China Business Blog and Podcast
Is China a threat or an opportunity for your company? Are there real growth opportunities for you in the world's fastest growing market? Expertise and insight from Technomic Asia China, a market strategy consulting firm with more than 20 years in China.
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Interview with Bill Powell, Time and Fortune Magazines (pt. 2)
Download this podcast Length 21:17 Download audio file (20091118_a_bill_powell_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a discussion with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines. In the first part, we talked about China and the rest of the world, how we try to make comparisons to what is …
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Obama in China — What will they remember 100 years from now?
Filed from Beijing U.S. President Barack Obama is in Shanghai and will be coming to Beijing today. He spoke to a “town hall meeting” with young students in Shanghai and Obama took the high road on issues ranging from universal rights to trade to climate change. He also offered to open the U.S. educa …
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An Interview with Bill Powell of Time and Fortune Magazines
Download this podcast Length 17:29 Download audio file (20091115_bill_powell_pt1.mp3) Over the past 4 years of the China Business Podcast we’ve done many interviews with business people in China, typically leaders of companies or operations. We’ve talked about the intricacies of doing business her …
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Seeing China��s Potential – An interview with Syed Jafry of ThermoFisher Scientific (part 1)
Download this podcast Length 14:38 Download audio file (20091014_syed_jafy_pt1.mp3) Those of you who are long-time listeners to the China Business Podcast have heard us talk, endlessly, about ways that companies need to be looking at the potential opportunities in China, not just the actual ones … …
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President Obama’s China Trip – Got Game?
So it is finally confirmed: President Obama is coming to Shanghai. Sure, it was rumored to be happening (and was probably always in the works with the event planners) but it was tough to get a confirmation from anyone these past few days. I called a couple of journalist friends of mine, people who …
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Safety in China (??)
Download this podcast Length 6:43 Download audio file (20091106_safety_in_china.mp3) I was in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago for a conference. I flew from Shanghai to LAX, landing there at about 11:00 in the morning. By noon I was on the road in my rental car. But it wasn’t until about 12:45, …
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China M&A – An interview with Dr. Kim Woodard (part 3)
Download this podcast Length 16:50 Download audio file (20091106_kim_woodard_pt3.mp3) OK we are on to Part 3 of our interview with the newest addition to the Technomic Asia team, Kim Woodard. In this section, we get down into the nitty-gritty of doing deals in China. Enjoy!
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Aw, shucks … stop it. You’re embarrassing us!
When we started this blog and Podcast, lo these many years ago, we didnt know what we were doing. Some (including ourselves, at times) would argue that we STILL dont know what we are doing, but that is kind of beside the point. From the beginning, our goal has been to post original content on Chin …
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News Flash – Mexico is Closer to the U.S. than is China!!
An article in CNN Money a couple of days ago was headlined “Mexico overtakes China as the number one location for manufacturing goods destined for the American market.” A survey was done among U.S. manufacturers who said that, on average, fully landed manufacturing costs on products manufactured in …
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China M&A – An interview with Dr. Kim Woodard (part 2)
Download this podcast Length 17:54 Download audio file (20091102_kim_woodard_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a Podcast interview with Dr. Kim Woodard, the newest addition to the Technomic Asia team here in Shanghai. Kim’s background includes setting up A.T. Kearney in the early days of China busi …
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China M&A – An Interview with Dr. Kim Woodard (part 1)
Download this podcast Length 17:03 Download audio file (20091028_kim_woodard_pt1.mp3) Unless you have been living in a hole or the dark side of the moon for the past year, your life has somehow been impacted by the global economic slowdown. You, a friend or a family member have lost a job; yo …
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Life in China IS Reality TV
Download this podcast Length 6:14 Download audio file (20091025_china_reality_show.mp3) I woke up this morning with two words running through my head: “Reality TV”. Kind of a scary thought, huh? But what got me thinking about Reality TV is not the content, per se, but the business model: find a b …
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Seeing China’s Potential – Part 2 of an Interview with Sayed Jafry of ThermoFisher Scientific
Download this podcast Length 15:22 Download audio file (20091016_syed_jafy_pt2.mp3) Last week I posted the first part of an interview with Sayed Jafry of ThermoFisher where we discussed their decision to located the global headquarters for their environmental division in China. Even though China i …
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Seeing China’s Potential – An interview with Syed Jafry of ThermoFisher Scientific (part 1)
Download this podcast Length 14:38 Download audio file (20091014_syed_jafy_pt1.mp3) Those of you who are long-time listeners to the China Business Podcast have heard us talk, endlessly, about ways that companies need to be looking at the potential opportunities in China, not just the actual ones … …
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Don’t make me disobey my mother … China should be a top priority for 2010
Download this podcast Length 4:16 Download audio file (20091009_china_top_2010.mp3) My mother told me that its not polite to say “I told you so”, but I can’t help it. From the start of the global economic crisis last year, we’ve been blogging and Podcasting like maniacs saying, “Yea … I know it is …
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Healthcare … a right or a business??
More not-so-random thoughts on China health insurance I was just in the U.S., speaking at the Analytical and Life Sciences Systems Association annual senior management meeting on the China market for healthcare and food safety research. In preparing for that talk and my most recent Podcast on Chin …
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Health Care Insurance in China, Really?
Download this podcast Length 15:40 Download audio file (20091002_china_healthcare3.mp3) In the past couple of Podcasts, we’ve been talking about healthcare in China and, specifically, about the potential opportunities that this might represent for foreign companies doing business in China. The ral …
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In China, its not easy being “green”
Interesting article by Tom Friedman in the NYT the other day on the race to get green between China and the West. I love Friedmans stuff he hails from my neck of the woods, St. Louis Park, MN so I gotta support the homies but I think might be getting a bit too excited too soon. The story can be …
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Technomic Asia’s Kedl on Marketplace Radio – GM Producing Buick’s (Beike) in China
Technomic Asias Kent Kedl was interviewed on Marketplace Radio on Tuesday, May 26. The story focuses on GM producing cars in China, not only for the China market, but perhaps to export to the US. Its a story that illustrates the interdependence of global supply chains. The piece is reported by Ma …
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Crazy for Coffee in China – but is it a market yet?
Finally, my coffee addiction is validated by Science. My late night espresso binges have been criticized by friends: “ARE YOU CRAZY???” theyd ask. Turns out I am just the opposite – a recent study by some Scandinavians (who know their coffee) found that “those who had reported drinking three to fi …
China Business Blog and Podcast
