According to a February 11th article from The Wall Street Journal, homeownership among ethnic Asians in the Bay Area is rising.
Ten Myths About Multicultural Real Estate Clients
By Michael Soon Lee, GRS, GRI
Author of Cross-Cultural Selling for Dummies.
There are over one million people from overseas coming into the United States every year and they all want to show friends and family they are successful by buying an American home.
It appears, touring for bargain real estate in the U.S. has become the latest vacation craze for wealthy chinese investors.While Americans may be hesitant to test the home ownership waters, our Chinese visitors are jumping in, attracted by great prices and the wide selection of properties.
Kobe Bryant not only racks up points on the scoreboard, he is also generating serious page views on his new Chinese website and blog.
Did China save GM’s Buick line?
12/3/2009 Caimeiju Staff
MSN posted a story today about the last Pontiacs leaving the assembly line in Detroit. Pontiac, along with Saab, Saturn and Hummer have been discontinued from GM’s line up due to poor sales and the government restructuring of the company.
California Real Estate Goes Global
In one of the most innovative and consumer-responsive client implementations to date, global marketing firm Language Media Agency has launched Caimeiju.com, an interactive real estate portal giving Chinese homebuyers and investors a way to explore communities in California. In just over a month since its launch, visitors from over 40 countries have visited Caimeiju.com, validating Language Media’s exploration of a niche market they considered to be both strong and underserved.
10/25/2009 Caimeiju Staff
China has the second largest number of billionaire residents according to a October 24th 2009 CNN report . The report, based off the popular Hurun Rich List, counted 130 billionaires’ in China which increased from 101 just one year ago . In addition to 29 new billionaires, 825,000 people had personal wealth of more than $1.5 million.
10/08/09 - Caimeiju Staff
Forbes just published an article stating that YUM! Brands, the company who operates KFC and Pizza Hut worldwide is focusing their efforts on Mainland China.
CILPS 2009, China International Luxury Property Show (CILPS2009观众预登记回执)
September 27, 2009 Caimeiju.com
This weekend concluded the CILPS 2009 , China International Luxury Property Show (CILPS2009观众预登记回执) held in Shanghai at the Shanghai International Convention Center.
China in your hands - Making a business succeed in China might take longer than you think
Republished for caimeiju.com with permission of Rebecca Chow
Jul 3, 2008
As a rising economic power with seemingly endless opportunities, it's little wonder investors are currently falling over themselves to get into China. And although they might envisage it as a great place to do business, this is only true if budding entrepreneurs are aware of some basic ground rules. First up, do your due diligence! All too often expats complain of not being able to adjust to their new culture, and this is after living here for considerable lengths of time.
Since you are reading this article I assume that you have an interest in getting a website translator for your site. Before you take that step there are a few things that you must know about translators. Translators are not all created equal and some will even be more aggravation then they are worth. The last thing that you want is to have a translator that only leaves your visitors frustrated with your website. By reading this article you will learn what to watch out for when getting a website translator so that you can get the translator that you need and save yourself a headache.
Below is a posting from Nico Posner of LinkedIn.com to their users: \
“Hi everyone. My name is Nico Posner, and I am the product manager responsible for our international sites here at LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is a global network of over 42 million professionals from every country around the world, with approximately half of our member base outside the United States. Our mission at LinkedIn is to connect the world’s professionals, and we would like to do this in as many languages as possible. A frequent request from our members is to offer the LinkedIn website in their native language. Today, the LinkedIn website is available in four languages: English, Spanish, French and German (we allow users to offer their profiles in over 40 languages), but we’d like to extend that to as many professionals as possible around the globe by offering additional languages.
China is constantly in the news at present due to its phenomenal economic expansion. With more and more businesses wanting to invest in China and more Chinese businesses wanting to export abroad, the Chinese market is booming. In short, China is on the fast-track to becoming a world economic heavyweight.
I know that might sound like a peculiar question. But since you are reading this article you are probably considering getting a website translator for your website. This article will give you some hard facts without any fluff about why getting a website translator could be the best investment that you could make to get more people to your website and have them take action once they are there. Keep reading and you will find out more.
The internet continues to grow and has become the default point of call for businesses and individuals searching for goods, services or information. For businesses wishing to get that competitive advantage, a multilingual website now presents one of the most high impact means of expanding a client base and securing greater sales volumes.
