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‘Report Card’ on International Education: Lessons from PIE LIVE 23 Conference

The PIE LIVE 2023 conference last week was packed with insights from professionals in international education from around Australia and New Zealand. There was an excellent range of panel sessions and presentations that provided updates and perspectives on the state of recovery in the sector, and key issues that will […]

Leveraging Little Red Book to Engage Prospective Chinese Students: Insights and Strategies

As Australia looks to engage prospective students in China to regain pre-pandemic numbers, it is important that marketers are aware of the different ecosystems of apps in China to effectively create and deploy engaging content. However, marketing strategies that might have been successful before the pandemic will need to be […]

The Recovery of Australian International Education: A Billion Dollar Opportunity

In 2019, the Chinese international student market contributed an estimated $12.1 million dollars to the Australian economy[1], and made up 37.3% of all international students in the country[2]. When the pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, many students returned to their home countries and no longer enrolled in overseas […]

Opening the Little Red Book: Strategic Partnership between Xiaohongshu and Tourism New Zealand

The strategic partnership between Tourism New Zealand and Xiaohongshu was formally announced in Shanghai on June 29th during the week-long delegation of New Zealand Business leaders to China. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins launched the initiative with Xiaohongshu’s chief marketing officer, Wang Yajuan. A selfie taken with Hipkins by Yajuan, posted […]

The Middle-Kingdom discovers Middle-Earth

As global travel starts to make a comeback and return to a ‘new normal’, New Zealand is engaging with China to rekindle its tourism industry, an industry that faced considerable setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent flooding events. New Zealand exported NZD$3.4 billion of services to China in 2019 […]

Classroom Comeback: Recovery Options for International Education in NZ

This week, New Zealand’s Prime Minister is visiting China and attention is turning to the state of recovery in the international education sector. During the visit, an agreement was signed in Beijing regarding the mutual recognition of higher education degrees. This will be valuable for New Zealand to build up […]

From imported and synthetic to local and natural

As technology and manufacturing processes in China increase, so does the quality of goods they create and the willingness of Chinese to purchase products made domestically. China is quickly catching up to meet the high demands of its consumers and is steadily gaining their trust back, but how will this […]

Fresh Green Shoots – China’s emerging sustainable consumer

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons – Chen Wu) Sustainability has become a regular part of Western marketing vocabulary and consumers now hold brands to a much higher level, and expect them to take appropriate steps to protect the environment and support social causes. In China, awareness and support of sustainability (and […]

EV Boom in China: Driving Towards Sustainability

Photo Caption: BYD’s booth at the 2023 Shenyang International Auto Show on May 3, 2023, CNN As the world faces increasing environmental challenges and concerns, consumers everywhere are changing their buying patterns. In China, a rapidly growing middle class are adopting eco-friendly and sustainable products, including electric vehicles (EVs). Even […]

Pacific Trade Invest China & United Media Solution (UMS) launches a new digital solution in China for Pacific SME’s

Shanghai, China – To help promote its 16 Pacific Island countries to business partners in China, Pacific Trade Invest China is launching a new digital solution named “Pacific Trade Online” as a bridge for pacific businesses and Chinese consumers to connect with the help of digital marketing IT specialists UMS. (Scan […]