From China Telecom 2008 conference – Vice Minister of Information Industry (Jiang Yaoping) said that over 60% of Chinese Internet users are connected through the broadband Internet – broadband users in China has reached 122 million (ranking first in the world).
Ministry of Information Industry showed that China’s telecommunications industry revenues increased with 30% comparing to 2002 while the main fixed-line operator China Telecom announced that figure has exceeded 38% (1/3 new broadband subscribers from rural areas in 2007). China’s rural demand for broadband Internet services is still very strong. Continue reading ‘China’s broadband users has reached 122 million households’
A) The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, lawmakers’ highest civilian honor, in a formal ceremony in the US Capitol’s ornate Rotunda -> panic in Beijing.
B) Crises management -> local propaganda plan, Internet Censorship, etc
C) Redirecting all Chinese users trying to search on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft websites to a local, safer Chinese search engine.
During my last trip abroad I’ve met a businessman from Shanghai and we had a talk about the new emerging market in China and the local trends. Here is a movie I found today about China’s mid-autumn festival is celebrated with lanterns and “mooncakes”:
They say that the emerging urban middle class in China already redefines the customer base and its sheer complexity brings enormous opportunities and challenges. With a population of 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.) and a $10.17 trillion GDP (purchasing power parity 2006 est.), China is the place to be.
The Fourth China Branding Roundtable called “Winning moves for a changing game” will take place in Beijing, China, Tuesday September 18th and Wednesday September 19th 2007.
You already know:
18.6 million Mattel toys recalled world-wide.
436,000 are being pulled off shelves -> high levels of toxic lead paint. Mattel says these toys were manufactured by a contract supplier in China.
Now, you should now:
18.164.000 – the rest of the toys suffer from another problem. They have small magnets that can be swallowed by children. It seems to be the fault of the U.S. engineers who designed the toys.
I don’t think you’ll see this on the news. The PR machine is working too well… but you can read it between the lines
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