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Week #34: Taiwan band Mayday’s lip sync scandal 🎸, Starbucks China and Luckin’s Christmas specials🎄, HeyTea’s Buddhism product got banned…
Mayday is seen as the childhood idol of China's millennial generation (including me), will the bubble burst?
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November 2023
Week #33: Jack Ma resurfaced 🫧, Is luxury falling back in love with Hong Kong? 🇭🇰 “Why can't Chinese products be expensive?" 💸 …
For around five years, the narrative of HK’s retail scene has been bearish, can a couple of high fashion shows help bring back its allure?
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Week #32: Milktea brand sells brekkie🧋, the peril of China’s news business 💀, Douyu CEO arrested 👮🏼| Following the yuan
Happy Thanksgiving!
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How is Chinese internet reacting to the Biden-Xi meeting? | Following the yuan
Translation of trending lists today from Weibo, Baidu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili and Xiaohongshu, with over 3 billion monthly active users in total
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Week #31: 3 post-Double 11 doubts 🤨, Sports personalities visit China when no one wants to 🥹 | Following the yuan
Visits of climbers Alex Honnold and Janja Garnbret, as well as fitness influencer Pamela Reif, reflect the country's hope for the business brought by…
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🗼Why am I launching ApertureChina, a China-focused research & strategy consultancy when the market is so 'bad'? | Following the yuan
With Chinese consumers at the lens, ApertureChina provides solutions with journalistic vigor.
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October 2023
Week #30: Pre-Double 11 questions 🔮, China intensifies censorship measures 🕸️, How Anta is winning over Lining 🏆 | Following the yuan
At this juncture, it might seem that censorship in China couldn't get any stricter. Yet, recent events continue to surprise.
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🥊Why does 'China’s Age of Malaise' mean that your China watching needs a revamp? | Following the yuan
ft. my arguably irrelevant iPhone gallery
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Week #29: China's pet crisis 😭, Why you might've got the WPP scandal wrong 🤔, “Hermès of ice cream” melts🍦 | Following the yuan
I believe that the WPP investigation has more to do with Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption efforts than China targeting foreign corps.
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Fashion Weekly: Behind Louis Vuitton’s Chinese podcast🎙️, Istituto Marangoni's China vision 🎓, China’s Lululemon acq. by Anta🧘‍♀️ …
ANTA Sports' acquisition of atheleisure wear Maia Active marks an end of new consumer brands' golden era in China. But what about others?
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🚧 From pause to progress: China's outbound tourism market and the road to recovery | Following the yuan
5 consumers and 2 tourism professionals tell me how they see the market and its outlook in 2023.
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Week #27: Concert economy goes awry 🤡, 3 lower-tier market successes🏆, Domestic travel lower than forecasts 😞 | Following the yuan
While China’s economic growth has slowed, it’s logical to tap into more regions to harness the population dividend, just like what foreign brands did to…
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