ECONOMY

By Michael Murphree and Dan Breznitz In the years following the Financial Crisis, China managed to avoid recession. In this article, Michael Murphree and Dan...

Almost two-thirds (62%) of companies in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the U.S. with exposure to China’s renminbi expect transaction volumes to more than double in...

By Abbās Varij Kāzemi & Xiangming Chen China has spread its ties to the Middle East in ways that go beyond oil. Below, Abbās Varij...

By Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett and Wu Bingbing  Not even two years into what will almost certainly be a ten-year tenure as China’s president,...

By Ian Brooks, Chairman, Mutual Trust This version of a familiar saying sums up the present situation for many around the world. In this article,...

By Saul Estrin Professor Saul Estrin examines China's growth as a global leader, and its growing global reach resulting from Foreign Direct Investment. As well...

By Yung Chul Park, Hugh Patrick and Larry Meissner  In what ways, and to what degree, has the financial system mattered, and what roles has...

By Shaun Rein As a new superpower, China will likely provide a helping hand whenever possible by taking a greater role in international organizations like...

By Wu Zhiyan, Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder Global brand literacy is expanding rapidly, as is the appeal of brand identity, for a growing number of brand conscious Chinese consumers. Below, Wu Zhiyan, Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder examine how Chinese branding efforts express significant aspects of Chinese brand culture, and explore the possibilities and processes of constructing global Chinese brands. Our research on Chinese brand culture investigates the processes and possibilities of developing global brands via a brand culture approach. Often, studies in international marketing and consumer research overlook the ways in which brand development adapts to market conditions and, importantly, contributes to public discourse. Although contexts and situations may be acknowledged to influence, if not determine, brand meanings, the co creative power of multiple brand actors is often overlooked. In contrast, a brand culture approach directs our attention to shifts and changes that occur through repeated interactions between various actors across time and space. In this way, a cultural analysis of brand development draws attention to emerging new knowledge around the co creation and circulation of brands and cultures, highlighting gaps in previous approaches. Culture, which includes aspects of particular histories and moments of creative innovation, can be perceived as a resource upon which branding processes and practices can draw. Yet, there are many ways in which branding processes and practices – and brands themselves – go beyond this subsidiary role, and indeed, co create culture.

By Loretta Napoleoni In recent years, the debate regarding the Chinese economic miracle has been very much alive. Overall, criticism has outweighed praise, confirming how...