This article is the first chapter of a May 2024 update on the Chinese webshop Temu, published by […]
Nieuws
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
De afgelopen maand staken Olaf Zwijnenburg en Peter van Heerde, sectormanagers retail en groothandel Rabobank, Mathijs de Boer, […]
Rabobank & ChinaTalk – China: van fabriek van de wereld naar retailgrootmacht
De afgelopen weken is ChinaTalk’s Ed sander opnieuw meerdere malen geïnterviewd over de Chinese websop Temu. Een opsomming […]
Temu Interviews
In maart 2024 werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door de Telegraaf geïnterviewd over Temu. Wat is de app? Wie […]
Temu uitgelegd (Telegraaf interview)
Op 27 februari vond voor de 9e keer de Grote China Kennisquiz plaats. Fred Sengers schreef het onderstaande […]
Team Long March wint Grote China Kennisquiz 2024
Dinsdag 27 februari om 18.45 uur is het weer tijd voor Dé Grote China Kennis Quiz. In het […]
Schrijf je in voor de 9e Grote China Kennisquiz!
Recent werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door een journaliste van de DPG Media group geïnterviewd over Chinese webshop Temu. […]
Temu Interview DPG Media Group
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
In december 2023 werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door het Financieel Dagblad geïnterviewd over TikTok Shop, de e-commerce integratie […]
Interview Financieel Dagblad: TikTok Shop
ChinaTalk’s Jessica Sun was te gast in de vierde aflevering, ‘De Karper en de Draak’, van het tweede […]
Bij Gin in Beijing podcast – ‘De Karper en de Draak’
(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
In oktober verzorgde ChinaTalk’s zusterorganisatie ChinaTechTrip haar eerste post-COVID-studiereis naar China, uitgevoerd in samenwerking met Focusplaza. Van 21 […]
Deelnemers beoordelen studiereis met een 9.5
Op 30 November 2023 was ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander in de uitzending bij RTL-Z om toe te lichten wie […]
RTL-Z Interview: Wie is die nieuwe webshop Temu?
Op 16 november 2023 werd ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander door BNR Nieuwsradio geïnterviewd over Alibaba’s aankondiging om hun Cloud […]
Interview BNR: Waarom trekt Alibaba Cloud plannen voor een beursgang in?
SINT ANTHONIS – Op woensdag 29 november staat Ed Sander bij Cicero Sint Anthonis op het podium. Hij […]
Ed Sander te gast bij Cicero: ‘Hoe Chinese webshops een bedreiging worden’
During the study tours we deliver with ChinaTechTrip, I often give lectures about WeChat and mobile payment in […]
I won’t be using WeChat with our tour groups anymore. Here’s why …
Onderstaand artikel verscheen in Printmatters op 18 oktober 2023. Chinese crossborder e-commerceplatformen bestormen de wereld. Ook de grafische […]
PrintMatters: 15 boeken voor 40 euro: China is de olifant in de kamer
Het Financieel Dagblad interviewde ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander over over Temu, de Chinese webshop van Pinduoduo die in 10 […]
Interview Financieel Dagblad over Temu (Dutch)
This series of articles looks at the different retail concepts that Alibaba launched under its Hema retail brand. […]
Hit and Miss – The Ultimate Guide to Alibaba’s Hema (Freshippo) Store Formats. Part 4: Hema towards the future
This series of articles looks at the different retail concepts that Alibaba launched under its Hema retail brand. […]
Hit and Miss – The Ultimate Guide to Alibaba’s Hema (Freshippo) Store Formats. Part 3: 2021 – Concepts for the ...
Note: Alibaba calls Freshippo (yes, with one ‘h’) in English, but in this series, we’ll continue to use […]
Hit and Miss – The Ultimate Guide to Alibaba’s Hema (Freshippo) Store Formats. Part 2: 2017 – 2019 – A ...
Dit artikel is een opiniestuk van ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander. Op 15 juni werd ik door het Algemeen Dagblad […]
Video: AD interview over TikTok – ‘The Interviewee Cut’
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
In this series of articles, we will look at the different retail concepts that Alibaba launched under its […]
Hit and Miss – The Ultimate Guide to Alibaba’s Hema (Freshippo) Store Formats. Part 1: 2016 – 2017 – How ...
De Chinese overheid, om precies te zijn de Cyber Administration of China, heeft een voorstel voor regulering van […]
Interview (Dutch): “Smartphonebeperking voor Chinese jongeren is stuk minder dystopisch dan bericht wordt”
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
Op donderdag 12 oktober vindt de 10e PRINTmatters Vakdag plaats. ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander is een van de sprekers […]
Event: ChinaTalk @ PrintMatters Vakdag
Original image by OpenIcons. This is a follow-up article about Temu, the cross-border e-commerce platform of China’s 3rd biggest […]
Temu update June 2023 – Part 2: Pressure on staff, merchants and logistics partners
This is a follow-up article about Temu, the cross-border e-commerce platform of China’s 3rd biggest e-commerce company Pinduoduo. […]
Temu update June 2023 – Part 1: From $0 to $400 million monthly GMV in 8 months
Original images by Mohamed Hassan and Clker-Free-Vector-Images. In our previous part of the May 2023 update on Shein, […]
Shein Update May 2023- Part 2: Nearshoring and Amazonian Ambitions
Original images by OpenClipart-Vectors. Ranking based on US market share March 2022. This is a follow-up article to […]
Shein Update May 2023 – Part 1: Success Brings Scrutiny
Jessica Sun and Ed Sander of ChinaTalk share their advice and tips on bargaining in China. They also […]
Video: Travel in China – Bargaining & Tipping
I have been writing about Temu, the Chinese webshop that launched in the US in September 2022, since […]
First Temu order: good status updates, acceptable delivery time and half Amazon’s pricing
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
ChinaTalk’s Ed Sander is een van de sprekers op het Focusplaza evenement Intervisie 2023. Het jaarlijkse evenement staat […]
ChinaTalk @ Intervisie 2023
Ever since we started piloting study tours in 2018 we’ve been toying with the idea of having a […]
ChinaTalk spin-off: ChinaTechTrip
In 2020 zouden we drie studeriezen verzorgen voor Focusplaza, waar we eerder een zeer goed ontvangen reis aan […]
Studiereis Retail & Digitale Revolutie in China
Many Chinese live in so-called xiao qu, which literally translates to ‘small district’. A xiao qu is usually […]
The rise and fall of community group buying – a recap
In this three-part series, we try to answer the question in the title by breaking it down into […]
‘How long before I know a bit of Chinese?’ – Part 3: ‘how long?’
In this three-part series, we try to answer the question in the title by breaking it down into […]
‘How long before I know a bit of Chinese?’ – Part 2: defining ‘knowing Chinese’
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
Original silhouette image by Mohamed Hassan When people show an interest in learning Chinese we are often asked […]
‘How long before I know a bit of Chinese?’ – Part 1: defining ‘a bit’
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 […]