On June 24th, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander delivered a keynote in Berlin, returning to the K5 – Future Retail conference, where […]
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Two Chinese coffee store brands have gone abroad. Luckin Coffee opened its first store in Manhattan and Cotti […]
Video: China’s Coffee Wars
Cross-border e-commerce from China On June 5th 2025, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had the honour and pleasure of presenting […]
Video: Four Little Dragons Going Overseas
A report by Fred Sengers: For ten years now, Ed Sander and Fred Sengers have been the compilers […]
Team Het Verre Oosten wins VNC China Pub Quiz
Invitation to the VNC China Pubquiz A Fun and Educational Event for Chinese and Dutch People! Do you […]
VNC China Pubquiz! (May 19th 2025)
In March, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander was a guest on the Shanghaizhan podcast with Bryce Whitwam and Ali Kazmi. […]
Podcast: Shanghaizhan – How SHEIN, Temu, and TikTok are Reshaping Global Commerce
In March 2025, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander appeared on the Let’s Talk Marketplace for the third time. This time […]
Podcast: Let’s Talk Marketplace – TikTok Shop Deep Dive
It’s that time of the year again when we look back at everything we’ve done in the past […]
This was ChinaTalk in 2024
On December 9th 2024, Lianne Baaij of Vereniging Nederland China VNC interviewed ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander about Temu, Shein […]
Interview: Christmas Shopping 2.0: Temu, Shein and other Chinese webshops
On 21 November 2024 the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce – BCECC organized a panel discussion with ChinaTalk’s Ed […]
Video: panel discussion on The Rise of Temu and Chinese webshops
Does live commerce work for us? Ed Sander and Sven Rittau explore this question in their big K5X […]
ChefTreff Spezial Podcast: K5X-Pedition China Deep Dive with Ed Sander
From the VNC website: The world of e-commerce is evolving at breakneck speed, with China as the pioneer […]
ChinaTalk @ China Café: Chinese Webshops Update – Christmas Shopping 2.0!
From October 12th to October 19th, ChinaTalk spin-off ChinaTechTrip and German e-commerce event organiser K5 Future Retail took […]
German travellers rate China study tour with 9.5 and share their learnings
China’s cross-border e-commerce platforms, such as Temu, Shein and AliExpress have rapidly gained global standing, disrupting traditional retail […]
Webinar: The Rise of Temu and other Chinese cross-border webshops
After appearing on the Let’s Talk Marketplace podcast in June to discuss Temu, Valerie and Ingrid invited ChinaTalk’s […]
Let’s Talk Marketplace – Temu, Shein and everything else
On November 7th, 2024, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander will speak at the Neuland Fachtag 24. Ed will discuss ‘Temu […]
ChinaTalk @ Neuland Fachtag 24
From the website of The Negotiation: In this second instalment of our engaging dialogue with Ed Sander on […]
Podcast: The Negotiation – A Deep-Dive Into Alibaba, JD, Douyin, and RED
In this episode of The Negotiation podcast, host Todd Embley is joined by ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander, a renowned […]
Podcast: The Negotiation – The Meteoric Rise of Pinduoduo and Temu
We normally don’t allow for recordings of my keynotes to be immediately shared online. We have made an […]
Video: Temu Demystified keynote @ Score!
In 2024 ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had the honour and pleasure to be invited to present his keynote ‘Temu […]
Reactions to Temu Demystified Keynotes (update)
In June 2024, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander was a guest on the Let’s Talk Marketplace podcast. From the host […]
Let’s talk Marketplace Podcast: How Temu works – and why it won’t go away
At the end of a keynote about the reasons for the rise in Chinese webshops in general and […]
Video: The Biggest Danger of Temu
On June 25th, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander will be honoured to deliver a keynote address on the main stage […]
ChinaTalk @ K5 Conference
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander is honoured to be asked to deliver a keynote on the main stage of Score!, […]
ChinaTalk @ Score! – 29 May 2024
On June 18th, 2024, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander is honoured to deliver the opening keynote speech at the Becom […]
ChinaTalk @ Becom Summit – June 18th 2024
Happy 2024 everybody! As we do every year, we start the new year by looking back at the […]
This was ChinaTalk in 2023
China is one of our most important trading partners. We export a lot to the country, but have […]
Summa Course Chinese Language & Culture
(Click here for a Dutch version of this article) In October, ChinaTalk’s sister organization delivered its first post-COVID […]
Participants rate China study tour with 9.5
While many locals use ride-hailing apps, foreigners often still depend on taxis in China. But taking a taxi […]
Video: Travel Tips – Taking a Taxi in China
As a tour operator, one of the things some of our travellers seem to worry about most is […]
Video: Food and drinks on China travels
Getting online and using your favourite websites and apps in China can be a pain in the behind […]
Video: How to go online in China
At the end of June 2023, Jessica Sun and Ed Sander of ChinaTalk finally returned to China. Besides […]
Observations on being back in China
In the beginning of 2023 Conway & Co organised a special boardroom session around all relevant e-commerce developments […]
Video: The evolution of e-commerce in China
Jessica Sun and Ed Sander of ChinaTalk share their advice and tips on bargaining in China. They also […]
Video: Travel in China – Bargaining & Tipping
Ed tells you about China’s geography and how it can make for incredibly diverse travels in the country.
Video: Travel & China’s Geography
ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun shares some important advice about applying for a China visa.
Video: Applying for a China Visa
Ever since we started piloting study tours in 2018 we’ve been toying with the idea of having a […]
ChinaTalk spin-off: ChinaTechTrip
In cooperation with Summa & Bedrijf, we have successfully rounded off the first series of a Chinese Language […]
Critical acclaim for Chinese Language & Culture course at Summa & Bedrijf
China is an enormous country with different climates in different regions. ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun explains how you should […]
Video: When should I plan my trip to China?
ChinaTalk is restarting its study tours to China … After developing and guiding a series of study tours […]
We’re back! Who wants to go to China?
China has opened up and business travelers and tourists are slowly returning to the country. If you plan […]
Video: Basic Chinese Language and Survival Tips
Mid-February, ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander was interviewed by Bloomberg about Temu, the new Chinese webshop launched in the US […]
Video Series: Temu Interview
ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun (孙慧) discusses talking about politics and other sensitive topics with friends and business partners in China. Many […]
Video series: Discussing politics in China
Last month we announced that ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander had joined the Tech Buzz China team as a tech […]
Tech Buzz China is back!
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander has joined the Tech Buzz China (TBC) team as tech analyst and main writer. Ed: […]
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander joins Tech Buzz China
In January 2023, ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun was a guest on Mei Yang’s Our Cultures and Our World podcast. […]
Jessica Sun in the Our Cultures & Our World Podcast
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander is one of the keynote speakers at the 2023 edition of the Benelux Online Print […]
ChinaTalk @ Benelux Online Print Event #BOPE23
Another year is coming to an end. Considering the Covid situation in China, we knew from the start […]
This was ChinaTalk in 2022!
In this video, ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun explains how China geographical size leads to enormous differences in weather, food, […]
Video: Understanding China’s Diversity
A cultural mistake is easily made when you pick the wrong number, colour or gift in China or […]
Video: Numbers, colours and homephones in Chinese culture
Want to follow a free Chinese Language and Culture training? It is possible with your STAP budget! For […]