All Roads Lead to China:

A lot of conversation over the last few weeks about what China is for many firms. and what it is not. It is a conversation that, while recently catalyzed by Google’s announcement that they were looking at pulling the plug, is a conversation that I would say is had on a basis that is more [...]

Guest Post from John Solomon, Director of enoVate The fixed gear bike movement has hit the streets of China. Just three years ago, you could count the number of fixed gear bikes here on your fingers (and maybe toes). But spend an afternoon strolling Shanghai’s French Concession, and your sure to see various youth — Chinese [...]

This afternoon I was asked by someone why I am involved in CSR and sustainability.  It is a question that I seem to asked frequently, but one that I am not sure I ever answer with any measure of clarity as I have worked in a very wide range of issues related to these big [...]

In what may be the biggest sign of the problems that China’s energy infrastructure faces, a recent Alibaba article China’s spreading power shortage by province listed out the provinces that are going through shortages (Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou), and by how much (5-20% short), and it is clear that something [...]

One of the more interesting discussions I had last week was surrounding how one (a firm or an individual) could position themselves against China in the markets. That, if one believed, China’s economy was in a bubble – and that the bubble was going to pop – how would one position themselves favorably. It was [...]