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Digital Disruption in Mobile Banking: A 2019 Outlook for Banks
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Payments: Looking Back at 2018 and Forward to 2019
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Top 10 E-commerce Trends for 2019
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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In Singapore, Online Shopping will Soon be Mostly Mobile
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Chinese eCommerce Policy to Benefit Foreign Sellers
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HSBC Online Banking Down
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Hong Kong Falls Six Places to 18th in Global Talent Ranking
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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6 Routine Mistakes People Make When Setting Up a Dropshipping Online Store
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Online Grocery Market to Grow to $4.2bn By 2023
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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How To Deal With the Next Mass Data Breach
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Is the US-China Conflict More than Just Trade?
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Asia Also Getting Involved With Facebook’s Data
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Newsletter: Getting Your Cross Border Business in More Markets (Plus a Request for Ideas)
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US/China Trade War Tensions: Jack Ma Will No Longer Bring 1 Million Jobs To USA
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How Short Will Videos Get On E-Commerce?
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The Pressure in Hong Kong Is Real - A Bit Too Real
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Hong Kong’s Digital Banking Is Pushing Forward
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Are Things Lining Up For the Next Financial Crisis?
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Biometrics in Banking Against Fraud
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Thailand as an Option for Chinese Parents for their Children
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Hong Kong - the World’s Least Affordable Housing Market
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Stress Children Go Through Growing Up Here (& Business in the Future)
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Why the Digital World is Looking to China, Not USA
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Facebook Won’t Let Companies Target People “Looking For A Change”...
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Will Hong Kong Be Able To Escape the Coming US-China Trade War?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Banking with Facebook and Google - is it Possible?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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The Danger of Trade Tensions Between the United States and China
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Hong Kong Passport Ranking, Where Do You Think It Stands?
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Addressing Poverty From Its Source
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Launching a Reviews Site (no, not that kind...)
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Hong Kong Loses to Singapore in Open Banking Readiness
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Your Personal Data Could Make Shopping More Expensive
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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The Future of Global From Asia: It's About Helping You! (Plus Special Offer)
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Banking Online Made More Efficient
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Top 3 Tips For Importing From China Coming From the Experts
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Hong Kong’s Fight Against Dirty Money
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2018 - The Year of Change
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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How to Help Asia’s Unbanked Population
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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A Glimpse of the Future of Online Shopping
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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These Three Pillars Going Forward
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Amazon & Ad Data For Your Brand, Good or Bad?
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Getting Back to Nature in Hong Kong, and Into E-commerce
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eBay Getting into the AR Space?
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Will Amazon Be Disrupting This Industry Next?
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The Ongoing Battle of The Titans
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The Revolving Door At eBay, Spinning More
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From Where Amazon Started To What It Is Doing today
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Latest eCommerce Trends to Watch for This Year
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The Rise of Bitcoin, is This Marketplace Adding it and Pushing Down Paypal?
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What’s in Store For eCommerce this 2018?
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Amazon as the E-commerce Giant
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How To Deal With Cramped Living in HK? Hike A Mountain!
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New Year, New Hope: Fireworks Display At Victoria Harbour
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While Santa Claus Is Watching, So Are Others
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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World's Largest Bridge Over Water Planned To Be Finished This Year
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What is the Pearl of Hong Kong, and is it in its True Beauty?
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Making a Difference in Other People’s Lives
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Hong Kong is Moving Underground
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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From Realtor to Nomad Real Quick
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High Grades Versus High Values
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Embracing the Idea of Cashless Economy
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Average Space For Some in Hong Kong The Same As?
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What is it Like to Live in a Coffin-Like House?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: See You In 8 days? Plus How to Effectively Utilize Space in Small Apartments
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Newsletter: Respecting a Person’s Point of View in Hong Kong
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Converting Farmland to Residential Zones in HK?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: It’s Amazing What We Can Accomplish When We are Working Together
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: How Far Are You Willing to go For Money?
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Newsletter: What Once Was Chaotic - Now A Scenic Destination
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Newsletter: We Needed a Hero, So That’s What They Became
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Newsletter: Why Hong Kong Women Taxi Drivers Love Their Jobs
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Newsletter: Wanderlust in Hong Kong
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Newsletter: Hong Kong Apartments: Small Can Still Be Beautiful
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Newsletter: 82 App Developer in Asia
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Newsletter: Will the Lucky Number 8 Help iPhone 8’s Launch in China?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: The Asia Market is Hot, and it’s not just this summer heat!
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Asian Husbands Better Reply To Their Chat Apps, or Else
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Is Hong Kong and Shenzhen Coming Together Destiny?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Will Guys Stay out of the Women Only Subway Cars in China?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Are We All A Little Bit Tired of China? :)
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Newsletter: Maybe We Call This the Asia Business Jokes Newsletter?
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Newsletter: English Speaking Police in Shanghai Found Him
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Newsletter: Chinese Losing Weight To Build a Family
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Newsletter: How Fake Bud Is Made in China
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Newsletter: Did China Just Miscount In The Amount of 2 Spains?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Pushback from the One Belt One Road Initiative?
