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In the first part of this two-part article on Ochama’s WeChat messages to the Chinese diaspora in The […]
Ochama’s wonderous WeChat account – Part 2: pick-up locations and price comparisons
I thought I’d written all I wanted to say about JD.com’s Ochama ‘omnichannel’ stores. Until I stumbled on […]
Ochama’s wonderous WeChat account – Part 1: Deals you get … when you are Chinese
Deze maand was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander te gast in BNR’s De Technoloog podcast waar hij in gesprek ging […]
Podcast (Dutch): De Technoloog (Deel 1) – Wij Westerlingen snappen eigenlijk niets van China
Op 12 mei 2022 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander een van de sprekers op een bijeenkomst van EBMP (E-Business […]
Verslag: Keynote Live Commerce voor EBMP
In maart 2022 waren Ed Sander (ChinaTalk) en Bart Horsten (Horsten International) te gast in de #Teamretail podcast. […]
Podcast: Team Retail – Hoe ‘omnichannel amazing’ is Ochama?
Enige tijd geleden interviewde Tech for Executives ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander over technologie in China. Het resultaat is nu […]
Interview Executive Finance
Photos: Olivia Martin-McGuire Getting married in China comes with some oddities. One of the special aspects of a […]
Film review: China Love
Het is weer zover! Jullie voor de zevende keer een gooi doen naar de China Café wisselbeker! Ditmaal […]
Schrijf je in voor de 7e Grote China Kennisquiz!
Op 9 juni is ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander een van de sprekers op een door Focusplaza verzorgt evenement over […]
Event: meerFocus – Flits- en thuisbezorging
In this video, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander explains how China transformed from a mostly agricultural society to an economic […]
Video: China’s Economic Transformation Explained
Over the past 10 years I have extensively researched and written about China’s online developments and new retail. […]
Book review: The Future of Global Retail – Learning from China’s Retail Revolution
De VNC (Vereniging Nederland-China) geeft elk kwartaal het blad ‘China Nu’ uit. Dit tijdschrift biedt nieuws over en […]
China Nu: Xi Jinping als nieuwe Robin Hood met Chinese karakteristieken?
The last 8 years we have been publishing loads of content on ChinaTalk.nl. Almost every week we share […]
New website launched: edsander.com
Stijn Kamphuis is one of ChinaTalk’s students of Chinese Language. In October 2021 he temporarily moved to Shanghai, […]
Locked down in Shanghai
In maart 2021, toen we allemaal aan onze schermen gekluisterd zaten tijdens een lockdown, gaf Ed een online […]
Video: Internetcensuur in China – misverstanden rechtgezet
China is one of our most important trading partners. We export a lot to the country, but have […]
Summa Course Chinese Language & Culture
Op 6 april verzorgt Ed Sander van ChinaTalk een aantal lezing over JD.com en Ochama voor Focusplaza. JD.com […]
Event: Vormt JD.com (met Ochama) een bedreiging of kans voor Nederlandse retailers & brands?
Original image by Teguhjati Pras. When we discuss the Chinese internet, it often conjures up thoughts about creepy […]
China is leaving the west behind in regulating deepfakes
Original image by Geralt. In the previous article in this series we’ve seen how Xi Jinping stressed the […]
Where does China’s digital economy go from here? Part 2 – The future of the platform economy
In this crash course on Chinese internet ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander shares 9 things that you need to know […]
Video: Nine need-to-know things about China’s internet
In recent decades, hū you (忽悠), or bamboozling somebody, has almost been elevated to an art in China. Some Chinese […]
Wanted: White Foreigner! The face job industry in China
Original image by geralt After last year’s tidal wave of regulations and fines for the internet industry, many […]
Where does China’s digital economy go from here? Part 1 – The New Real Economy
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had the pleasure and honour to be part of the excellent Robeco Outlook 2022 event […]
Video: China’s tech rectification & common prosperity
Since 2017 I have been researching and writing about new retail in China. I have spent many weeks […]
JD.com’s Ochama stores – Part 4: proposition vs reality
Since 2017 I have been researching and writing about new retail in China. I have spent many weeks […]
JD.com’s Ochama stores – Part 3: web, app and store evaluated
Since 2017 I have been researching and writing about new retail in China. I have spent many weeks visiting and […]
JD.com’s Ochama stores – Part 2: ordering
Since 2017 I have been researching and writing about new retail in China. I have spent many weeks […]
JD.com’s Ochama stores – Part 1: the introduction campaign
2021 was the year of rectification in China’s online platform sector with companies like Alibaba, Meituan and Didi […]
Is China showing us the way in regulating algorithms?
