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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Beijing tops the Chinese Nouveau Riche list
Recently the Hurun Research Institute published the 2009 Chinese Nouveau Riche Consumption Standard Report on the new rich in six cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Shenyang; and the winner is: [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics, trends Also tagged bank, Beijing, Chengdu, entertainment, France, Hangzhou, holiday travel, Hurun, Italy, japan, Kyoto, Liaoning, Luxury Items, luxury products, Macau, Nouveau riche, Shanghai, Shenyang, Sichuan, Spring Festival, Tokyo, United States, Yuan, Zhejiang 4 Comments
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: More rich by 2015
The global economic recession is forcing the rich in China to scale down their spending on luxury goods, but it cannot hold back the rapid growth of wealthy households, according to a report released recently by global management consultancy McKinsey & Company. China is expected to be the world's fourth largest country with wealthy households by 2015, after the US, Japan and the UK. The nation is expected to have more than 4 million wealthy households by then, the report said [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior Also tagged Asia, behavior, Beijing, consumer behavior, Financial Crisis, Guangzhou, Hubei, japan, Living In Shanghai, Luxury Items, luxury products, Nouveau riche, Report, Shanghai, Turnover, United Kingdom, United States, Vinay Dixit, Wuhan, Yuan Leave a comment
Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Over 117 Million Mobile Internet Users in China
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) recently released two reports on China’s mobile Internet, according to the reports, by the end of 2008, there were already over 640 million mobile phone users in China, and the number of users who access the Internet via mobile phone already exceeded 117.6 million, according to the Research Report on Behavior of Internet Access via Mobile Phone released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on February 18 in Beijing...
Posted in China Also tagged 3G, 3G network, behavior, Beijing, China Internet Network Information Center, Chinese People, CNNIC, entertainment, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, industry chain, internet, Internet Access, internet market, Internet usage, Internet use, Internet Users, japan, korea, mobile devices, mobile internet, mobile Internet users, Mobile Media, Mobile Phones, Netizens, Network Information Center, Newspapers, online gaming, online media, online music, Report, Shanghai, South Korea, telecommunications 3 Comments
Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Shanghai is the world’s 4th tallest city
Shanghai made it to 4th place in Forbes' list of the world's tallest cities with a total of 21 towers climbing over 700 feet. The current tallest is the Shanghai World Financial Center, at 1,614 feet, but it'll be surpassed by the Shanghai Tower, which is expected to be completed in 2014 and reach heights of 2,000 feet. It was beat out by Dubai, Hong Kong and, at number one, New York City [...]
Posted in China Also tagged architect, architecture, Chicago, Engineering & Construction, Forbes, Hong Kong, New York, New York City, oil, People's Republic of China, Pudong, Shanghai, Taipei, taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Urban Planning 1 Comment
e-Commerce in China: online shopping totals over 14 billion US dollars in 2008
The annual trade volume of China's online shopping market in 2008 surpassed the amount of 100 billion yuan (over 14 billion US dollars) for the first time, totaling 120 billion yuan, up by 128.5 percent year on year. Compared with the previous year, the growth rate rose by nearly 40 percentage points. The data come from the '2008 China Online Shopping Research Report' , jointly published by iResearch Consulting Group, a domestic polling organization, and taobao.com. The report also shows that, in 2008, the number of registered online shoppers in China increased by 185 percent from the previous year, reaching 120 million customers...
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Living in China: Shanghai heads list of expats’ favorite cities
Shanghai maintains the highest quality of life on Chinese mainland for Asian expats, but environmental pollution problem is still a concern, according to the latest survey. The Location Ranking Survey, conducted by one of the world's largest human resources organizations, ECA International, ranked Shanghai in 11th place in Asia and 78th in the world in terms of expat living conditions. The city retained its top spot among the 13 cities in Chinese mainland that included Beijing, Nanjing, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Xiamen [...]
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60% of world’s paintings come from one village in China
A single village in China is responsible for cranking out 60% of the world's paintings. The overwhelming majority of the paintings are slavish reproductions of famous paintings. The artists doing the work are very talented, however, and an organization called Regional asked some of the artists to paint themselves. The results are incredible. Dafen is a village surrounded by the thriving metropolis of Shenzhen, and the origin of most of the world’s reproduction oil paintings...
Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: China starts 3G commercial trials in 8 cities
The parent of China Mobile (0941.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), the country's top wireless operator, have started commercial trials of a homegrown third-generation wireless standard, TD-SCDMA, in eight cities on April 1, state media said recently. Shares in several Hong Kong-listed equipment vendors, including China Communications Services Corp Ltd (0552.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and China Wireless Technologies Ltd (2369.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), rose on Friday, as investors anticipate heavy spending on telecoms gear.The commercial trials will help to improve TD-SCDMA technology, as well as provide better mobile services during the Beijing Olympics, according to Xinhua News agency [...]
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2007 Retrospective: Top 10 Economy Events in China
The following is the 2007 Top 10 Economic Stories Selection from Economic Information Daily and Perfect China Co Ltd. The chief editors of 16 Beijing-based news organizations, including Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily, as well as renowned local economists, put together this selection of the year's top stories. 1. Property The National People's Congress, China's top legislature, passed the Property Law of the People's Republic of China on March 16. The law granted equal protection to public and private properties for the first time...
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Design in China: A “Chinese iPad” arrived before Apple’s iPad?