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China Roundup: Apple inches ahead of Samsung in China; China’s Staggering Debt; and a New Food Scandal

July 25, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan and Major Tian

The week that was: Apple is making a comeback and beating Samsung in China; China has a debt-to-GDP ratio of a whopping 251%; and fast food giants find themselves battling a new food scandal. Will Apple eat Samsung’s pie?  Although the earnings report of Apple’s third fiscal quarter of 2014 (Apple’s fiscal quarter runs from end […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, Economics, Finance, Know China, Supply Chain, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Bank of China, Chinese Economy, Debt, Fast Food, Food Security, GDP, KFC, Lenovo, Pizza Hut, Samsung, Slider, Technology, Xiaomi, Yum!

China Roundup: Qihoo 360 Launches a VC Fund; China’s Trade Numbers Improve; and Electric Cars to Get Cheaper

July 11, 2014 By Major Tian

The week that was: Qihoo 360 heads to Silicon Valley to fund start-ups; CCTV’s latest smear campaign targets Bank of China; China’s trade numbers look up; and electric cars may get cheaper. Qihoo 360 launches its VC Fund in Silicon Valley Qihoo 360, an internet security firm based in Beijing, has just set up a venture […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Connections, Digital Economy, Economics, Economy, Finance, International Trade, Know China, Policy and Law, Technology Tagged With: Bank of China, BYD, Chinese Economy, Economic Reform, EV, Foreign Exchange, Fosun, GDP, GDP Growth, Qihoo 360, RMB, Silicon Valley, Slider, Tesla, Venture Capital

The Money Squeeze: China’s tightening Credit Market

May 2, 2013 By Suzanne Edwards

The first signs of light emerge amidst the dark prospects for private enterprises in China’s ever-tightening credit market It’s been a miserable few months for financing in China’s private sector. A growing number of debt defaults by companies has spurred regulatory crackdowns on the unofficial lending sector, sometimes called ‘shadow banking’, which has sustained (not […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Connections, Economy, Finance, Private Equity Tagged With: Agricultural Bank of China, ANZ, Bank of China, Banks, China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Merchants Bank, China Minsheng Banking Corp, Citibank, credit, HSBC, Slider, SMEs, Standard Chartered

Banking Abroad: The Globalization of Chinese Banks

March 28, 2013 By Jonathan Calkins

Chinese banks employ various strategies as they steadily march into international markets On July 6th 2012, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by market value, became a controlling shareholder in The Bank of East Asia’s US subsidiary after receiving final approval from Ameri­can regulators to purchase 80% of the bank’s […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Connections, Finance, Globalization, Mergers and Acquisitions, Winning in China Tagged With: Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, ICBC, IMF, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, International Monetary Fund, M&A, RMB, Slider, World Trade Organiza­tion, WTO

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