Today's Links: Going for gold, impacts of the real estate slowdown, Huawei

Photo: Wang Zhi "Urbanization in China is both difficult and at times controversial." -Jason Inch ("Urbanization Supertrends" from China's Economic Supertrends Today's China News Links China's...
Today’s Links: Going for gold, impacts of the real estate slowdown, Huawei
Photo: Wang Zhi "Urbanization in China is both difficult and at times controversial." -Jason Inch ("Urbanization...  read more
Coming soon to a theater near you – more Chinese direct investment
It’s a blockbuster deal with many subplots. The main character, the Wanda Group,  is  a Chinese conglomerate already...  read more
Today’s Links: BMW increases China investment, AMC’s Chinese 爸爸， Government pushes for private investment
 Retail sales in China hit a new low Photo credit: Han Yi China's love hate relationship with foreigners Chinese...  read more



Today’s Links: China’s stimulus plan, surge in luxury brand sales, Bright acquires Weetabix
Despite the fact that many luxury and electronic brands such as Apple are experiencing growth in sales, "consumption...  read more
Photo of the Day: 88686
Plates with auspicious numbers such as 888 are even more expensive and can go for astronomical amounts. Photo credit:...  read more
Today’s Links: Chinawood, manufacturing hits a high, Mongolia slows down exploration and mining activities, netizens at the firewall
Photographer: Han Yi China's Great Firewall will continue to face challenges in the future.  In the meantime, Mongolia...  read more



Today’s China Links: Middle class spending habits, property bubble deflates, electric cars, Sino-American film studio joint ventures
 Photo credit: China Supertrends Photography Project Here are today's China's news links: The property bubble deflates as home prices continue to fall Scrimp or splurge syndrome: the real spending habits of China's middle class China's TCL partners with IKEA to make the UPPLEVA Those in rural dwellers will suffer the most from the upcoming...  read more
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
Chart of the Week: Record Prices for Car License Plates in Shanghai
Owning a car in China is becoming more expensive as the price for a car license plate in Shanghai reaches a record...  read more



Now China is a Keynesian – Can $586 b stimulus save world economy?
 Monday, China's $586 billion dollar stimulus plan appears to have positively reverberated around the world's stock markets. China's own indicies were up more than 7 percent, while major indexes in Asia were up 2 to 5 percent on Monday. Even Europe got in on the fun, with its major indexes up 1 to 2 percent. Is the world going Keynesian again, returning...  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 more
Hot or Not: China’s exporters face new bureaucracy to slow foreign capital inflows
 For those wondering how China would plug the many holes in its supposedly-airtight capital account (allowing a record amount of hot money to flow into China in the past six months), part of the answer was revealed on July 2 via the website of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange: A new policy to verify that export invoices are valid and not over-billed...  read more
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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.
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