Tom Spender

Freelance journalist in London

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Entries Tagged as 'economy'

China’s richest 5

September 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · China

China’s richest five individuals in 2010

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Surfing China’s consumer boom

May 7th, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Story in China International Business magazine about Wooha.com, a Chinese internet fashion retailer with an interesting business model – selling expensive foreign fashion lines that are unavailable in China over the internet, using a combination of Fedex and Chinese logistics companies to deliver anywhere in mainland China. It works, according to the company, because a) [...]

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Ben Simpfendorfer: predictions for China’s economy in 2010

January 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · China, Uncategorized

Ben Simpfendorfer is chief China economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong and author of The New Silk Road, a book about the growing economic relationship between China and the Arab World. I went to a presser today where he outlined his predictions for the Chinese economy in 2010. * High-figure, “low-quality” [...]

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