Research & Analysis

By Lauren Dodillet Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc.—also known as Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest taxi and ride-sharing company—is attempting to raise enough money to value the startup app at $45 billion. Back in April, Didi Kuaidi raised $600 million from US hedge funds, valuing it at $8.75 billion; the new funding would more than double that and […]

Organizer: HNZ Media Group Location: National Center for Exhibition and Convention, Shanghai (NCEC) Date: June 10-12, 2015 Website: http://www.cmchina.org.cn/en Contact: Cassie Kim Email: [email protected] Phone: +86-21-31007291

by Natalie Polk Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s founder Jack Ma introduced his new globalization plan aimed to engage small US businesses in cross-border commerce with China on June 9 in New York. For Ma, the new strategy is  “simple and clear”: to help small US businesses thrive in the Chinese market by adding 10 million […]

By Lauren Dodillet  On June 3, Volkswagon Group (VW) signed a deal with China’s SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd to boost research, development, and production of electric and hybrid vehicles in China. The deal is a part of Volkswagen’s larger commitment to invest $29 billion dollars into China, its largest market, by 2019. VW and SAIC’s […]

A look at what best practices attract the best talent Jennifer Lawrence A China-based human resources (HR) director for a leading US multinational corporation (MNC) recently lamented, “We recruited for a regional sales director based in Shanghai, selected four candidates as finalists, and scheduled interviews. None of the finalists showed up to interview, because they […]

Nick Marro At the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced China’s plan to encourage mass innovation and “foster a new engine of growth” for the Chinese economy. As policymakers grapple with China’s economic slowdown, this new model will be crucial to the successful transformation to a consumption-driven, service-based economy. Foreign […]

Organizer: Allen & Overy Location: Allen & Overy New York Office, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York City Date: June 4, 2015 Website: Click here Contact: Laurence Bye Email: [email protected]  Phone: 646-344-6616

By Lauren Dodillet  AccuWeather Inc. and Huafeng Media Group announced a joint venture (JV) on May 22. The JV, aka Huafeng-AccuWeather (Beijing) Co. Ltd, will bring AccuWeather technology to consumers in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao via Huafeng’s forecast location capabilities. Huafeng, a commercial weather media company owned by the China Meteorological Administration, will […]

By Lauren Dodillet The Boeing Company signed a contract—announced Monday—to provide Chinese budget airline Ruili Airlines with 60 new 737 Max jets within the next 10 years, although the exact delivery schedule has not been released. The $6.1 billion contract was brokered by Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. Ltd and AVIC International Leasing Co. Ltd. One-year-old Ruili—based in […]

Until recently, the concept simply didn’t exist By Mei Yan For centuries in China, ruling powers advocated for social responsibility and cohesion, and treated individuality with suspicion. Until fairly recently, the concept of privacy, as the West understands it, simply didn’t exist. This absence is most clearly evident in the Chinese language. Until the 20th century, […]