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Newsletter: Don’t Make This Mistake By Shipping a Family Heirloom From China
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Newsletter: China Isn't The Worst At Pirating These Days
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Newsletter: How Do Poor Countries Develop Rich Countries?
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Newsletter: Are White Guys in China All Spies?
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Newsletter: HK Sneaking Taxi Price Hikes
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Newsletter: Tombs Are Swept, Time to Get to Work
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Should Google Come Back to China?
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Newsletter: Can We Get 5 Year Work Permits in China Now?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Make the Most out of Your Canton Fair Trip, Start Preparing Now
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Newsletter: UK’s reports clampdown in Hong Kong
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Newsletter: Amazon FBA 1 Year Later
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Newsletter: Is Mike Color Blind?
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Newsletter: Reflective Walk in Hong Kong
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Newsletter: Is Being Rich in China A Good Thing?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Is Globalization Losing
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Newsletter: Happy Year of The Rooster
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Newsletter: What Will China Do With Its Ivory Stockpiles?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: HK Fireworks Stacks Up Globally?
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Newsletter: News Andre Sent Me From the Hong Kong Airport
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Newsletter: Canadian Christmas Trees in Asia
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Newsletter 10 Iconic City Skylines Developed
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Newsletter: Beijing Couple Overnight in an Ikea, Live Streaming?
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Newsletter: What’s The Future For An American Blogger in Asia?
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Newsletter: Robots or Government? Take Your Pick
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Newsletter: 10,000 vie for a single Chinese civil service post
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Newsletter: Chinese Love Coffee This Much
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Newsletter: Ikea Shanghai Frowning on These Daters
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Newsletter: Pay With Your Face at this Chinese Smart City
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Newsletter: Citibank HK fees + Glass Loos in China
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Newsletter: We're A-Live: Live Talk Radio Starting in 1 Hour
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Newsletter - This Phone Manufacturer Have a Backdoor?
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Newsletter: Hong Kong Regulators Urging Banks
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Newsletter: HK Voters Snub Mainland
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This Man Wants To Turn Off The Internet
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Newsletter: Are Western Banks Days Numbered in Asia?
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Newsletter: Hong Kong Is At The Center of This
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Newsletter: China Investing Heavily in Silicon Valley
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Newsletter: Hong Kong Banks Going to Get Easier?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: This Chinese Company Forbids Staff From Buying the IPhone 7
This week: Forbidden iPhones, share issuance, Pokemon Go + China mobile, plus more
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Newsletter: HSBC Gets Off on Charges
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Newsletter: How Far Are Chinese Students Willing To Go To Get a Loan?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Newsletter: Losing Your Staff
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Tackling HK Logistics
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HK Chambers Unite
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More Cross Border Shenzhen-Hong Kong developments
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Chinese Captain America
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Best Banking Awards in Hong Kong
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US Carrier Coming to Hong Kong?
Shenzhen vs HK startups, Chinese police in Rome, Chinese women afraid to date foreign men and more this week. May day holiday, really called Labor Day, was celebrated earlier this week
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Trade Show Ongoing
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Trade Show Mania
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So why do people use Hong Kong for trading anyway?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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How The Panama Papers Will Affect HK Business
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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This Con Man Is Going To Make Banking Harder For All Of Us
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Tencent Wants To Make It Easier For Foreigners To Do Tech in China?
Dear Global Business Enthusiast,
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Global Trade Balance In 1 Photo
This week: booksellers on bail, cheap electronics & data sharing, trade deficit graphic, and english teacher busted!
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Beijing Overtakes New York City for Most Billionaires
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HSBC's Headquarters: Staying in UK or Coming to Hong Kong?
This week, HSBC HQ, UK or HK? Apple China here, Startups for HK's future, and more!Typing this up looking out into Nathan Road, love the hustle and bustle.
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Happy Monkey, I Mean Money, Year, Hong Kong is Back For Business
This week: Riots on New Years, HK topples UK, Selfie battles + more! Everyone ready to rock the year of the monkey? Hong Kong is back open for business after their Chinese New Year, but Mainland China is still pretty much closed until next week. Been busy being a daddy and studying Chinese!
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Alibaba Think Tank Knows The Future of Chinese Tech?
Missed last week’s newsletter – been just waiting and waiting for my second baby! She came on Sunday, the coldest day on record for South China! If you want to watch my video blog welcoming baby Maggie, check it out here
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Loads of Awesome Hong Kong Events Coming!
This week, Hong Kong is back to the future, Fintech regulations in China, but growing in HK, a few great events for Asia business enthusiasts, and more!
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Keeping Your New Years Resolutions?
This week: Chinese people's favorite American TV shows, missing booksellers, McRugees make headlines and more. Happy 2016 everyone, I'm sure you're all as excited as me - let's keep chipping away at those new years resolutions. I like to break it up by week and check in each Sunday evening on how things are going.
