Chinese companies going global. Global companies capitalizing on the size and growth of the China market. State-owned enterprises. Policy-based state investment. Startup unicorns with Chinese characteristics. There is no shortage of business stories to tell in China.
Bloomberg called Hong Hao an “outspoken China analyst” who is well known for “the accuracy of his forecasts” in August after he resigned from a Chinese state-run securities company following his bearish reports on the nation’s economy. What is he thinking now?
The high-end tea brand Naixue is the latest brand to distance itself from its purposeful Japanese-style branding and association, as companies bet on nationalistic branding.
With a saturated market in a challenging macroeconomic environment, Alibaba Cloud and its competitors are desperately seeking new ways to grow.
The largest wind turbine in the world has just rolled off the production lines in Fujian Province and will soon be erected in the Taiwan Strait, a symbol of China’s wind power golden age. But foreign customers are not buying Chinese turbines, despite (or because of) their ultra-low prices.
Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo is selling products at Chinese prices to U.S. consumers on its new global platform, Temu. But can Temu ever catch up with fast-fashion brand SHEIN?
Hozon Auto is a shooting star in China’s electric vehicle industry: This year, it suddenly achieved the highest sales after industry giant BYD. But these numbers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
Making electric vehicles is an expensive and risky business. In a dire warning for China’s other EV manufacturers, time and money are fast running out at Weltmeister. Exploding cars didn’t help.
China’s second biggest ecommerce platform, JD.com, is lowering compensation for top managers and creating an enormous benefits package for regular staff in an apparent bid to align itself with government policies. But the move will only add uncertainty to the prospects for tech firms in China, and around the world.
Since 2019, China’s largest producer of ejiao, which is made from donkey hides and is dependent on illicit supplies from Africa, has attempted to diversify its product range. The company now also produces bird nest products — an expensive delicacy made from swiftlet saliva — but that does not seem to be working out.