China Business Summit News

Former New Zealand Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Helen Clark back current government’s position of open and honest dialogue with China, reports Graham Skellern The seventh China Business Summit in Auckland – jointly presented by NZ INC. and Auckland Business Chamber – carried the beguiling theme of “The New China Paradigm.” In a full house of 500 delegates, it didn’t …

Jacinda Ardern’s speech at the China Business Summit was a crowd-pleaser. Geoffrey Miller explains its role in the “rebalancing” of New Zealand’s orientation to China and the West. For critics who believed she had gone soft on China, Jacinda Ardern’s line that differences between China and New Zealand were becoming “harder to reconcile” will be interpreted as tough talk. They will see …

A new analysis by the Democracy Project of Nanaia Mahuta’s public statements and tweets over the past six months reveals some intriguing initial insights into her foreign policy agenda. By the end of Wednesday this week, Nanaia Mahuta had made 31 formal statements or speeches on foreign affairs in her time as minister. On Twitter, she had published 85 original tweets (i.e. excluding retweets …

Culture was the most frequently mentioned word at the 2015 China Business Summit. Not because it was the most popular word of 2014 and business people were all in the trend, but because it was consensually agreed that culture matters in cross-cultural business. Culture is a big, vague and elusive term. What exactly does the term imply? Some say culture …

By Keith Woodford – interest.co.nz Keith Woodford said changing China’s child policies would only benefit dairy briefly. Tourism & old-age products are where big changes will occur China’s recently announced change from a one-child to a two-child policy has led to considerable media comment, including from our own Prime Minister at the New Zealand China Business Summit on 9 November …

By Bill Bennett Pengxin International director Terry Lee said at the 2015 China Business Summit that revisiting the government veto of his company’s attempt to buy Lochinver was critical. Lee maintained the process was unbalanced and flawed. “We need clarity, consistency and speed. We need to reduce risks for investors. In our case we came up against tailor-made conditions.” Lee …

By Grant Bradley – NZ Herald Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says his airline’s marketing in China aims to portray this country as romantic and an ideal destination for families. He said his airline had just enjoyed its best ever performance in China in the past year, despite increased competition and an economic slowdown there. Air New Zealand …

By Grant Bradley – NZ Herald Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says his airline’s marketing in China aims to portray this country as romantic and an ideal destination for families. He said his airline had just enjoyed its best ever performance in China in the past year, despite increased competition and an economic slowdown there. Air New Zealand …

By Christopher Adams – NZ Herald Beijing-based investment advisor David Mahon delivered a sobering message to today’s China Business Summit – prepare for more bad news about the Chinese economy. The New Zealander, who has lived in China since 1984, said the world’s most populous nation was heading into a difficult couple of years. Chinese economic growth – which has …