Toyota and General Motors and Honda and Ford and every other car company wants to know the Chinese buying habits for new cars.
The answer is – "Nobody knows."
There are so many first t…
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Watch Out Microsoft – Here Comes Ikea
I read not long ago that the Owner of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, overtook the owner of Microsoft, Bill Gates in the richest man department.
Well, Ikea doesn’t seem to be letting up.
The Swedish home …
Adidas Sticks Its Tongue Out at Asians
Just when Adidas thought they might Kick Some Butt in Asia it seems somebody had a dumb attack.
Adidas has introduced a new line calle the "Yellow Series" and on the tongue of one of th…
Microsoft to 3X Xbox games offered in Japan
Microsoft says it plans to triple the number of games that can be played on its X-BOX 360 by the end of this year.
Japan is a tough market. Japan usually likes to take all things good and ma…
Mr. Wang Shops at Volkswagen and Hyundai and…
The number one surname in the world is Wang. And there are a lot of Wangs hanging around VW and Hyundai car lots in China.
And many of them are there for the first time – 84% according to one re…
Ziyi Zhang & TIME Magazine – Nominations of a Geisha
Nobody can call TIME MAGAZINE stupid….at least when it comes to free advertising that is. As for their political views, I will call them stupid, but that is out of the realm of this blog.
TIME m…
Maxtor Plans Cuts in Singapore
I didn’t know that Maxtor makes the world’s fastest hard drive. I reckon they can get things to move in umpteen nanoseconds faster than the second place guys. And that is probably importan…
READ MOREChina Orders Narus Call Blocker to Prevent Skype’s VOIP
I read today in the San Jose Mercury News that China has ordered the NARUS call blocker.
It seems China is getting serious about stopping VoIP services with companies such as SKYPE as the pr…
George Koo of Deloitte and Santa Clara University (part 2)
Here is one last bit of info that I picked up from Koo’s presentation material at Santa Clara University.
According to Koo, the best opportunities in China for America are…
1. Export of hi…

