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China’s Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb

June 3, 2015 By Chris Russell

Does China’s debt, which refuses to stop growing, threaten to take the show off the road?

Filed Under: All Articles, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Debt, Loans, Local Government, Property, Shadow Banking, Slider, SOEs

China roundup: APEC agreements; Alibaba’s Single’s Day Sale Booty; and a New Bankruptcy Law

November 14, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, the much awaited APEC conference came to a close, Alibaba netted more than $9.3 billion in Single’s Day sales; and Xiaomi announced its intent to invest in Youku-Tudou.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Connections, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economy, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, APEC, eCommerce, JD.com, Korea, Local Government, Online Gaming, PBOC, Slider, Tencent, Tudou, Xiaomi, Youku

China Roundup: The Chinese economy and structural changes; Baidu Eye; and Apple’s New Problem

September 5, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, figures from the HSBC/Markit PMI implied that the Chinese economy might finally be on the path to the much-need structural change; local government financing got a new breather; and Baidu launched its Google Glass competitor, Baidu Eye. The Broader Picture Last week, a flash Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) reading from HSBC and Markit […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, Know China, Manufacturing, Policy and Law, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Baidu, Car Rental, Google, HSBC, IPO, Labor, Loans, Local Government, PMI, Slider

The Role of Land Sales in Local Government Financing in China

September 3, 2014 By Major Tian

Land sales contribute significantly to local government financing in China as well as provincial GDP targets. But this is both unsustainable and problematic. A look at the situation and the kind of reform that needs to kick in. Last month, China launched a national audit of the “land-transferring fees” collected by local governments in the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Conversations, Environment, Know China, Policy and Law, Q&A, Real Estate, Videos Tagged With: Farmland, GDP Growth, Housing, Local Government, Property Tax, Shadow Banking, Slider, Urbanization

Real Estate in China: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 8, 2014 By Major Tian

What ails real estate in China? Are we heading for a property market crash? Does the government need to step in and save the day? In this wide-ranging interview, CKGSB professor Liu Jing, an expert on the real estate market, analyzes the situation in China’s real estate sector. China bears have never been this close […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Chinese Economy, Connections, Consumers, Economy, Know China, Real Estate, Videos Tagged With: #Interview, Chinese Consumers, Chinese Economy, Chinese Real Estate, Economic Reform, Housing Prices, Liu Jing, Local Government, Property, Slider, Urbanization, Vanke

Local Government Debt in China

April 21, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

Local government debt in China is spinning out of control. A look at the most indebted cities in China and the size of their debts. Nearly everyone agrees that China has a serious local debt problem, some would even call it a crisis, one which the State Council addressed in a highly anticipated report released last summer. […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Economics, Infographics, Know China Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Debt, Investment, Local Debt, Local Government, Shadow Banking, Slider

Big Data Analytics: What’s the Big Deal?

December 30, 2013 By Li Yang

China has the will to leverage big data analytics, it just needs to hone the way. Much and more has been made of how the multi-billion dollar ‘big data’ industry might play out in China, where the sheer size of China’s various consumer markets belie a seemingly massive potential for this particular brand of information […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Technology Tagged With: Big Data, Healthcare, Local Government, Nike, Slider

Joint Liability of Platform Loans

January 30, 2013 By Chen Long

Despite the fact that local governments avoid paying debts, banks do not have sufficiently powerful means to regulate debtors. It remains doubtful whether or not the central government will be able to repay the debts. Therefore, it is inappropriate to presume the safety of platform loans with the argument that “the government will assume joint […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Finance Tagged With: Banks, Debt, Local Government, Platform Loans, Slider

Doing Business with China: The Power of Local

January 19, 2012 By Sam Waldo

The experience of multinational companies shows that succeeding in doing business with China depends on a good understanding of local needs and wants. Time and time again, the group buying company Groupon has found itself in hot water in China. Before Groupon’s Chinese site Gaopeng even launched, China’s group buying sites formed a loose alliance against the firm […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Chinese Economy, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Employment, Management, Marketing, Technology Tagged With: Group Buying, GroupOn, GroupOn China, Local Brands, Local Government, Power, Research

To succeed in China, align with government policy

September 15, 2011 By CKGSB Knowledge

Much of the west, especially the US, once imagined itself as a land of freewheeling enterprise: the gods of the marketplace reigned supreme and government was a minor obstacle on the path to glorious riches. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, cracks have appeared in this vision, sometimes known as the Washington consensus, as […]

Filed Under: 2011, All Articles, Joint Ventures, Policy and Law, Winning in China Tagged With: Chinese Joint Ventures, Government, JV, Local Government

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