Eduardo Jaramillo is a staff writer at The China Project. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and East Asian Studies from Bowdoin College, and a Master of Arts in Asian Studies from Georgetown University. He has spent a combined two-and-a-half years in Taiwan and China, and now lives in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Nike and Adidas have posted major revenue losses in China, and they are largely citing pandemic-related measures as the cause. But domestic competitors like Anta and Li Ning are not seeing the same losses, so there is clearly much more to it.
Premium Bud is no joke: Budweiser is selling less beer in China but charging more for its craft beers as Chinese tastes become more refined.
A year after Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on China’s for-profit online tutoring companies, New Oriental Education, TAL, and Gaotu Techedu remain the market leaders, but they — and their competitors — are scrambling to adapt in the new environment.
Experts weigh the possibility of the weaponization of retirement norms among top leadership positions at the Chinese Communist Party’s key meeting next year.
Each Central Committee of China’s Communist Party holds seven plenary sessions over its five-year term, with the sixth plenum of any given Central Committee usually focusing on ideology and party-building. The meeting this year will be no different, but is notable for a resolution on Party history.