Creating a Tipping Point for 3D TV
The Silicon Hutong Suite, SingaporeRunning to Clark Quay17:38 hrs.Media Asia is running an interesting article describing how some of the first content to be available for the upcoming 3D televisions...
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In the HutongSix Days1250 hrs.Elizabeth Holmes at the WSJ explains how apparel retailers like Coach, Guess, and Ann Taylor are starting to look around Asia for sources of low-cost labor as wages in...
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In the HutongCalifornia Dreaming1522 hrs.Going through my backlog, I came across this brief interview of venture capital attorney Richard Kline, of the Shanghai offices of Wilson Sosini Goodrich &...
View ArticleChina, Brands, and Black Swans
In the HutongGrokking the term "sheet lightning"1734 hrs.In my recent Op/Ed in AdAge Magazine, I explained why China was going through its most disruptive changes in three decades, and that this...
View ArticleA Little Medicine for a Big Pharma Deal
In the Hutong Making Dastardly Plans1650 hrs.I am starting to follow with interest the current effort by Charles River Laboratories International to buy Chinese pharmaceutical research outsourcing...
View ArticleInstitutionalizing China's Hackers
Back in the HutongWhat a Long, Strange Trip it Was2129 hrs.An interesting thought from a professor at Case-Western Reserve University: the freelance Chinese hacker is a double-edged sword. On the one...
View ArticleIn Search of Chinese Monopolies
In the HutongParent-Teacher Conference Day1253 hrs.In a provocative dispatch today, the Associated Press is reporting that the chief of the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China's Ministry of Commerce, Mr....
View ArticlePlug/PSA: Shanghai AmCham's 2010 Sustainability Conference
Beijing Airport ExpresswayCounting the Mercedes Sedans1157 hrs.It is that time of year again, and the folks at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai have put together a...
View ArticleTastes Great, Less Filling
Yanglin Toll Station, Beijing Airport ExpresswayAffixing a knife to the front bumper to cut the air1153 hrs.Silicon Hutong Lite is my blog for off-topic posts and thought shots (i.e., stuff that has...
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View ArticleTime for Bottom-Up Social Media Marketing
Sanlitun VillageDining with the Grouch1230 hrs.Before I took off on my prolonged LA/SF/Seattle roadtrip in June, I had the honor of joining a panel discussion on social media with Sam Flemming, Donna...
View ArticleThe Case for Splitting Hollywood
In the HutongFocus...Focus...1558 hrs.While I was absorbing caffeine and beta carotene at a sunny Beverly Hills espresso spigot earlier this month, I came across a superb article in the Wall Street...
View ArticleTwo Essential Reads, Fresh Today
In the HutongLearning the meaning of "Wu Ti Tou Di"1049 hrs.While finishing my presentation on e-Commerce for Marcom Beijing, Twitter alerted me to two outstanding blog posts that are of the...
View ArticleSchell Gets China Investment Problem Half Right
In the HutongWorking on contracts1052 hrs.As is the case with many China watchers who came of age in the 1980s, I am a longtime admirer of Orville Schell's writings on China. His books have been an...
View ArticleThe Real Question for China's Construction Equipment Makers
In the HutongOn a roll1639 hrs.In an excellent read in the Forbes ChinaTracker, Jack Perkowski lays out the dynamics of China's booming construction equipment market. Jack points out, I think...
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