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Ancient Hong Kong Found In Egypt
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Saint Nick Down Chinese Chimneys
This week: Linkedin founder sizes up China, Apple vs Chinese Tech, Vtech hacker updates & more.. Just a couple more days til old Saint Nick comes down the chimney here...
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Hong Kong Christmas Means No Air Conditioners
This week: Alibaba taking over HK news, HK censorship coming?, Masterminds, and more! Christmas is coming! The malls in Hong Kong have turned off the air conditioner and cranked up the Christmas music! I’ll be here - well Shenzhen side technically...
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Bah Humbug! Hong Kong Toy Factory Hack Before Christmas
Hoverboard millionaires, HK Toy factory hacked, Dog Saved after falling off balcony, and more this week's Global From Asia's newsletter.
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Singapore Richer Than HK?
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Soccer Between Hong Kong & China Spurs Tempers
MIT coming to Hong Kong, China vs HK - soccer edition, an awesome HK day/night time lapse, and more this week. Happy hump day! Been in Hong Kong since Sunday night, my longest streak here since probably 2011!
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Hong Kong Street Food Gets On Michelin
This week, HK street food on Michelin, MIT opens HK innovation hub, and I’m throwing a party.
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Banks Report Earnings - Winners & Losers
Banks reporting, who is coming out on top? Also, Hong Kong investment funds makes some interesting purchases in this week's newsletter.
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Launching Office & Re-Invigorated After DCBKK 2015
This week's newsletter: Mainlander Tourist Killed in HK, Is poverty really decreasing, Scottish Bus Maker lands KMB Bus contract and more
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Wild Boars Roam Hong Kong Mall
The weather is amazing here in Shanghai, China - here for about a week meeting Chiense education centers for some business development action - city is so busy gets my juices flowing!
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Avoid Getting Scammed From a Chinese Factory
Warming up here in South China for the most part, luckily it never snows....sorry to rub it in to those currently buried in snow...;)
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Setting up A Company in China
Typing this up to some Chinese street music outside my window, keeps the creative juices flowing!
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Blue Glow in Hong Kong Seas
Chinese New Years is coming, I'm sticking in Shenzhen but my father-in-law is going to hometown today for a month! Magnificent blue glow of Hong Kong seas are also disturbing (photos too) This one gives us all hope - a Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong gets scholarship to NYU
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94 iPhone Smuggler Caught
I feel more
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Challenges Buying From China
This week I have a few more videos to share, like that? I've been learning a ton watching videos lately.
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Factory Direct to Consumer
A sad start to 2015 in Shanghai as 35 dead and 42 injured from stampedes at the New Years festivities, locals blame the "overflow of migrants" to the city.
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My New Years Resolution
I'll be going to an event
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Get Matched with a Chinese Partner
Christmas is almost here, wishing all of you all the best - I'll be having turkey dinner at the Tavern in Shekou, Shenzhen if you are in the area, stop by!
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Women Smuggling Across China Border
People have been sending me more news to share, this one is longer than others - enjoy!
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China is World's Biggest Economy
People really enjoyed the article last week about Chinese app stores copying, and a few shared this Chinese mobile UI app trends with me to share this week (thanks Chi and Yohan)
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Conquer the Dragon
I’m still stuffed from an amazing Thanksgiving dinner here in Shenzhen last week, hope everyone had an amazing holiday too. Was a business as usual workday in China though so most people had no idea why we were having a dinner party on a Thursday night!
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Hunger Games Cancelled in China
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, let’s all be thankful for what we have today. Big funding round last week for this startup -> Hong Kong Startup GoGoVan Wants to Be the Uber for Deliveries Hong Kong protesters break into government building, four arrested 'Hunger Games’ China release date canceled, likely due to 'revolutionary' political content
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Hong Kong Lit By Stars
Alibaba record singles e-commerce day (way bigger than Western Black Friday by a landslide) Post Mortem event is this Saturday in Hong Kong, I’ll be a speaker Us Foreigners can now buy Chinese stocks, what that means What the major cities in the world look like only under starlight, Hong Kong looks pretty cool (slide 3)
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Book Published, Occupy Continues
Hot off the press, I have released my first book Hong Kong Business Supercharged. As newsletter readers and early birds, I am giving a $20 US dollar credit via this link*, you guys rock!
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Hardware Maker Movement
Sending this week’s newsletter out a few hours earlier to catch any of you guys who want to see me speaking at an event tonight titled “Adventures of American Doing Business in China" at Paperclip Coworking space in Sheung Wan - its free!
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Hong Kong Bitcoin & China Tips
StartupsHK is hosting a meetup with Silver Keskkula, the co-founder of Teleport.org - the search engine for digital nomads - to discuss the world of digital nomads and how doing a startup and being a freelancer in the tech space
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Hong Kong Kickstarter Success
First time to send out a newsletter, hope you enjoy - I will try to send out weekly and keep em short - any feedback, just hit reply!