Rocky Fu’s Blog

Pearl Research released a comprehensive lifestyle study (paid) focused on Chinese consumers ages 16 to 30, “The Phoenix Generation: Insights into Chinese Consumers“. Key findings include:

Popular Trends: Street basketball, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and hip-hop have grown in popularity as Chinese consumers embrace new cultural experiences. Brands such as Nike, Adidas and Li [...]

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It’s very hard for an Internet company to extend its success into China, even a giant like eBay. Building a strong Internet brand and enriching user experience seem Google’s bet in China.
The death toll from the Sichuan earthquake in China was raised to more than 34,000 on Monday, while the direct economic losses in Sichuan [...]

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Taobao.com, C2C branch of Alibaba Group, achieved 43.3 billion yuan (over US$6 billion) total online sales in year 2007; it has recently launched its B2C section: Taobao Mall, giving numerous well-known brands such as Nokia, Lancome, Chivas…an online channel to reach more customers. Its objective is to build a 24-hour open online mall selling all [...]

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From RedlineChina:
The alliance will provide technology solutions to allow international companies to access advertising resources on China’s most popular search engine. Pearl Research believes the partnership will help Baidu to increase its visibility to western clients and increase its ad sales while diversifying its revenue streams.
Baidu is famous for its less transparent algorithm compared with [...]

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Some interesting figures from a research firm Netpop:

Internet as a tool for research or purchase products: 73% Products in US versus 93% in China
UGC (User Generated Content) is an influence for 19% of respondents in the US versus 58% in China.
58% of the population in US has broadband (74 million) versus 10% in China (70 [...]

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I’m not kidding! Of course, that’s not generosity from Dell.
The “offer” was from Dell China’s website on Feb 15. Due to some error of its system error, this awesome 27″ UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor was priced at RMB2515 yuan (about US$350), which was originally priced at RMB7599 yuan (about US$1064). And, this monitors were [...]

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Today is my birthday! And, it happens to be a holiday in China too, “Yuanxiao Festival” or “Lantern Festival”:
Yuanxiao Festival or the Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, fourteen days after Chinese New Year’s Day (around the end of January and the beginning of [...]

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According to the statistic data from State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the total volume of China advertising market in 2005 was RMB 141.63 billion, 12% higher than RMB 126.46 billion in 2004.
Here is the breakdown of China Advertising Market by Media Type between 1987 and 2005:
(unit: RMB 100 million)

We can see the advertising spending [...]

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According to the latest report from CNNIC, total number of Internet users in China has achieved 210 million by December 2007, among which there are 163 million broadband users and 50.4 million accessing from mobile devices.

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Version one of Live Search Maps for China is launched. The application was built in China with a focus on getting the features most relevant to Chinese customers out first. Business search, Collections, and public transit features were emphasized, covering over 100 cities with 7 million business listings. I tested; it is pretty impressive. I [...]

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