China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?!  A weekly potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China.

This week: Viagra sales, diving pigs, Yao Ming wine, paying more for 'Made in USA', Calvin Klein’s Beijing sneak peak, Single's Day sales package pile-up, PepsiCo, Apple legal loss and more.Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?!  A weekly potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China. This week, starting with Angry Birds coming to McDonald's China ... Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?! Here's a potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China.

Above, an Apple reseller in China "thinks different" when it comes to the new iPhone 5, just as Tim Cook readies two new Apple stores. And below: China Southern dogged, Shanghai Fashion Week, a hairy marketing challenge, and more.Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?! Here's a weekly potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China. This week: Home Depot, dark side of the mooncake, Nike, H&M, branded WeChat, Chengdu Gangnam Style, brand-sponsored pole dancing, and more...Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?! A weekly potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China. This week: Baidu recognizes Diaoyu, Baidu loses lawsuit with writers, Baidu explains why it recognized Diayu, Uniqlo, Audi, tea wars, fat Americans, the $7,000 car and more.Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?!  A weekly potpourri of ten reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China. This week: Craft beer, China's Olympic spending splurge, Apple's Facetime suit and more:Continue reading...

China is the second latest economy in the world, and every significant brand's future is impacted by its growth (or collapse!); but who's got the time?! A weekly potpourri of reads that will make you look like a keen China observer during any conversation about China. First up:

IKEA stores, a wonderland for Chinese freeloaders
"A net user named @薇薇诺诺2661317325 posted on Sina Weibo, China’s hugely popular microblogging service, a series of photos she took in an IKEA store in the eastern city of Nanjing where almost every bed in the show rooms is occupied by one or two people soundly asleep. 'From age 0 to 80, each of them has fallen into a rapturous sleep! Even on those beds that are not occupied, sheets are in a mess after a havoc has been created,' she commented."
Related Reading: China's Kunming Adds Fake Ikea Store to Apple Clones [below: Evisu, Angry Bird meat, and more]Continue reading...

• Converse and Thrasher magazine go to China, tear it up.

• China is on a tear to replace foreign brands with homegrown names.

• Monsters of online video sharing Youku and Tudou are merging. The combined "Youku Tudou Inc." will own 49 percent of the online video sector. Fun trivia: Tudou (土豆) means "potato.

• China's Twitter, Weibo, is more than halfway to verifying all 250 million of its users.

• UCWeb, China's mobile browser, looks to tackle US market.

• Audi (for first time) tops 30,000 China deliveries in one month. Continue reading...