China Middle Class

Modern China's Spiritual Crisis: Does it Exist?

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Confucianism, Chinese Culture, Deng Xiaoping, Buddhism, China Materialism, China Modernism, China Spirituality, China Middle Class, World News
Tom Doctoroff

To the Chinese, materialism is not superficial. It is meaningful, tantamount to advancement within society and faith in the future. Run amok, however, it corrupts ambition and threatens the country's social fabric.

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Gallup: More Americans Are Struggling To Eat Than Chinese

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, American Poverty, China Middle Class, Business News, America vs. China, China Poverty, China, Housing Crisis, American Hunger, U.S. China Economy, Business News

Millions of Americans are currently weathering the effects of a slow economic recovery. Many Chinese, meanwhile, find themselves struggling less to ke...

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How China Could Help The Global Recovery

AP | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: China Growth, China World Bank, China World Bank Consumption, China Economy, China Middle Class, China Recovery, China Consumption, Business News

BEIJING -- China can boost global economic growth by pressing ahead with reforms to promote domestic consumption and reduce reliance on exports and in...

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How China's Growing Middle Class Is Raising Food Prices

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Food Inflation, Rising Food Prices, Beijing, Global Food Prices, China Inflation, China Food Prices, China Middle Class, Chinese Yuan, China Economy, Business News

BEIJING — Hunger was such a constant companion in Yao Qizhong's childhood that even now, at age 40, he'll stoop down to salvage a single clove o...

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China's Ubiquitous Middle Class

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Producers, China Middle Class, China Consumers, China Economy, China, World News
Daniel Wagner

International companies have long believed that they must have a presence in China because they consider its 1.3 billion people to be potential consumers. But research raises question about who the country's middle class really are and the true meaning of their disposable income.

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China's Co-Dependent Middle Class and Communist Party

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Middle Class, Ccp, Chinese Political Reform, Confucian Society, China Middle Class, China Communist Party, Order and Stability, Chinese Service Sector, World News
Tom Doctoroff

China's consumers, while boldly ambitious, Confucian to the core and desperate to climb the hierarchy of success, are insecure. Their wealth is new and incomes are still limited.

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China's New Middle Class: Constants and Variables

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Individualism, Digital Marketing, China Middle Class and Their Government, Chinese Middle Class Income, China-Economy, Rejoice, Institutional Reform in China, Starbuck, Spending Power, Chinese Government, Chinese Culture, Haagen-Daaz, Western Individualism, Pizza Hut, China Middle Class, Civil Society, P&G, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

China's middle class, a modern force with timeless cultural imperatives, will reshape the world. To harness its spending power, marketers must realiz...

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