this month as it was the first since Covid restrictions were announced back in 2019. Would Chinese revert back to…
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A Look Inside China’s Canton Fair
If you’ve ever been to the Canton Fair you will already have a pretty good idea what it is like. We’d sum it up in one word: gruelling. OK, we admit, our foray, from both perspectives as participant and visitor, was over a decade ago when the fair was at its zenith. Today it has,…
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Challenging China Stereotypes
Yesterday was May first, middle of China’s first 5 day May or Labour Day holiday in China since 2019. Early figures seem to indicate it may also be the busiest (and most lucrative for the travel / tourism industry) since 2018. We hope to have definite stats – and some pictures for this Friday’s image…
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China UK – Education: will it bounce back?
Today we are taking a slightly different look at our China business segment.It’s no great secret that education has, perhaps sadly, become big business. From the European, UK and Australasian EFL cram schools targeting Asians, to the Chinese language academies targeting Europeans. Then there were the study abroad options, aimed at Chinese students (or parents)…
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2023 China Economy – temperature check
Hello, at the start of the Chinese New Year, we released a number of indications we could use to determine how the Chinese economy would fare in 2023. You can catch that below if you missed it. Since then there has been considerable international debate around whether or not China can come back and how…
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2023 Guide to Alibaba’s Immersive Tmall Luxury Pavilion Shopping Platform
This must be the longest title we have ever had, longer than some of our articles. We’ve summarised the Alizilla article and included a short, 5 minute video for those whose learning style is more visual. Alibaba Group claims it’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion has revolutionized high-end e-commerce over the last six years to become the ultimate…
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Malls are now Luxury Designs in China
Today’s post is partially introspective, partially nostalgic and possibly insightful? Films (moving pictures) and TV, those “sitcoms” in particular are oft a good way to look back at human culture – thru the lens of the past as it were. Going back, the then young gen, dressed in black leathers, boots, miniskirts (girls) and greased…
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Aim2D -Tackling China Misinformation
2022 in China has been something of a roller coaster ride, so lets put on some retrospective specs and take a look backwards.
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2023 – State of Global Biz in China
China seems to be still settling in after the first real holiday in 3 years – business news is a bit thin. Maybe too, everyone is waiting for the results of the National Conference this week which will outline China’s future plans and development.
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20 years – China Through the Lens
For our last post for this February we are taking a trip back in time to Shanghai, end of the 90’s and early 2000.
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China’s Romance Economy
China’s Romance Economy is a new term that is being bandied about. No hard and fast definitions seems to exist right now, but we take a quick look anyway.
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China Lantern Festival
Hello, Sunday February 5th was the official end to Spring Festival in China AKA Lantern Day. Usually very popular, Aim2D took to the streets to see if the crowds would return.
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Thinking Outside the Square
As China business and life slowly drifts back to its usual routine, today we take a look at thinking outside the square.
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China Business News – Jan 2023
Chinese New Year. Always a special occasion in China. This year as it is the first since Covid Zero back in 2019. So quick a news round up.
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A Little Germany in China
This Friday we thought we’d take a trip to a lesser known part of China – comparatively speaking. Reminder: links and QR codes we feature are tested safe by us.
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China Digs Deep for 2023 Growth
In our first China Business News post for 2023 we venture to the south of China and one of our favourite cities- Chengdu.
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Bustling Beijing Returns
Last Wednesday Jan 3rd was the first official working day of 2023. Let’s see how this played out in Beijing.
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Fashion V/s the Environment
Today we are looking at a round up of Tech news in China, with a focus on the Fashion Industry.
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China – New Normal 2022
Today we are revisiting an earlier article from 13 May 2021 to reflect the changes in China these days. So let’s go!
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What happened- China 11/11 2022?
We are 3 weeks past China’s last 11/11 – the massively huge, multi trillion dollar China shopping extravaganza, so let’s see how it went.
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