Business

Australians must be clear-eyed on China risks

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article originally appeared in the Australian Financial Review, October 18 2016. 

Innovation and China

December

China is moving aggressively from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation, making itself truly the start-up nation. How prepared is western business for the tidal wave of innovation out of China? What strategies should they settle on?


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The Chinese Concept of 'Face'

December

The Chinese Concept of 'Face': What it Means for Australian Business and Government

Following the success of last year's Sydney seminar, the Australia-China Relations Institute, with the generous support of Holding Redlich, hosted a second instalment of “What is the Chinese concept of 'face'? with Dr Carl Hinze in Melbourne on August 10 2016.


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SMART GROWTH

December

SMART GROWTH: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHINA IN THE AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY SECTOR

Chinese investors have a huge appetite for Australian commercial real estate. The industry attracts the largest share of Chinese direct investment in Australia sitting at 45 percent of total investment in 2015.

The steady flow of investors are looking to develop new urban precincts. How will these investors transform Australian cities? How can the government's 'smart cities' policy make the best use of Chinese capital?


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Australians may not be motivated by racism when it comes to Chinese investment

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article originally appeared in The Conversation, April 19 2016.

Do Australian attitudes towards Chinese investment reflect racism? It’s a question I’ve often been asked but it’s a tough one to answer.

Shenzhen

December

Can China become an innovation-led, high income country? Shenzhen, a Prefecture-level city bordering Hong Kong SAR, provides some answers.    

1. In 2014 Shenzhen’s per-capita income was RMB149,497, or $US24,259.[1] In Nanshan district, described by Bloomberg as the technology heartland of Shenzhen, it was $49,730.[2] This compares with:

China: start up nation - what Australia needs to know

December

Beijing’s Zhongguancun district birthed 49 startups daily in 2014, and behind them was China’s booming venture capital industry. This is big news for Australia’s startup sector. 

1. Encouraging venture capital is included as a specific action point in guidelines for China’s 13th five year plan.[1]

Australia's fashion opening in China

December

By Hannah Bretherton

 

This article originally appeared in The Diplomat 

 

Last month the editor in chief of Vogue China got me thinking. I had never before put “fashion” and “China” in the same column. When I talk with friends about shopping destinations in Asia the list will run from Hong Kong to Singapore to Tokyo or Kuala Lumpur before anyone even contemplates Shanghai.

 

Rolling out reform: China 2016

December

In 2014 China added $708 billion (USD) to its economy and the IMF predicts it will be 44 percent bigger in 2020.

850 million more Chinese will be lifted into middle class status by 2030. The potential for Australian business is dramatic.


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Chinese Tourism to Australia

December

1. China has been the world’s number one tourism source market since 2012.[1] The total annual number of outbound Chinese tourists now exceeds 100 million,[2] leaping from 10 million in 2000.[3] Outbound numbers are expected to double to 200 million by 2020.[4]