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Homeward Bound: Chinese Sea Turtles Return to a New Reality

May 5, 2015 By Colin Shek

Long the purveyors of advanced skills and knowledge, Chinese sea turtles, or overseas returnees, are now finding a different environment back home.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Employment, Globalization, Know China, Talent Tagged With: Competition, Education, Employment, Hot Issues in China, Multinational Company, Slider, Talent

Soccer in China: A World Apart

November 10, 2014 By Colleen Howe

People are taking to soccer in China, but is it just a passing fad or a phenomena that’s here to stay?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Culture, Know China, Sports Tagged With: Alibaba, Corruption, Evergrand, Football in China, Germany, Government, Hot Issues in China, Jack Ma, Nike, Slider, World Cup

Leta Hong Fincher on the Pursuit of Marital Property in China

October 6, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

Author and researcher Leta Hong Fincher on the confounding phenomenon of women forfeiting their property wealth in China.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Conversations, Culture, Demographics, Know China, Policy and Law, Q&A, Society Tagged With: Demographics, Education, Gender Inequality, Hot Issues in China, Housing, Marriage, Policy, Property, Slider

Heart 2 Heart: Online Dating Sites in China

August 6, 2014 By Sunny Oh

Online and mobile dating should be a natural fit for the country, so why are are dating sites in China not making more money? Swirling pools of onlookers and parents pore over a bulletin board in Shanghai’s bustling marriage market, nestled in People’s Park in the city’s center, occupying what was formerly a colonial racetrack. Filled with […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Culture, Demographics, Know China, Society Tagged With: Demographics, Gender Inequality, Hot Issues in China, Internet Companies, IPOs, Mobile Apps, Online Dating, Slider

Air Pollution in China: What’s at Stake?

August 4, 2014 By Randy Wang

How serious is air pollution in China and how is the country addressing it at a policy level? Also, what kind of business opportunities is this creating? A comprehensive look. If you live in China, chances are the one thing you’d be most concerned about is the level of PM2.5 in the air. PM2.5, or particulate matter […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China, Environment, Know China, Real Estate Tagged With: Beijing Air, Environment, Environmental Pollution, GE, Hot Issues in China, Interviews, License Plate Restrictions, Property, Real Estate, Slider

Unemployment in China: Degree to Nowhere?

July 21, 2014 By Xin En Lee

Official figures of unemployment in China may not be showing us the reality of joblessness for recent graduates and migrant workers. Recent graduate James Du has been searching for a job for four months in Beijing to no avail. The holder of a master’s degree in finance from Moscow University of Industry and Finance rationalizes: […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Know China, Society, Talent Tagged With: Employment, Entrepreneurship, Hot Issues in China, labor market, Migrant Workers, Skilled Labor, Slider, Talent

Restrictions on New Car Purchases: An Economist’s Road Trip

July 9, 2014 By Brian Viard

Various cities across China are restricting new car purchases in an effort to curb pollution and traffic using either auctions or lotteries. Which of these two methods works better? In efforts to contain rapidly-escalating congestion and pollution, city governments across China are experimenting with numerous methods to pull cars off the road. Some of these […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Environment, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China, Policy and Law, Society Tagged With: Automobiles, Beijing, Brian Viard, Environmental Pollution, Hot Issues in China, Invisible Hand Revealed, License Plate Restrictions, Policy, Slider

China’s Mobile Gaming Companies and the Battle for Users

May 27, 2014 By Iris Mir

China’s mobile gaming companies are using every trick in the book to lure users in what is now one of the world’s largest and fastest growing gaming markets. Welcome to the new battleground in China’s fast-changing internet economy. “Welcome to this super cute game! Protect the carrots from monsters!” This is the lead of the second edition of the Chinese mobile […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Marketing, Technology Tagged With: Freemium, Game Industry, Game Industry in China, Hot Issues in China, Mobile Apps, Slider, Tencent, Wandoujia, WeChat

Private Healthcare in China: Will Business Sentiment Survive?

May 26, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

China’s public healthcare system is ill-equipped to handle growing demand. On the other hand, private healthcare in China is not an easy field to play in due to several reasons. Will investment sentiment survive in the country’s beleaguered healthcare sector? It’s a typical scene in Subei People’s Hospital in Yangzhou, a third-tier city in China’s coastal […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Demographics, Know China, Society Tagged With: China's Healthcare System, Demographics, Elder Care, Government Control, Healthcare, Hot Issues in China, Investment, Slider

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