Writers who really know China
Posted in China, China marketing, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Symbols, Consumer, Culture, Holidays, Winter on Mar 6th, 2007
The brightest moon of the new year welcomes a festival of light – the Lantern Festival, also the official end to Chinese New Year. Thought the new year was over after Chinese New Year’s Eve? Think again. In China, celebrating the new year is not just a matter of swinging around a few firecrackers and [...]
Posted in China, China marketing, Chinese New Year, Consumer, Culture, Strategy on Feb 22nd, 2007
It’s no secret that superstition runs deep in Chinese culture. And this Chinese New Year is yet another reminder of that, as this NPR news story discusses in the baby boom for the Golden Pig year: In China, city-dwellers are only allowed one child, so many are timing their pregnancies according to the traditional lunar [...]
Posted in Chinese New Year on Feb 19th, 2007
We’re taking the week off to observe the holiday. In the meantime, we wish you a prosperous new year. Gong Xi Fa Cai æå–œå‘è´¢ï¼
Posted in China marketing, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Symbols, Culture, Holidays, New Year's Day, Strategy on Feb 11th, 2007
Is Chinese New Year in need of a revival? The experts seem to think so. Here’s the reason, taken from a Xinhua News article titled “Protect Chinese New Year” becomes a common idea in Chinese society: This suggested idea of “Protect Chinese New Year” came about because these years Gao Youpeng [a professor at Henan [...]
Posted in China, China marketing, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Symbols, Culture, Holidays, Winter on Feb 4th, 2007
This image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons and user Chrislb, and falls under their GMU Free Documentation License. Ever come across a door flanked by two vertical red strips with Chinese characters? If so, you’ve seen duilian — one of the most important and revered Chinese New Year symbols and traditions. Duilian are generally two long, [...]
Posted in China, China marketing, Chinese New Year, Culture, Holidays, New Year's Day on Jan 11th, 2007
The Chinese government may be treading on some thin ice with their recent announcement about the Chinese New Year. The problem? They’ve announced that the official holiday falls on February 18 to 24 — conveniently forgetting about February 17, Chinese New Year’s Eve. Here’s a rough translation of a portion of this article in BBC [...]
Posted in Brands, Business-to-business, China, China marketing, Chinese executives, Chinese New Year, Consumer, Culture, Holidays, Marketing on Dec 23rd, 2006
Ginseng. Vitamin supplements. Top-shelf liquor. Fancy snack foods. These might be a few of the things gracing my shopping list as gifts for Chinese New Year. Ginseng a gift? You bet. Ginseng, one of many treasured remedies in Chinese medicine, is a welcome gift for more senior folks. As are any number of nutritional and [...]
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