Consulting in China

Reducing the exchange deficit Last Friday May 12, Beijing and Washington revealed a trade agreement as part of a 100-day plan agreed to by Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump during their meeting in April. This agreement brings to fruition one of President Trump’s campaign promises to reduce the growing trade deficit between the US […]

The challenge of steel production in China According to Daxue Consulting’s March 2017 study about steel production in China, the economic slowdown in the country has caused a steady decrease in the consumption of steel. The Chinese government has found a temporary solution to the 400 million additional tons of steel present in the country: […]

A worker stands by a train leaving China to Europe at the railway port station in Chongqing (重庆) on April 14, 2017. Source: Xinhua/Liu Chan Last May 10th 2017, a train left Panjin Port (盘锦市), located in Liaoning province (辽宁省) in China for a 16-day journey to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Train freight from […]

China-India food trade relations enjoyed fast growth as well as global attention the last years. The IPS (Inter Press Service) reported an increase from about $ 3 billion in 2000 up to touch $ 100 billion nowadays. Analysts predict this bilateral relationship to be one of the most important relationships in the world by 2020 […]

Chinese city dwellers have embarked on a residential buying spree, snapping up flats and other properties and inflating an enormous bubble in the process. Prices have soared in recent decades due to rampant demand for the coveted residences, a market already hampered by a widespread housing scarcity. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in […]

Pet Lovers Spending Billions in China The Chinese pet market (dog and cat) or companion animal market is considered to be lucrative based on sheer volume alone yet the current status is quite small compared to the U.S.A. or other pet-lover countries. In 2016, the total U.S. market expenditure equaled USD 66.75 billion compared to […]

“Female Trump” (女版川普) vs.“Popular elite” (人气精英):  A Look Behind The Nicknames The French election is not as hot of a topic as the American elections in China. Only 4,498 WeChat articles were created regarding French elections, whereas 28,608 were created for the hotly debated American election. Nevertheless, French elections are still very much a hot […]

The growing Chinese outdoor equipment market presents potential for future growth The Chinese outdoor equipment market has seen a lot of growth in the past few years and is expected to steadily increase in the near future. Consumers are turning their attention towards having more outdoor experiences as well as the quality of their equipment. In […]

The Chinese virtual reality industry is developing faster than anywhere else. Daxue Consulting estimates the Chinese market at 8.5 billion dollars in 2025. In comparison, in 2016, it accounted for about 860 million dollars. Virtual reality (VR), though existing for decades, now enters whole new dimensions of insights in various industries. Virtual reality had been […]