Comments on: Chinese Tech Companies Have Come A Long Way, But Have Further To Go, If Their Performance At This Year’s CES Is Any Indication http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/chinese-tech-companies-at-this-years-consumer-electronics-show/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Artman http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/chinese-tech-companies-at-this-years-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-216287 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:49:45 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9241#comment-216287 Jess,

Thanks for the Malaysia comment. I was trying to give Hisense a little benefit of the doubt…. Turns out I shouldn’t have done that

]]> By: Jess http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/chinese-tech-companies-at-this-years-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-216273 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:02:13 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9241#comment-216273 The ethnic Chinese connection with Hisense’s supposed Malaysian success is flawed. The Malaysian Chinese community generally views Mainland China with, well… disdain, and this attitude similarly applies to Mainland Chinese companies and products. Ethnic Chinese also occupy the wealthier, upper-class demographic in Malaysia, and are most likely to be the ones ‘not’ buying Chinese products. To dismiss Hisense’s inroads, whatever they may be, as simply an ethnic issue is a lazy assumption.

That being said, Hisense is barely a household name in Australia, so I’m not sure how seriously one should take Mr. Porter’s comments. It has naming rights to a reasonably prominent stadium, and I assume it must receive a lot of government business on televisions because I’m always forced to watch late-morning, informercial talk shows on Hisense-branded screens while waiting to deal with government bureaucracy, dammit. But does the average Australian consumer know much about Hisense? No, not really (or at all).

At the moment, the only Chinese electronics company I have any hope for is Lenovo. Lenovo has executives who seem to actually understand the international market. Yay for having an international strategy beyond the boardroom-brainstormed solution of: “How about… we hire white people!” Everybody then provides applause and a 32 year-old American with an MBA becomes the new vice-president of some division.

]]> By: A http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/chinese-tech-companies-at-this-years-consumer-electronics-show/#comment-216270 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:41:21 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9241#comment-216270 My perception is, Chinese companies often have booths at major global trade fairs, not just to show their products to overseas consumers, but equally importantly, to show to Chinese consumers in China that their products are “global”. Strengthens the brand image locally …

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