Hong Kong’s tourism sector is getting massive support from the government. However, critics and those within the sector say that the support is ultimately meaningless. In response to the poor performance of the tourism sector, Hong Kong’s government decided to throw out a lifeline. They have offered HK$100 million in incentives to jumpstart the tourism sector. Edward Yau Tang-wah, the … Read More
Apple CEO New Chairman of Chinese University
Apple CEO Tim Cook has just been appointed as the chairman of Tsinghua University, specifically of the advisory board of its economics college. He is said to hold the role for at least three years. He will be replacing venture capitalist Jim Breyer who was part of the board since 2005. Breyer is also the founder and CEO of Breyer … Read More
Shopee Super Shopping Festival Explosion: Insights Beyond the Sale
Shopee’s Supper Shopping Festival was a resounding success. The recent sale extravaganza had positive results all around. Shopee’s Super Shopping Festival recently took place this past month. According to reports, the sales for this festival was three times more than than in the previous year’s. On the first day alone, the total sales came up to 187,606 pieces sold. One … Read More
Amazon Global Selling Sets Up Its Vietnam Team
Amazon Global Selling has just set up a team in Vietnam. The team was put together on the 18th of October, to help and work with other Vietnamese shops and stores sell their products globally online. Amazon Global Selling, the long standing program of Amazon that assists and provides technical and professional support to sellers, will be assisting the Vietnam … Read More
Thank You, Now: As We Enter 2020
Dear Readers, Too early to start planning for 2020? Well, for me the year is wrapping up, typing this up on the final day of Cross Border Summit here in Guangzhou, China and getting some podcast recording done. The Ecommerce Gladiator book – I hope you were able to take advantage of the free Amazon kindle offer earlier this week … Read More
NBA Fans Support Hong Kong Protests
Film producer Andrew Duncan procured 300 tickets. He provided those tickets to the activists where they showed their support by showing pro Hong Kong protest signs at the stands. These signs had messages like, “Human Rights Matter. Here + There,” and “Don’t let China buy our silence.” Apart from that, these supporters also wore t-shirts that had similar messages. These … Read More
3 Amazing Things Happening Right Now (and limited freebie for you)
Dear Readers, Well, this is quite the trifecta. I wrote this a few days earlier than Oct 22 – but I will be living this trifecta moment as this email goes out. As you receive this letter, three amazing things are happening in this community all at the same time. Today: 1) Global From Asia turns 6 years old. Domain … Read More
Billion Dollar Mystery Trades Prior to Trump’s Positive China Comments
Hours before United States President Donald Trump tweeted that business talks with China were moving forward well, a series of mystery bets valued in the billions took place. An investigation into the stock market was done by Vanity Fair. They saw that several lucrative trades were made prior to massive market-shifting news hitting the public’s perception. Throughout Trump’s incumbency, he … Read More
Japan Returns To Whaling
Japan has returned to hunting whales. This move comes 33 years after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned all commercial whaling. This ban was set in place to allow for whales to repopulate and get their numbers back up. Some estimate that Japan has been whaling since the 12th century. This date could actually be earlier though. The Japan Whaling … Read More
Giving Out The Goods [Human or Bot]
Dear Readers, I often get people asking me if it is really me when replying on social media. That human element is still so critical. And this is what Will Tjernlund is sharing on today’s podcast – as well as at the Cross Border Summit next week. Can you believe it is just about 5 days away? But Will and … Read More