The Weekly China Skinny 8.22.12
Another week and a big week for the folks at Sina Weibo. Figures released this week announced that as at June 30, there were 368 million registered Weibo users, showing healthy growth in spite of well...
View ArticleChina’s Confidence in Local Food & Beverage
The past week has seen a flurry of statistics circulated about food safety in China, which has a silver lining for anyone exporting food and beverage to China. The most eye-opening statistic is that...
View ArticleChina’s Pants Tower
Every week China is abound with interesting going-ons, but what caught my eye this week was the activity around the new pair of ‘Pants’ towering over the city of Sozhou in Jiangsu Province. Weibo users...
View ArticleAlibaba Sales hit 1 Trill
This week Alibaba Group, who own China's leading eCommerce platforms Taobao, TMall and Alibaba, announced that it's online retail sales will hit 1 Trillion RMB ($158 billion USD) this year. That's big,...
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The Weekly China Skinny 9.19.12
Anti-Japanese sentiment has been all over China this week. The 81st anniversary of Japan’s invasion into China, coupled with the poorly-timed Japanese Government purchase of the disputed...
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The Weekly China Skinny 9.26.12
There's been a lot of talk this week, and for many weeks now, about China's slowing economy and how it translates to doom and gloom for businesses exporting to China. While a number of brands have...
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China’s October Week Holiday 10.3.12
Welcome to this week's skinny on China. The holiday that started on Monday is one of the biggest of the year in China – the Mid-Autumn Festival and October National Day rolled into one long week....
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Chinese Consumers Tourism Up, House Down
Welcome to this week's skinny on China. With most Chinese having returned from holiday and back to the normal routine, we're starting to see the data for one of China's most important periods. Golden...
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Chinese Consumers Getting Adventurous
Welcome to this week's skinny on China. Below you'll find a couple of articles about less mainstream and customizable products making headway in China. It's another signal that Chinese consumers are...
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Infographic: Online Fresh Food Trends in China
“Fresh Food” has become the main theme on Chinese tables as consumers are increasingly attracted to a healthy lifestyle. Newly released insights from Alibaba’s 2017 China Household Table Consumption...
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