http://www.chinasupertrends.com Billion Dollar Business Opportunities for China's Olympic Decade Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.chinasupertrends.com/images/Supertrends-site-logo-sm.jpg http://www.chinasupertrends.com 144 71 China Supertrends - http://www.chinasupertrends.com On Tuesday June 23 in Shanghai there will be an environmental business forum open to the public. For readers who are interested in cleantech, environmental policy, and sustainable development in China, several speakers, including Supertrends' co-author Jason Inch, will discuss the latest research and government plans (see below for registration and fee information). Jason will be speaking in ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/june-speaking-events-for-supertrends/ Possibly as a result of signs that China's economy is recovering, the co-authors of Supertrends of Future China are frequently speaking on the topic at various public and private venues. Two events in the next two weeks are open to the public (see below for registration and fee information). Jason Inch ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/april-may-speaking-events-for-supertrends/ Part of the fun of being an author is the chance to interact with readers. To that end, we would like to announce some upcoming events for Supertrends' blog readers to attend in person. In collaboration with one of China's best foreign book specialist booksellers, Garden Books, the co-authors of Supertrends ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/upcoming-book-talks-for-supertrends/ Recently James Yuann, co-author of Supertrends, was invited to speak about China's science and technology trends at Spark09. Spark09, held in Shanghai on March 28,  was the inaugural hosting of a TED-style symposium of  interesting speakers coming together to interact with audiences in the sharing of new ideas in humanities, environment, ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/james-yuanns-speech-at-spark09/ On January 27 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced its 2008 statistics for patent filings. China moved up in the rankings, to number six globally, nearing tech leaders, such as Korea, and  surpassing the UK, Canada and other developed countries. At the same time, a Chinese company tops the ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/china-innovation-an-oxymoron-huawei-bites-bac/ Over the Chinese New Year, I noted an article about Haibao, the aquatically-ambiguous official mascot of the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The article, titled "Haibao Idea Born in a Cafe," has the best explanation yet of how Haibao's design was conceived. According to the article, which profiled the creator Wu Yongjian, ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/haibao-has-growing-pains-a-branding-case-study-in-chin/ 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 ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/now-china-is-a-keynesian-can-half-trillion-stimulus-save-world-economy/ The co-authors of Supertrends of Future China, James Yuann and Jason Inch, are hosting a book party in Shanghai this weekend. The book is now available around the world and has been doing well despite the ongoing financial crisis. We would like to thank all our readers for supporting the book ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/supertrends-book-party-in-shanghai-sunday-oct-26/ After an initial backorder situation arising from the many readers who had pre-ordered, we're happy to announce that Supertrends is once again fully available in the US through online retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. For a complete list of places to get the book in the US, ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/supertrends-book-now-available-in-the-us/ 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 ... http://www.chinasupertrends.com/china-economic-and-financial-trend-roundup-for-aug-08/