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Jason is a China-based strategy consultant and professional speaker with ten years of experience in Asia, and has been in China since 2004.
From living and working in the Bubble Economy years in Japan, the Dot-Com boom and bust in the US, to China’s rise in the 2000s, Jason has sought out life in some of the most exciting economic environments in the world. He is currently living in Shanghai as a business advisor, professional speaker, and entrepreneur.follow me on:
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Today’s China Links: Iron Man gets a Chinese partner, Japanese brain drains into China, Sino-Caribbean relations
Here are some China related links for today:
Forbes says that China's monopoly of rare earth metals won't bottleneck... read more
Haibao has Growing Pains – Branding in China
Over the Chinese New Year, I noted an article about Haibao, the aquatically-ambiguous official mascot of the Shanghai... read more
Can China’s economy save the world’s? Economic and financial trend roundup for Aug 08
The first trading day after the Asia-wide three-day holiday, and following the weekend announcements of Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 filing and the buyout of Merrill Lynch, China's stock markets dropped in tandem with Asian and world markets. China Supertrends has been following the financial implications of the sub-prime crisis for a while now and will... read moreHalfpat is the New Expat in China? Not likely…
In Supertrends, we wrote about how increasingly-younger working professionals are coming to China, sometimes right after graduation from an MBA program or even undergraduate school. This is a certain trend. Shanghai can even be called the new New York for its growing fashion, club, restaurant, and shopping scenes. And, in the city's business sector,... read moreOrganic vegetables in China
Can organic vegetables grow in China's depleted soils? Won't environmental pollution offset any gains from eating healthy? Aren't vegetables here, produced by China's 500 - 600 million farmers, already dirt-cheap? These are just some of the questions I had about a year ago, when a Chinese entrepreneur pitched me on an idea that seemed so ridiculous that... read moreTCM Cola and Sinofication
In Supertrends of Future China, we discuss the need for localization of products and services when foreign companies come to China. We take it one step further, saying that products from the Chinese market are going to have a big influence on the lives of people outside of China as well. Think instant noodles or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as two early... read moreChina’s retail sector comes to the fore
Shanghai residents and visitors both may recall some of the lively pedestrian malls in the city, the most famous being Nanjing East Road going all the way to the scenic Bund. Shanghai's Wujiang Road is also famous in the city for serving such delicacies as Shengjian (friend dumplings, most unhealthy but oh so delicious) and fermented tofu (usually served... read moreTransportation costs vs. yuan rate – which is more critical to China’s trade with US?
One of my frequent reads in the econoblogosphere is Brad Setser's Follow the Money. In a recent post, Setser covered the topic of a June 13 Wall Street Journal article that posits transportation costs from China would affect trade with the US. This in turn was based on a May 27 analyst report from CIBC World Markets provocatively titled "Will Soaring... read more
Starting a Business in China: Things foreigners need to know
Many of our readers are interested in setting up a business in China. Whether that is part of a global firm's strategy... read more
