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The World Cup kicked off this week in South Africa, without China who failed to qualify. Despite this football is a hugely popular spectator sport in the country. In Beijing, many of the bars and restaurants have been packed with fans watching the games late into the night.
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Many regular readers have asked why I haven’t posted so frequently over the last few months. The simple answer is – I was having a baby. Well actually not me, but my wife. So I am happy to report that two weeks ago today, she delivered a healthy baby girl by Caesarean section [...]
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Earlier this year Levi’s, the iconic American brand announced it is going to launch a new global brand in China. This is the first time the company had launched a brand outside the US, which highlights the importance of China to the company.
Despite Levis Strauss & Co. having a 150 year history, Levi’s [...]
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On a recent trip back to Beijing, I saw the newly launched China made MG6. It’s the brands first all new car design in 15 years and the first since MG was sold to Nanjing Automobile in 2005. Then in 2007 Nanjing Automobiles were bought by SAIC, which is now the third largest [...]
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Starbucks is one of the most popular brands in the mainland, despite the fact that China does not have a history of coffee culture. However, as the saying goes ‘due to popular demand’, the brand is now selling its own Starbucks branded Chinese tea. The vice president for market, product, and communications in [...]
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What do Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Aston Martin have in common in China? Well, apart from being the most luxurious sports cars in the world, they have all recently opened new showrooms in Beijing. These premises on Jinbao Street, are the largest flagships sites for the brands in Asia.
The obvious reason for opening in [...]
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Red and green Christmas decorations have only just come down across China, but are now being replaced by red and gold Chinese New Year decorations. Year by year in China, the biggest holidays in the western calendar are merging with the biggest holidays in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Plaza 66, Shanghai’s premier shopping centre has come [...]
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I gave an interview last week with Emily Chang from CNN, just before the first ever Mr Gay China pageant was due to be held in Beijing. Surprising the event was shut down at the last minute due to the organiser’s ‘paperwork’ not being in order.
Last summer I wrote about Shanghai’s Gay Pride event, which [...]
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A new year, a new decade and a new feature to this blog called Dim Sum Stories. Often in my work I come across interesting stories that I want to shed some insight or share with my readers, but then just don’t have to time to write a full blog post.
So I decided [...]
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Car Photo: Ray Ally – Crash Photo: Xinhua News
The will they or wont they story of Geely attempts to buy distressed carmaker Volvo have been dragging on since June. However it now looks like the sale will go ahead early next year.
What I find ironic is that Volvo, the world’s ’safest’ car brand is now [...]
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