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Post-90’s Chinese youth vote eno as a ‘must have’ brand

 Post-90’s Chinese youth vote eno as a ‘must have’ brand
On Friday, January 29th, 360quan.com hosted their 90后潮流先锋榜 (post-90’s generation pioneering trends list) awards ceremony in Beijing. Actor Li Chen emceed the event featuring stars such as Jade Liu Li Yang and Yico Zeng, who came to receive their award and perform for the cheering crowd...
February 2nd, 2010 | Music | Read More

What Do China’s Best & Brightest Drink, Coffee or Tea?

What Do China
The following blog contribution comes from our friend in the north, Alec Ash. Alec is based in Beijing, studying at the country’s most prestigious university, Beida (Peking University). Mr. Ash has been kind enough to take time out from his own blog to help give us a better insight as to how the...
November 6th, 2009 | Coffee vs. Tea | Read More

Move on over, Bai Jiu & Beer, more Wine is here!

Move on over, Bai Jiu & Beer, more Wine is here!
As I visited the various types of retail outlets that sell alcohol in Beijing, I started to notice something. An increasingly amount of retailers are dedicating shelf space to grape wine.  Don’t get me wrong, wine still lives in the shadows of bai jiu and beer in terms of consumption in China. ...
October 30th, 2009 | Alcohol | Read More

The 60th Anniversary — Out of China Perspective

The 60th Anniversary -- Out of China Perspective
The more I have been traveling and speaking with companies and friends in the US, the more apparent it becomes that very little is still known about China. I don’t meant to put my 愤青 (fenqing) hat on here but yes there does seem to be a bias in the western media towards China. Whether this...
October 8th, 2009 | Chinese Nationalism | Read More

The Top 5 Largest Extreme Sports Parks in China.

The Top 5 Largest Extreme Sports Parks in China.
Curious to what the top 5 largest extreme sports are in China!? Read below! 1. Beijing Fashion Sports Park Beijing Fashion Sports Park is located in the Daxing District of Beijing. It covers an area of over 8000 square meters. American extreme sports camp company Woodward is one of the main investors....
September 4th, 2009 | Extreme Sports | Read More

Why The Spending Power of Chinese Youth Can’t Solely Be Measured By Taobao

Why The Spending Power of Chinese Youth Can
This week we’ve been looking at online shopping, and so far much of our attention has been around mammoth Chinese ebay alternative, taobao. However, not all online retail sites which appeal to Chinese youth are based on taobao, neither are they a simple means of procuring a bargain item. For a while...
August 27th, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Taobao, Trends and Insights | Read More

Fixed gear bikes beginning to hit large Chinese cities…

Fixed gear bikes beginning to hit large Chinese cities...
The emergence of fixed gear bike culture has begun to descend upon China’s larger cities of Beijing and Shanghai. This popular counter-culture mode of transportation has its roots in large urban areas of the United States and Europe and represents both a lifestyle accessory as well as a simple...
August 3rd, 2009 | Trends and Insights | Read More