Comments for Silicon Hutong http://siliconhutong.com China and the World of Business • China Business and the World Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Branding and BRICs by China Newz (@China_Newz) http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2835 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:54:45 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2835 Don’t you think that China could brand its culture and sell those items abroad: tea, silk, and silk paintings are just a few. This is kind of old school and anything but the latest technology, but China rich history and fascinating culture may be an angle to sell its products to an international market.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by W. Tseng http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2833 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:55:34 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2833 @Solomon Silas: You’re absolutely right. No doubt about it, We sell the shit but the pathetic thing is that you guys buy so much of it that it made China rich & powerful.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by Milton Nascimento http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2831 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:07:20 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2831 Some interesting comments about China and India. China is too full of itself, and overplays its true status and capabilities, while India is catching up in its shadow and in some areas already outperforms the Chinese.
But…can anyone name any Brazilian brands? I bet not.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by Solomon Silas http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2826 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:37:57 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2826 @Tseng: it’s not media bashing by the West. I live in Nairobi, where a friend of mine owns a tea estate. He bought some Chinese manufactured hammers for general use, one strike of these to bash a metal pole in the ground and the hammer head shattered. It happened with three consecutive hammers. You Chinese sell shit, and people worldwide will complain. No-one in Nairobi buys Chinese hardware anymore, they pay more to ensure the product actually works. After 20 years of your national development that is your export legacy. We trust Indians more than Chinese.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by Fatwah Chen http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2825 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:44:58 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2825 The visionaries who dare to suggest alternatives to China? Oh how we mock and punish them.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by Monkey King http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2819 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:53:08 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2819 I agree with Shilpa, and she made an awesome list of brands. There are more she didn’t touch on. India is the country the smart money is looking at. China expats have become too China-Centric and the rest of Asia is interesting, but India is the elephant next door very few have even bothered to explore. It’s a huge strategic mistake. If you can do and succeed in both China & India you basically have the rest of Asia in your hand. Only a handful of expat business people from China truly understand that.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by W. Tseng http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2818 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:52:29 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2818 China is already famously branded. After more than 20 years of China bashing by the western media, the instant brand recognition that leaps to mind is shoddy goods. Given the increasing bellicosity of the west, it’ll take them another 30 years perhaps to improve that image – if ever.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by David Wolf http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2817 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:55:58 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2817 Thanks, Troy. Doreen Wang and I had a similar conversation on the sidelines of a British Chamber event where she and I were both speaking on the challenges faced by Chinese brands. I think smart branding can moderate concerns over country of origin, but for the foreseeable future I think breakout success will depend on those companies rising above their provenance. If you want people to care less about your national origin, the burden is on you to prove that it is irrelevant.

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by David Wolf http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2816 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:46:35 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2816 Not to mention Aloo Gobi, the best thing to happen to potatoes since hash browns, and the best thing to happen to cauliflower ever!

Have to agree, Shilpa. This gentleman seems to know Brazil reasonably well, and his point about China was at least half-informed, but he was out of his league when it comes to India. (Frankly, I am out of my league when it comes to India, which I why I didn’t comment.) That said, I have to believe that India’s mastery and semi-adoption of a major international language is no small help in its success.

Thanks for the comment

]]> Comment on Branding and BRICs by Shilpa Shetty http://siliconhutong.com/2013/04/02/branding-and-brics/#comment-2812 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:11:35 +0000 http://siliconhutong.com/?p=3624#comment-2812 Jaguar and Land Rover. Infosys and Wipro. The Times of India newspaper having the worlds largest online English language readership. Mittal and Reliance. Kingfisher Beer. Curry. The Taj Mahal. Bollywood. Ravi Shankar and Frida Pinto. Slumdog Millionaire and The Life of Pi; V.S. Naipal and Arundhati Roy. Tagore. Ayurvedic Medicine; Gandhi; and the Hindustan Ambassador. Patak Foods being the UK’s fastest growing brand. Taj Hotels & Resorts. Jet Airways. Mahindra & Mahindra. Alphonso Mangos. Old Monk Rum. The worlds largest democracy. And we haven’t even mentioned Tata yet.
Someone needs to do some homework.

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