The first time I played a board game in China was in 1995. I was crashing at a friends house in Xiamen. It was during the Labor Day holiday. I was sitting on my friend’s wood sofa watching TV. (I distinctly remember that it was a movie staring the actor from [...]
Hi all,
As anyone who has followed this site (www.taikongren.net … not the family blog) for a while can tell, the site sort of died. And that is in part because I am no longer a consultant.
Basically, I like being a consultant in China. I like learning about business and sharing what I learn with my [...]
Last week I posted about Android in China. I explained that I’m interested in mobile technology, and when that coincides with topics about China business, I get really excited. So… along these lines, I read articles in Engadget and GSMArena about HTC’s decision to sell phones in China under its own brand [...]
This is going to seem ridiculous to my readers (all 6 of the non-robot readers). Today I have read three minor news articles which give me hope. These news articles are not related to each other and not really related to business. But for some reason, these give me hope that China [...]
China Law Blog (aka Best “Chinese Business Blog”) offered 3 posts recently about Chinese companies doing business in America: “Ten Reasons Chinese Companies Fail In The United States“, Why United States Lawsuits Against Chinese Companies Are Trending Up. Just Follow The Money, Why China Companies Are A Litigation Mark (As In Sucker), Part II. [...]
Stan Abrams at China Hearsay wrote a tongue-and-cheek article about conspicuous consumption in China: justifying yatch ownership. This is an awesome post because it has pictures of hot swimsuit girls on boats.
The post is about a China Daily article about how boat-ownership can be considered a business expense. Stan’s common-sense point is basically [...]
Danwei translated an article in China Computer World called “F–king Tencent” . The article is about how Tencent’s competitors are mad at Tencent for being the King of Shanzhai internet companies:
Beginning with its first product, OICQ (the former incarnation of Tencent QQ), which copied ICQ, Tencent has never been able to bury its “copying [...]
Sometimes as I start to read a post or news article, I come up with major objections, then as I read through, I notice that I’m not the only one to come up with the objections.
Today I read that China’s middle class will reach 700 million
by 2020, according to Euromonitor. … 700 million out of [...]
The headline is “Summer Intern is the Latest to Fall out“. I don’t need to go into details about what company’s dormitory the intern fell out off. Noted in the article was that the worker didn’t show up for work, was then fired, and the company was trying to arrange transport to the [...]
Taikongren’s self-made Chinese Android graphic!
Not only interested in “China Business”, I am also interested in mobile technology. Before I moved to China, I was a Product Manager in charge of some mobile software solutions for “PDAs”. However, my interest in mobile technology is not an extension of my previous career choices, but rather [...]
Over time, I have learned to channel my frequently occuring negative emotions from my “issues” into areas that can give me strength in my professional and personal life. But, I’m still a fairly unstable person. I have a big ego and I have big mood swings. Also, I can be extremely [...]
Dan at China Law Blog made a commentary about an article in Forbes called “Five Reasons China Will Rule Tech”. Dan’s criticism of the Forbes article focuses whats wrong with the article. I will summarize the post to say that the Forbes article says five things that don’t stand up to logical scrutiny. [...]
I believe this interactive graphic from Caixin Online adds neccessary data to my earlier post, “Taikongren’s definitive “What’s happening with Chinese Labor” (updated) (h/t to Talent in China). I don’t have anything else to say about this, except I’m thankful to Frank Mulligan of Talent in China for pointing out this to me.
I think I already said I am not going to talk about Google anymore. That is in-part because everyone else has already talked about them. Also, my moral arguments about this topic make some people think that I’m some sort of “China apologist”.
Then came the news that China renewed Google’s Google.cn [...]
My favorite online columnist Andrew Leonard wrote a post about GM selling their steering unit Nexteer Automotive to a Chinese SOE Pacific Century Motors, right after GM worked out a salary reduction deal with the union for this plant.
One commenter on the article noted her fury for all the management waste, greed, [...]
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