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Business
The heart of iTV-Asia, our Business Channel brings you interviews with executives, entrepreneurs, and opinion leaders shaping enterprise in China and Japan today. Watch videos in both English and Chinese presented by hosts in Shanghai and Tokyo, with new programming added weekly.China - Business
China Author Forum
Welcome to World 3.0. In this interview with Dr. Pankaj Ghemawat, we discuss why the boosters and detractors of “globalization” – or World 2.0 – are both wrong, and the realities of global trade today. Expatriate businesspeople and business students are, according to Ghemawat, caught in a kind of “globalization trance” in which the world appears more integrated than it really is. How can they break out and improve their cultural awareness and gain a deeper understanding of the subtleties of trade across borders? Watch Dr. Ghemawat talk to iTV-Asia editor Nicholas MacDonald to find out.
China Entrepreneurs
“I love food and I never let a concept go.” David Laris, one of the most well-known and prolific restaurateurs in Shanghai, joins us to talk about the dining in Shanghai and his fine dining concepts.
The China/USA Business Report
iTV-Asia’s China-USA Business Report is a monthly feature bringing you commentary on important issues in the relationship between the two most important economies in the world today.
Japan -Business
Ecotwaza TV
What is click donation? In this part of interview, Hisayuki Shimizu shares with us what motivates him to establish his own company in Japan and the programs of his company.
Executive Women
Yu Serizawa joins us today to talk about her career path and how these different career experience help and prepare her successfully running her own company later.
Management @ McGill
How to get fully engaged in social media to drive and protect brands? In this part of interview, Lance Shields speaks about building social relationships in social media.
Politics & Economics
What kinds of tensions is Korean Peninsula facing right now? How to reduce the tensions? Is the cold war really over in Korean Peninsula?
Tokyo Insiders
Trond Varlid joins us today to talk about what brought him to Japan and his company Tomra which mainly focus on eco-friendly machines and container recycling to make a better sustainable society.
Vietnam – Business
Chris Vale
In this episode of Insight Vietnam, we discuss with Mr. Chris Vale, Country Manager - Vietnam and Hong Kong of Rouse Legal, one of the leading IP law firms in Vietnam the current IP/ Trademark challenges include administrative and judicial enforcement of IPR in Vietnam, some of the key challenges for international companies operating in the country and possible solutions to these challenges.
David Lyons
With real estate as one of the key sectors for the foreign investment community in Vietnam, this episode of Insight Vietnam features, Mr. David Lyons, Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Vietnam who discusses the current situation and future outlook of the much debated real estate sector.
Tony Burchill
In this episode, we bring you a unique “Australian” perspective of Vietnam through the eyes of Mr. Tony Burchill, Senior Trade Commissioner, Austrade and an expert in trade & investment development who has served with Austrade in Vietnam since 2007.
iTV-Asia Business Events
Cloud Computing
A little cloudy on cloud computing? Join iTV-Asia’s Nicholas MacDonald, China Net Cloud’ Steve Mushero and Microsoft’s Michael Wang to talk about what cloud computing is, what it can do for your business, and the technology’s problems- and future- in China.
Consumer Insights
Join Helen Wang and Tom Doctoroff to gain insights into where the Chinese consumer market is going as the new Chinese middle class rises to international prominence. Tom who has worked in China’s advertising industry for nearly two decades and authored Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer, while Helen, consultant to many Silicon Valley firms and author of The Chinese Dream.
Cool/Digital/Mobile
What is mobile marketing, and how can your business take advantage of it? Watch mInfo’s Alvin Wang Graylin host “Cool/Digital/Mobile”, where his panel of four digital marketing experts talk about how to take advantage of mobile and online marketing technologies- and what their companies are offering customers in this area, and plan to offer in the future. Are you cool, digital, and mobile?
Finding Your Dream Job
The average tenure of a white collar professional in the US is around four years… yet the average tenure of a professional in China is less than half that amount. What’s different about the China job market?
Marketing Roundtable
Meet iTV-Asia’s marketing experts and hear their opinions on how your company can be more effective in the Chinese marketplace. Clare Cheng, Mike Rosenthal, Alvin Wang Graylin, Alex Font, and Andrew Collins bring you up to date on the changes in the Chinese marketplace in recent years, the best platforms for marketing in China, and what the future holds.
Print VS Digital
Is print media done for- and what does that mean for Shanghai’s business publishing industry? iTV-Asia CEO Kerry Kennedy talks to Geoff de Freitas, Pete Sweeney and David Basmajian to get a handle on where their respective organizations are going as regards online and offline media. Are e-books killing print books? Do traditional publishers really know how to take advantage of the web? All these and more are explored here.
China – Turning the Consumer Corner
Chinese consumer spending is rising- and none too soon.
Is Japan's Semiconductor Industry Still Relevant?
The Semiconductor Industry Association of the US recently announced that the revenues of the global semiconductor industry exceeded US$300 billion this year- a stunning record, given that the former prince of semiconductors, Japan, saw great slowdowns in production and supply chain this year.
Italian Officials Hold Talks Asking China to Buy Bonds
Italy's Finance Ministry has held talks with China's sovereign wealth fund and other Chinese officials in a bid to persuade Beijing to buy large amounts of Italian bonds, the Wall Street Journal quoted a person familiar with the matter.
H&M to Open 18 New Stores in Japan
The world's second-largest fast fashion retailer, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), will more than double its number of shops in Japan by the end of 2012 amid H&M's sales in Japan have been strong compared with other countries.
Bank of America Nearing Completion of China Construction Bank Sale
Bank of America (BoA) will soon complete it’s plan to sell a major portion of it’s stake in China Construction Bank (CCB), one of China’s big four lenders, in a deal valued at around RMB65 billion (US$10 billion), according to sources close to the deal.
No Plans for a “Yen Ceiling” – Japanese Finance Ministry
Japan has no intention of following the lead of the Swiss central bank to place a “ceiling” on the value of its currency, officials in Japan’s finance ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan Eyes JP¥300 Billion Job Creation Program under Extra Budget
The government is set to implement a JP¥300 billion (US$3.88 billion) program to boost employment in Japan under a third extra budget for fiscal 2011 in response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as well as the negative impact of the yen's recent sharp rise.