One of the more popular topics in China these days is the impact of social media. It’s popular (in my eyes) for two reasons. The first is that firms in China see the potential in the platform as a way to reach consumers, and develop loyalty. The other is the fact that social media has [...]

If you have spent any time in China, and have taken a moment to look around, the fact that there is a lot of prepackage waste in China. It was the source of inspiration for my recent post, Wasting Away on China’s Airlines, and the author of Garbage is piling up in world of disposables [...]

The Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club Presents: Old Wang Gets Mobile – Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers A Lunchtime Talk with Yale Zhang and Klaus Paur 1 Oz 3 Wednesday, May 6th, 12pm (talk starts at 12.30pm) With the Chinese car market overtaking the US in the first quarter of this year, and the big [...]

One of the more interesting things about firms in China is just how randomly innovative they can be. When reading through the article Bamboo keyboards expect to bring green life to computer users, I was expecting to learn about a local computer firm who had gone “sustainable” or an accessory manufacturer who was looking to [...]

While, I am not a vegetarian myself, I must admit that I enjoy seeing the PETA Girls strap on some lettuce for a good cause, and I take double pleasure knowing that they have apparently pulled it all off in Chengdu for a good cause: The girls, wearing just a few clothes and vegetable leaves [...]

AFP report that China ramps up subsidies for energy-efficient light bulbs is welcome news for a number of reasons: 1) The previous program proved successful 2) The previous program was successful enough to expand on 3) Subsidizing the 150 million bulbs will signiifcantely reduce the power draw from coal plants 4) There is a chandelier [...]

Last year, I watched perhaps one of the more interesting Poptech videos. It was of Dan Glibert, a Harvard professor in psychology, on why we as humans have failed to respond in any meaningful way in the face of  Global Warming. At the time, I wrote a review for it on Crossroads that elicited some [...]

Without a doubt, the banning of free plastic bags in China was one of the largest symbolic steps we witnessed during 2008.It gained praise and media exposure from around the world, which reinforced the point that it was a good step, and it reached into China’s consumer to make changes as well. Of course, the [...]