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Life is a winding path. That is particularly true for Shan Weijian, who, before becoming one of the most successful financiers in Asia and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was among the 16 million urban youths ...
For decades the most famous foreigner in China was Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor about whom Mao Zedong wrote a famous eulogy. Bethune saved countless lives during the Japanese invasion and subsequent Chinese civil war, thanks to his medical ...
Shanghai-based Jonathan Anderson has been described by the Financial Times as “one of the most thoughtful China analysts”. In recent years he has been cautiously optimistic about the Chinese economy. But earlier this month his research firm ...
Han Ching Choong is co-founder of Kriya Capital, a fund that specialises in China-themed investing. Between August 2012 and last December, her portfolio was up more than 100% net of fees. Below, she discusses the recent surge in trading volumes ...
Blame China. That was the message from Pernod Ricard a fortnight ago as it warned of falling profits. The spirits maker – which owns brands including Martell cognac – said Chinese demand had slowed substantially in the wake of President Xi ...
F or a classic tale of entrepreneurial pluck, look no further than Sir Tom Hunter. According to the Sunday Times, his big break was in 1984 when he analysed the returns on his father’s market stall in Scotland and saw that sales of trainers (or ...
"For my sins, I’ve been around far too long,” jokes old China hand, John Mulcahy. In his extensive and varied career Mulcahy has edited the South China Morning Post’s business section and run a brokerage that only those with the memory of a ...
As China moves to the forefront of the business conversation, plenty of foreign executives are now looking for a few years of in-country experience.
At 10.17am last Sunday, the Shanghai Expo saw its 70 millionth visitor pass through the turnstiles. That meant the event had reached its self-declared attendance target – defying those who wondered why the city had spent an estimated $45 ...
Richard Elman’s office in Hong Kong is a long way from the manager’s dugout at Eastlands. But they do have something in common. For while Manchester City has Abu Dhabi and its billions to spend, Elman has found a seriously wealthy backer ...