When American Kim Lee launched a high-profile divorce case against her celebrity Chinese husband Li Yang, it quickly became one of the biggest story’s of the year. Kim Lee’s brave pursuit of justice put long ignored issues like domestic violence under the spotlight – inspiring millions of Chinese women in the process. AustCham Beijing’s Luke …
The challenge of navigating the Chinese visa maze is an experience most expats can relate to – nearly everyone has at least one colourful visa story. To get a better understanding of the working visa situation in China today, AustCham’s Luke Pegrum and Susanna Su spoke to Asia Pacific Access China’s Shelley Warner. Shelley has …
Niu have developed a booming premium e-scooter business from scratch in just two years – raising hundreds of millions of yuan through record breaking crowdfunding campaigns and becoming the brand for discerning Chinese millennials. AustCham’s Luke Pegrum and Santiago Mateos sat down with Niu’s Director of Overseas Business Casper Zhao to find out what foreign …
Click here to download It’s always in the news – China’s manufacturing overcapacity, the concomitant slowing of industries … you’d be forgiven for crossing the energy sector off your list of investments. But Glenn Corrie, Managing Director of Sinogas, thinks otherwise. He’s in China for the long run – and specifically in natural gas. …
Culinary incubator Hatchery is priming the next generation of restaurateur-entrepreneurs for the discerning stomachs of Beijing’s bon vivants. We sit down with co-founder Alex Worker to chat about the importance of start-ups collaborating with existing businesses, how to engage both local and expat communities, and Hatchery’s new program for budding entrepreneurs in the food …
For an enterprise that is considering moving operations to Tianjin, it is important to be aware of the particularities of running a business there. In many ways, Tianjin is much like Beijing, but the presence of north China’s only Free Trade Zone as well as the differences that come with being a second-tier city differentiates Tianjin …
Beijing’s coastal neighbour Tianjin has seen rapid development in the last ten years, turning it from a back water into a city of significant importance to the Chinese economy. With this development there has been a total transformation in the Tianjin real estate market. In this first Tianjin themed podcast, AustCham Beijing sits down …
In Late 2015 the United Nations community met for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 21. The conference was looking to create some binding agreements among member nations in which to limit global temperature increases to under 2 degrees this century. China Policy a leading Beijing based policy analysis and strategic …
Austcham is pleased to sit down with Santiago Mateos, Director of International Business Development at Netconcepts-Sinorbis Group to give insight on the challenges faced by companies formulating an online digital strategy for the Chinese market.
AustCham interviews Shannon Bufton from SERK to provide our listeners with some insight on bicycle culture in China and also some tips on how SMEs can promote their services in China. SERK is a bike shop in Beijing, which provides a range of services including various bicycle tours around China and also bicycle rental …