Tag: China social news
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Is thrift back in fashion in China?
Hello again from Aim2D, tucked in just under #3 runway of Beijing’s Capital Airport in sunny Shunyi. Or at least, so they say. Last week and so far this, have seen hours on end of electrical storms and buckets of rain. But we’re not ones to let things, least of all the weather get us […]
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Behind the Shanghai Lockdown
Usually, most Tuesdays we take a look at business, marketing, tech or social news in and around China. Today we are going behind the scenes to look in a bit more detail at the Shanghai Covid lockdown. Again, our aim is to illustrate there is better, more objective and relevant info re China available than […]
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China: Shiny New Things
Hello again from Shunyi. Tuesdays we take a look at business, marketing, tech or social news in and around China. Later, on Friday, depending on availability, we bring you an image gallery or video from a different perspective of business or social life in China. As today is Tuesday May 31 we present a look […]
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Dating Chinese
Usually, most Tuesdays we take a look at business, marketing, tech or social news in and around China. Today we are going to veer some way off that to look at a social issue in China. Namely Chinese thinking and ideals around dating, marriage etc.We also want to prod you to look at situations through […]
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The Greening of China
Hello again from Aim2D a real time, 24/7 China Business, Marketing, Tech and Social Media News Portal of Bic Brands based in sunny Shunyi. Tuesdays we take a look at business, marketing, tech or social news in and around China. Friday is image gallery Today, Friday 20th May we are revisiting an older post re the dust […]
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Yellow Dust.
In the late 1990’s when The Bic was based in Korea, “Yellow Dust” was a regular problem. Especially in the capital Seoul. Named partly as it was a yellow coloured sand, and partly as it blew across from China. The Gobi to be exact. Arriving North China 2000 he struck the same thing. However,thanks to […]
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Nod to Online Delivery Workers~.
Hello for Friday April 15th. Last week, courtesy of Sixth Tone, we posted a link to a short video relating to the lockdown of Shanghai that proved popular. Today, let’s try the same magic with another short movie looking at Shanghai’s online food delivery workers. We’ve also included links to more detailed background.
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Shanghai: Ghost City~.
You will remember last Tuesday, April 5th, we wrote about Qing Ming festival, Dead People’s or Ghost day. Mainstream media has also thoroughly covered the Covid situation in Shanghai and its lockdown. For those of you who remember Shanghai, a bustling, busy city teeming with life this video, courtesy of Sixth Tone shows it now, […]
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Any Time is Tea Time~.
Ahh tea, the cup that cheers. And you can also brighten your mood by reading the tea leaves afterwards! Whether your taste runs to the robust blacks, such as English Breakfast, Earl Grey, perhaps a less robust Oolong (also called Tieguanyin or Formosa Tea ) a softer green or delicate white or Pu er or […]
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Age is a State of Mind~.
Greetings again from Shunyi for Friday 25th February . It is a funny thing how the media and our society, whether European or Asian has this fascination with age. In particular news where, “elderly man or woman” is often reported. It seems that once you pass 60, somehow life ceases to exist for you. Especially […]
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Top 10 China supermarkets based on sales for 2021
Hello and greetings from Shunyi for Thursday January 20th. We know supermarkets are one of the key entry ways for FMG / F&B in China and there is always a lot of interest in this. So lets take a look at the top brands for 2021.
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Covid in China in Pictures.
Greetings again from Shunyi for Thursday 13th January – almost half way through the first month of 2022. Continuing our Thursday theme of image galleries we look, today, at Covid in China in Pictures. A familiar situation for many reading this, and we admit, not much to do with China business. But sometimes it is […]
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China: Many Shades of Grey
Hello again for Tuesday 7th December and another week closer to 2022. Will it be much different from this year? Probably not. Today’s topic is for those who find China, its laws and regulation hard to understand or get a handle on. It should not be taken as gospel or factual, just one interpretation which […]
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China Covid – a Perspective
Hello again and warm greetings from Shunyi for Tuesday, November 16th. A shorter piece today linking back to an older article, circa Feb 2020 from our colleagues at “Taste Collective.” It is essentially a brief, as in half a dozen questions, survey to various actors involved in marketing to Chinese in some form or other.
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Pretty Chinese Men
Hello, welcome to Aim2D for Tuesday September 7th coming to you as always from the Beijing Airport Tech Zone, in sunny Shunyi. ‘cept it’s grey and raining today – again. Never mind, let’s march on John. Last Thursday we ran this story and briefly commented on the take over of cosmetics sales by males in […]
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Alibaba’s ‘Store X’
Hello from Shunyi, for Tuesday August 3rd. Today’s post is short, we will let the 3 minute video do the talking instead. But first a quick question:Q: What is an Alibaba Store X?
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Why are Chinese spending big on empty bottles?
Hello, good morning from Shunyi for Thursday, April first. Actually, we thought long and hard about releasing a post today given that it is also April Fool’s Day. The tile of today’s short article: “Why are Chinese spending big money on empty bottles” is also likely to be thought of as a joke. However, it […]
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Breaking China Business News
OK, yep, we admit it, today’s title is a bit click baitish. But in a nice way with the best of intentions. We know this is what many serious firms are looking for when they consider their China venture. After all, if you in China, you are playing to win – right? But we also […]
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Beware of Yellow Peril
We interrupt our normal programming to bring you this news flash!Well, maybe not exactly a news flash and it does wander quite some way from what we would call “usual” items. But we can – just – squeeze it into a business theme as it does give you insight, not just into the fickleness of […]
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Chinese ex wife awarded salary
Greetings as we roll into week 2 of March. Today we will continue the trend we began last month by deviating slightly from what we usually publish. However, as in last month, it does have deeper significance and possible ramifications for foreign businesses in China.
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