Archive for February, 2010
Reaching the Chinese Consumer – Don’t Forget About TV
“Television – with its sound, color, movement, ability to “break through” clutter and forge a brand’s identity – is an indispensible tool in new, untamed markets. Despite the growth of mobile phone and Internet usage in the PRC, China is still a mass market…The thirty-second television commercial still rules, and contrary to conventional wisdom, it [...]
Working with China’s Generation Y
BusinessWeek
In urban China, Gen Y is a group of exceptionally talented people. No other generation in Chinese history has received such high-quality education for so many people. Chinese Gen Ys are single children born under China’s one-child policy. According to studies such as those by Posten and Falbo of the Guttmacher Institute, China’s solo children [...]
Some Thoughts on Foreign Internet Companies in China
I read a fantastic article last week on the Advertising Age website entitled, “The Internet Does Not Rise Above Nations and Cultures.” The article, by @wolfgroupasia of the Silicon Hutong blog, takes a closer look at why foreign Internet companies in China fail. Wolf writes that through observing past examples (such as: eBay, Yahoo! & [...]
Chinese Video Takes Aim at Online Censorship
WSJ.com
The latest battle over Internet freedom in China is playing out in an online movie that pits an armored blue beast and his band of antiauthoritarian rogues against a sinister force called Harmony that seeks to clean up the Web.
The video, called “War of Internet Addiction,” is a send-up of government censorship starring videogame characters [...]
HBS Cases: Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
HBS - Working Knowledge
Google, the “do no evil” company, gained entry into the Chinese search engine market last decade by agreeing to ban search results on topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese government. To Google’s way of thinking, it could do more good for Internet freedom and the cause of human rights by working inside [...]
Keep an Eye on E-Commerce in China During The Year of the Tiger
In this recent post on The China Observer about where I see the most potential growth for businesses in China’s Internet space I wrote:
“Companies who wish to succeed in China’s Internet space would best stick to areas that focus on job creation and economic gain that do not overlap with broader social & societal challenges. [...]
Top 5 Chinese Technology Trends For The Year Of The Tiger
ChinaTechNews
Another Chinese New Year is upon us, and this year we transition into the Year of the Tiger. As Chinese businesses begin to shut down until the beginning of March 2010, we’ve stared at the eye of the tiger and risen to the challenge of figuring out the trends for this coming year…
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Here Come the Viet Gamers
Forbes
Perched above a Big C supermarket on a street jammed with bipeds dodging mopeds, the Ho Chi Minh City headquarters of VinaGame is easy to miss. But inside, amid funky warehouse decor and lots of young staff glued to big computer screens, sits Vietnam’s leader in online gaming and social networking services. VinaGame aims to [...]
The China Observer: Ranked One of the Top 50 China Blogs
“Over the past few decades China has risen to be one of the world’s biggest economic and political powers. Yet even as it has gained increasing recognition on the world stage, many people know little about Chinese culture, day-to-day life and politics. For those who can’t afford to fly around the world to explore in [...]
Smart Cities - A $30 Billion Opportunity For Cisco, But Will Local Citizens Be Ready?
The following post is about two former colleagues – Asa from New York City and Lifen from Changsha, China. They have never met one another, but their lives are bizarrely linked together because of an emerging trend that’s being spearheaded by a US-based real estate development firm and technology giants like Cisco Systems.
About five years [...]
