Tag Archives: Food & Beverage

What are China’s consumers eating? Yum! Brands – One Company, Three Pillars of Success (Part II)

This is the second article in a series of posts on Yum! Brands’ success in China. For part one please click on “What are China’s consumers eating? Yum! Brands – One Company, Three Pillars of Success (Part I).” Pillar III: … Continue reading

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What are China’s consumers eating? Yum! Brands – One Company, Three Pillars of Success (Part I)

Creating a company is hard, but creating a market is harder. The China Observer recently looked at how companies such as Proctor & Gamble and

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The Language and Branding of QQ in China

Last week Josh left the following comment on my post, “An Introduction to Virtual Currency in China”: “Speaking of QQ, I’m pretty interested in the company behind that brand. I’ve seen the QQ logo everywhere from ca

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Cultural preferences for entertainment make China’s beer market #1

SMASH! Beer seeps through the fabric and in an instant my pants and socks are soaked. I look to my right and a red-faced balding Chinese man with a double chin begins to apologize as though he had just committed … Continue reading

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Chemical Noodles: This Chinese State-Owned Enterprise’s Recipe For Success

In China it is commonly thought that northerners tend to eat more noodles while their southern counterparts prefer to eat more rice. I happen to be a 东北人 (from the northeast of the U.S) so one of my favorite dishes … Continue reading

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Restauranteering in China: Little Sheep Hot Pot

An old friend was in town from the US a few weeks ago and we planned to meet for dinner. I asked him if there was anything he had been craving since his last visit. He told me that we … Continue reading

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