Tag Archives: China

Major American and European retail chains, once rising contenders for China’s highest consumer crowns, may be losing confidence on the mainland. American home improvement retailer Home Depot recently pulled out of China, while its British counterpart B&Q and the world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart have tapped the brakes on expansion projects. Caixin story here.

So often when companies are developing a China strategy, they focus on the ‘window of opportunity’ and while they’re not wrong to do this, what many are forgetting to do (or don’t know to do) is to firstly ‘look in the mirror’. What do they see? Do they have the resources, the people, the time, the funds, the commitment, the …

Security expert, Paul Buchanan, is calling for greater oversight and accountability of New Zealand’s intelligence agencies. Speaking on TV3’s The Nation this weekend, Mr Buchanan said the GCSB’s assurances that Huawei posed no threat to national security was another example of its incompetency. “If you were to ask me a month ago if I would take the GCSB’s word at …

The United States attack on Chinese telecommunications company Huawei shapes up like a declaration of economic warfare complete with buckets of political rhetoric and China bashing. Cynics might think a presidential election is looming. In just one month, the US has taken China to the World Trade Organisation claiming the Chinese subsidise their car industry and has blocked a Chinese …

1st New Zealand- China Business Summit October 2012. Opening Address: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key opens the inaugural China Business Summit in Auckland and sets out his Government’s strategy.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid discussed his vision for an expanded presence in China, the possibility of future acquisitions within Asia and the realities New Zealand companies face when doing business in China. The full article and video are available from the NZ Herald here.

At Wednesday’s China Business Summit in Auckland, the sale of the Crafar Farms was a hot topic among speakers and attendees. David Mahon, managing director of Mahon Investments and a keynote speaker, spoke of the importance of Chinese investment and the reception the Crafar Farms issue received in China. The full article is available from the NZ Herald here.

China Business Summit 2012 By Brierley Penn “The debacle over the Crafar Farms must never happen again,” said David Mahon, of Mahon China Investment Management, who claimed it made New Zealand appear on the international stage as a, “small and bigoted country”. The sentiment appeared to be shared amongst the great majority of political and business leaders at the 2012 …

By Brierley Penn China is at a tipping point and things will change for the better for businesses within weeks, according to Alan Carroll, executive chairman of Carroll Partners International, speaking at the 2012 China Business Summit. Even in the last six weeks, the situation in China has changed, he said. Carroll emphasised China is a country of ongoing reforms, …

By Brierley Penn China’s growing importance in the film industry was a topic for hot discussion at the 2012 China Business Summit. The market for movies in China is huge, and is an industry in which there is great potential for New Zealand to carve a unique niche said China strategist Alan Carroll of Carroll International Partners. China’s market for …