China’s growing affluent middle class has already fallen in love with Weet-Bix, sometimes stripping Australian supermarket shelves and paying up to $50 a box, could soon pick up a taste for some of our iconic…
Monthly Archives For September 2017
Western payment companies must be the ‘right type of different’ in China
Many of the world’s biggest brands have a desire to crack China, home to over 1.3 billion consumers. And with the country’s citizens eagerly embracing cashless transactions – even some city buskers take payment via…
China brands stand out on streets of Sudan
A BYD brand taxi is parked outside a bus station in Sudan on September 20. Photo: Li Hao/GT A man walks past a parked Geely brand sedan on a street in Sudan. Photo: Li Hao/GT…
With 963 Million Users, WeChat Lures U.S. Brands—And Longs For America
WeChat, the most popular messaging app in China, which boasts 963 million users, is opening up its service to U.S. advertisers. Today, its parent company Tencent announced a new ads platform designed to attract Western…
China’s Tencent And WeChat Ready To Make A Big Play For U.S. Advertisers
“For U.S. advertisers, China presents a dynamic, lucrative and challenging opportunity. Brands have become more sophisticated about the needs and behavior of Chinese tourists. To make a sale outside China, they understand that they need…
North Korea Brands Trump ‘A Barking Dog’ Over World War 3 Threats, China Issues Ultimatum To Washington
Unless you have been living under a rock you will know that U.S. president Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea earlier this week. Ironically Trump used a speech at the United Nation’s, an…
Mobike enters the United States
Mobike, one of China’s biggest bike sharing brands, announced its entry into the U.S. market Wednesday in a company statement. Mobike, one of the world’s largest smart bike-sharing companies, rode into its first US city,…
Three attractive designer watches from fashion brands
There’s a certain amount of snootiness on both sides: the watch crowd feel like the fast and loose, style-over-substance timepieces the fashion brands churn out cheapen their craft, whereas the fashion houses find the established…
In Shanghai, LA Kings win 1st NHL preseason game in China
SHANGHAI — In the first NHL preseason game played in China, the Los Angeles Kings used a third-period scoring spurt to put away the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday. The teams gave the raucous Shanghai…
China banks reportedly to halt business with North Korea as South Korea sends $8 million
North Korea learned this week Chinese banks will no longer do business with the Hermit Kingdom, in the strongest sign yet pressure from the Trump administration to choke off funding to the rogue nation is…
Canucks pre-season China series part of NHL’s international push
“Where do I get tickets? And when are they released?” he remembered thinking. Pan was born in China but came to B.C. in 2000. Within a year, he’d fallen in love with hockey and the…
China’s central bank tells banks to stop doing business with North Korea: sources
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s central bank has told banks to stop providing financial services to new North Korean customers and to wind down existing loans with North Korean customers, according to a document, four…
China Information Technology sets up research centre to seize the opportunity of big data analysis
HONG KONG, CHINA – China Information Technology Development Limited (“the Company” and its subsidiaries, collectively “the Group”) (HKSE: 8178) and its member company, Macro Systems Group (“Macro Systems”), are pleased to announce the establishment of…