2020 was a difficult year for us. We had to cancel all the planned study tours for our […]
This was ChinaTalk’s 2021
In the first part of this article we’ve looked at the origins of the term ‘common prosperity’, how […]
Common prosperity dissected – Part 2: Is Xi going after the rich?
A question I have been asked frequently in the past months is if I can explain ‘common prosperity’ […]
Common prosperity dissected – Part 1: Going for the olive
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll […]
The Sisyphean tasks of Pinduoduo’s gamification – Part 4: ‘Duo Duo Crush’ and conclusion
Op 30 november 2021 gaf ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander een presentatie over diverse businessmodellen voor boodschappenbezorging in China. In […]
T-mobile Webinar: Innovatieve boodschappenbezorging in China
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll […]
The Sisyphean tasks of Pinduoduo’s gamification – Part 3: Duo Duo Orchard and Duo Duo Ranch
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll […]
The Sisyphean tasks of Pinduoduo’s gamification – Part 2: Collecting beans and earning a fortune
Sisyphus, a king In Greek mythology, was punished for cheating death. In the underworld he had to roll […]
The Sisyphean tasks of Pinduoduo’s gamification – Part 1: Shake Money
Op 17 november 2021 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander samen met Tijs Hofmans, Redacteur privacy- en security bij Tweakers, […]
BNR Digitaal – Waarom willen Chinezen geen technologie van ons én wij niet van hen?
Last year Alec Ash’s 2016 book Wish Lanterns was re-released with the title China’s New Youth: How the […]
Book review: China’s New Youth
It’s that time of the year again. In a couple of days press releases and news articles will […]
Ali-blah-blah – Myths about Singles Day
During the two years I worked as an international volunteer in Xi’an, the city in central China best […]
Helping the homeless of Xi’an – the Yellow River Soup Kitchen
In Nederland ontstaan steeds meer concepten voor boodschappenbezorging. China loopt hierin al enkele jaren vooruit. We vinden er […]
T-Mobile Webinar Trends in 2022: Innovatieve boodschappenbezorging in China
Op 26 oktober was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander te gast bij Start met Fernando op de radiozender van FunX. […]
FunX: Waarom voert de Chinese TikTok verplichte pauzevideos in? (Dutch)
Op 24 september 2021 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander in de Stadsschouwburg van Nijmegen een van de sprekers op […]
Video: Digitale innovatie in Chinese gezondheidszorg – Fangbian Pianyi Haowan
This is a translation of an originally Dutch article published in 2015. It was no more than three […]
Swallowed by the city – China’s disappearing urban villages
This is a translation of two Dutch articles originally published in 2014. During the two years I lived […]
What my interpreters taught me about Chinese youth
A tale of cultural differences, eating habits and sandboxes. Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions in China it’s been […]
When my Chinese in-laws came to visit
Op 11 oktober was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander te gast in BNR In de Middag om zijn visie te […]
ChinaTalk in BNR In de Middag – Is de AI strijd tussen China en de VS al beslist?
Op 13 september spraken Jarno Duursma en ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander elkaar voor een tweede keer Jarno’s podcast Listening […]
Listening to the Future podcast: China reguleert grote techbedrijven
Team Helan Dou en quizmasters Fred Sengers en Ed Sander in de quiz van het Jaar van de […]
Team Helan Dou wint de 6e Grote China Kennisquiz
We are proud to announce that from this school year ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun will provide lessons in Chinese […]