The New York Times, August 26, 2015 Chinese officials in Shandong Province preparing to take samples of iron ore imported from India. CreditChen Weifeng/European Pressphoto Agency With deepening economic fears about China, multinational corporations and countries are having to respond to a new reality as a once sure...
The Guardian, August 1, 2015 Shanghai: the roads are impressive but car sales are not motoring. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing’an district of Shanghai. There are no customers and the staff look bored. A family comes...
The Financial Times, July 27, 2015 On the eve of China’s largest car show in April, executives and analysts braced themselves for a “new normal”: single-digit sales growth after two fat years. Yet some are beginning to wonder if the world’s largest car market is actually entering...
China Daily, July 7, 2015 China's Xiaomi Redmi 2 smartphones are displayed to the media during their launch in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 30, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] Rising generation of business leaders creates value-added solutions People unfamiliar with recent developments within China generally believe that the nation lacks innovation capabilities...
Bloomberg News, April 16, 2015 BYD Co.'s Sport-Utility Vehicles BYD Co. S6 sport-utility vehicles (SUV) move along the production line at the company's assembly plant in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg After years of losing out to foreign brands, China’s automakers are winning in the world’s...
March 18, 2015 Bill Russo's appearance on Channel News Asia where he discusses the structural challenges faced by foreign automakers in China, recent performance of Chinese local carmakers, and sales of electric vehicles. ...
Bloomberg Business, February 13, 2015 [caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Automakers have been successful at adding factories. Maybe too successful[/caption] When consultant Bill Russo visited Chery Automobile’s headquarters in China’s eastern Anhui province about three years ago, he listened to the company’s plans to expand its factories to...
The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2015 Chinese Startup Car Maker Appoints Former GM Exec in Bid to Revive Fortunes By Colum Murphy Feb. 3, 2015 5:47 a.m. ET Phil Murtaugh in Los Angeles on March 16, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS SHANGHAI—Chinese startup car maker Qoros Automotive Co. appointed the former head...
Bloomberg News, January 22, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., which fended off Volkswagen AG to remain the world’s top automaker in 2014, may lose the sales crown as early as this year as it falls behind in China, the world’s biggest auto market. Toyota is predicting...
Business Insider, January 15, 2015 Tesla got crushed on Wednesday, partially due to Elon Musk breaking the news that Tesla sales in China were "unexpectedly weak" in the fourth quarter. Echoing Musk's explanation, Tesla communications chief Ricardo Reyes told Business Insider that "misperceptions about the ease of charging Model...
