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China’s Food Imports: Hunger Games?

October 19, 2015 By Douglas Bulloch

China’s Food Imports: Hunger Games?

Until recently, China had largely fed itself. Yet now the tables have turned, transforming China into the largest food importer in the world. Changing food consumption patterns in China have seen increasing demand for foreign consumer food brands outpaced by even faster growth in demand for imported agricultural products and feed stocks. This has happened despite a continuing stated policy goal of food self-sufficiency. The result has been an evolution in land use within China, greater integration of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in global wholesale markets and a subtle shift of emphasis away from self-sufficiency within China, towards prioritizing the security of the Chinese supply chain.

Filed Under: Agriculture, All Articles, Know China Tagged With: Agriculture, Consumers, Food Safety, Food Security, Import, Slider

China Roundup: Apple China is Hot-Again

April 30, 2015 By Major Tian

China Roundup: Apple China is Hot-Again

Apple China is back in the reckoning; Walmart announces brave expansion plan and Alibaba gives the YunOS a renewed push.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Connections, Digital Economy, Know China, Multinationals in China, Retail, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Apple, China Telecom, Food Safety, Investment, Lenovo, Slider, Smartphone, Start-ups, Venture Capital, Wal-Mart

First Response: a Crisis Management Strategy for China

February 9, 2015 By Jen Swanson

First Response: a Crisis Management Strategy for China

As technology and consumers mature, firms in China are finding that a crisis management strategy is a must-have.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Management, Marketing Tagged With: CCTV, Chinese Consumers, Chinese Market, Communication, Crisis Management, Food Safety, McDonald's, Media, Public Relations, Slider, Social Media

Chinese Outbound Investment in Food and Beverage: Growing Appetite

November 6, 2014 By Li Hui

Chinese Outbound Investment in Food and Beverage: Growing Appetite

Chinese outbound investment in the food and beverage sector is growing with acquisitions of marquee brands like Smithfield Foods and Weetabix.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Finance, Infographics, Mergers and Acquisitions, Winning in China Tagged With: Bright Food, Chinese Outbound Investment, Food Industry, Food Safety, Mergers and Acquisitions, Weetabix

China Roundup: The Xiaomi-Ouya Tie-up; Heinz’s Baby Cereal Recalled; and Amazon’s Shanghai FTZ Entry

August 22, 2014 By Major Tian

China Roundup: The Xiaomi-Ouya Tie-up; Heinz’s Baby Cereal Recalled; and Amazon’s Shanghai FTZ Entry

This week, Heinz recalled infant cereal after authorities found lead contamination; Xiaomi tied up with Ouya; Japanese auto part companies were fined for price fixing; and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge came to China with Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun taking an ice water shower. In food and auto KFC and McDonalds would tell you how […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Banking, China Round-up, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Amazon, Bank of Communications, Food Safety, HSBC, JD.com, Shanghai FTZ, Slider, Taobao, Volkswagen, Warren Buffett, Weibo, Xiaomi

Agriculture in China: Down on the Farm

June 5, 2014 By Matthew Fulco

Agriculture in China: Down on the Farm

Agriculture in China is still primitive and needs to be modernized quickly. But whose responsibility is that? Wang Liang is a farmer in the northeast province of Hei­longjiang, China’s top corn producer. Despite fertile soil, Wang says the small size of his plot limits his crop yield and income. Both took a hit last year […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Finance, Know China, Society Tagged With: Agriculture, Chinese Consumers, Consumption, Food Safety, Foreign Investment, GDP, Modernization, Slider

China Roundup: The Alibaba IPO Filing; Zhaopin’s NYSE Listing; and Baby Formula Woes

May 9, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

China Roundup: The Alibaba IPO Filing; Zhaopin’s NYSE Listing; and Baby Formula Woes

The week that was: The Alibaba IPO, possibly the biggest IPO ever, is finally coming; online recruitment site Zhaopin plans to list on the NYSE; and in a move to boost the local dairy industry, China is clamping down on imports of milk products and baby formula. Alibaba’s IPO Prospectus Filing This was arguably the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Finance, Know China, Policy and Law, Society, Stock Exchange Tagged With: Alibaba, Food Safety, Government Control, Imports, IPOs, Jack Ma, Nestle, NYSE, Slider, Yahoo, Zhaopin.com

Genetically Modified Food: A Clockwork Tomato

February 18, 2014 By Don Weinland

Genetically Modified Food: A Clockwork Tomato

Will political and public opposition to genetically modified food stop China’s market from developing? It’s the Cold War again, only this time the caches are filling with grains, not missiles, and battles are mapped out on wet rice paddies instead of dry plains. At least that’s how People’s Liberation Army Major-General Peng Guangqian seems to […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, All Articles, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Agriculture, Food Safety, GM Food, Monsanto, Slider

CKGSB MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2013: How will 3D Printing Impact Chinese Manufacturing?

December 18, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

CKGSB MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2013: How will 3D Printing Impact Chinese Manufacturing?

You are invited to download the December issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY: 3D printing: Prophets of doom say 3D printing will overturn manufacturing in China. They’re both right and wrong. CHINA INSIGHT: All in the Genes: In just about 14 years of its existence, BGI-Shenzhen has become the world’s […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, All Articles, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Connections, Creativity, Culture, Economy, Innovation, Know China, Management, Movie Industry, Retail, Social Good, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3M, Apple, Big Data, Business Strategy, Competitive Advantage, E-Books, Food Safety, Food Security, Genetics, GM Food, Philanthropy, Shanghai FTZ, Slider

Food safety and rice: ‘lemons’ in China’s dinner bowl

July 15, 2013 By Brian Viard

Food safety and rice: ‘lemons’ in China’s dinner bowl

China’s recent food safety scare involving Hunanese rice resulted in a downturn in the entire rice market. If consumers had more information, would the market have suffered as badly? When one thinks of rice one does not often think of lemons except perhaps in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu where lemon rice is […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Tagged With: FDA, Food Safety, George Akerlof, Hunan Rice, Lemons Problem, Rice, Slider

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