Tuesday, April 5, 2011

China Shakes the World

"If the Chinese were ever to consume at the American levels of 2001, they would need to guzzle three times the world's total consumption." This is a quote from China Shakes the World by James Kynge; I recently finished reading this. The book has been around for 5 years or so, and I thought I'd share a some of the things that I found particularly interesting and revealing. 

  • "Each year since 2004, China has installed the equivalent of all the generating capacity of a country such as Spain"

The Weekly Spot Rate

I was scanning through Business Insider earlier and came across this post. There are some great examples of creating brand awareness, like Baltica Dry.
Also the YouTube video below is from Shark Tank, a venture capital reality TV show. This product is just plain funny. Enjoy!

Check them out below and have a great week.