China

Companies 31st January 2014

Haier’s Lesson for China

Iris Mir |Chinese brand Haier went from a disastrous inefficient brand to the world’s biggest household appliances manufacturer thanks to its CEO, Zhang Ruimin, innovative entrepreneurial thinking. The ideal scenario for China would be that many local brands could achieve Haier’s reputation and capacity for innovation. And thus they’d become Ambassadors of a new made in China, most sophisticated and exclusive. A substantial consolidation of domestic demand and the development of a new industrial structure may be paving the way for this dramatic transition to happen.

Markets 18th January 2014

China Wants to Grow ‘Reasonably’

China (which grew by 7.7% in 4Q13) wants to pursue a very different strategy in 2014, setting “reasonable growth” as its macroeconomic goal, meaning by that a rate that will support the country’s economic restructuring and upgrading. But such a technical description fails to meet society’s real needs and achievements, and so new alternative models are booming.

World economy 14th January 2014

China overtakes US to become world’s biggest trading nation -Despite fake data

COMMENTS ON ASIA-PACIFIC By Ray Kwong | Depending on who you talk to, China became the world’s biggest trader in goods for the first time last year, edging out the U.S. estimated 2013 total by about US$250 billion.

World economy 7th January 2014

China: Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit of Reform

BEIJING | By Caixin staff | Change is in the air and certain moves in China – involving the tax system and oversight of officials – can be made now to get the Year of Horse off to a fast start

World economy 3rd January 2014

Investment Bankers, Companies Got Extra Reason to Cheer on New Year’s Eve

BEIJING | By Yang Lu at Caixin | In China, nervous businessmen spent final hours of 2013 waiting outside regulator’s offices for word they’d be among the lucky few to IPO approval.

World economy 30th December 2013

China and USA: When the Giants Unwind

BEIJING | By Andy Xie via Caixin | The world has depended on Chinese and American stimulus for years, and one implication of their tightening is a slowing global economy in 2014

World economy 23rd December 2013

Experts wonder if changes to family-planning rules in China are too little, too late

BEIJING|Lan Fang and Li Yan at Caixin| Massive population remains China’s basic national condition, but structural problems of the population are daily becoming increasingly important factors affecting the development of the economy and society. The party just eased the one-child policy, but scholars and members of the public say progress should have been made years ago.

Markets 19th December 2013