The dual-credit policy for passenger vehicle companies went into force on April 1st this year and targets car companies that produce or import more than 30,000 vehicles annually. Manufacturers worry that the new policy will make it increasingly difficult to make large-displacement vehicles, since these vehicles may exceed the fuel consumption limits and therefore not […]
The evolution of brands continues. Evolved brands are no longer solely built by the company behind them. Evolved brands are also built by the people who interact with them. They have a clear sense of purpose and know how to tell a great story that people will remember. They are brands that excite people by […]
I wrote earlier about consulting with Chinese tech start up Jide and preparing them for their launch at CES on this blog.
Last night I attend a packed event about the future of China venture capital and the tech start-up community. The event was co-organized by Beijing’s American Chamber of Commerce and the China Entrepreneurs. Eric […]
A friend of mine in Texas recently referred Jenny McGee to me. Jenny is an American living in Beijing. She is also the founder of the female-focused social enterprise Starfish Project, which gives exploited women the means to earn a living making and selling jewelry. After exchanging emails, Jenny invited me to the Starfish Project […]
Everywhere I go around the world, I hear senior hiring managers lament they can’t find great talent in China. Well, the talent is indeed here. But they aren’t packaging themselves yet in a way to make it easy for English speaking hiring managers and recruiters to find them. If you’re a deserving young talent in […]
Since starting China’s first cause marketing consultancy, I’ve prioritized time each month to help savvy young Chinese people prepare for interviews with Western companies. I don’t get paid for it, it’s just something that I do because I wish I had someone helping me navigate career building in China back in the early 90’s and, […]
Jide Technology announced that it is poised to launch the Remix™ ultra-tablet running the Remix® OS into the U.S. market over the course of 2015. The Beijing-based technology company made its American debut at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where cofounder David Ko shared Jide’s backstory and demoed its ultra-tablet the Remix.
The […]
Faith Brewitt meets China’s First Lady of Film, Wu Bing, President and Co-founder of China’s premier entertainment and media company, DMG Entertainment, and executive producer of this year’s biggest movie ‘Iron Man 3’, which DMG co-produced with Disney-owned Marvel Studios.
As globalization continues across industries, many sectors find that working China into their tried-and-true strategies is their biggest […]
UPDATED: 12 December 2012 – Have Faith in Your Brandis entering its third year riding the cause marketing consultancy’s expansion into China. Singapore-based HFB saw great opportunity in China’s nascent NGO sector and in early 2012 began providing brand-to-cause alignment and sponsorship consulting to a host of organizations in Beijing. HFB helps NGOs, social enterprises and non-profits work smarter and get […]
Beijing played host to the First China Impact Investing Forum on 2 November at the St Regis Hotel. The forum, put on by Avantage Ventures, was titled “Creating Social Change Capital” and featured discussions around the fundamental challenges in China’s social change sector and what that means for businesses and our environment.
The one-day forum was highlighted by […]
