by Kane Gao | Nov 21, 2020 | China business
In the American (and many other European countries’) political system, the leader of a town is elected by local residents. And “from local, for the local” is always a brag-worthy feat of candidates. After all, who knows the best about a town if not a local? Who cares...
by Kane Gao | Jun 6, 2019 | China business
Everyone knows China is now big on wine. Those already in the wine industry probably know that China is particularly big on fake wine. Have you ever wondered where those fake wine LABELS come from? They are definitely not from claimed country of origin. I guess there...
by Kane Gao | May 16, 2019 | China business
What Chinese consumers are thinking is a myth to a considerable number of foreign companies. Chinese culture is very different from that of Europe or the US, thus nurturing more or less unique mindsets. This renders “by common sense this must be true” not quite...
by Kane Gao | Mar 8, 2019 | China business, tech sector
Microblogs play an important role in the emerging social media marketing. And in China, where Twitter has been blocked a couple of years back, when we talk about microblog marketing, we are mostly talking about dominant Chinese microblogs, who are currently Sina, Net...
by Kane Gao | Feb 14, 2019 | China business, tech sector
Alibaba Group is China’s number one e-commerce powerhouse, propelled by multiple business arms, most significantly Taobao, which has become the synonym of online shopping in the Chinese-speaking universe. On top of that, it also owns Aliyun, one of the...