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“The Chinese culture influences perfumers”, David Huang, Robertet China

Posted by MHC on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 in News

The Chinese culture has a tremendous influence on perfumers, who choose plants like tea, osmanthus, and bamboo as a source of inspiration.

Proya (credit: Proya)

Proya, one of China’s strongest beauty brands in 2022

Posted by MHC on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 in News

Cosmetics brand Proya (珀莱雅) seems to find it easy to progress on a Chinese market undergoing deep changes.

(source: Lava Music)

Louis Luk (Lava Music): “Our Airsonic carbon fiber material changed everything to us” 

Posted by MHC on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 in News, Press Review

Guangzhou-based Lava Music (拿火音乐) released the world’s first unibody carbon fiber guitar Lava Me in 2017 and reinvented it as a smart guitar in 2021.

(Photo : Courtesy of Harmay)

Harmay, the Chinese company that draws investment and criticism

Posted by MHC on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 in News

Self-service selling of small-size cosmetics in an arty environment: this is the initial concept of Chinese company Harmay (話梅), which has just fundraised 200 million dollars thanks to investors, including American development capital company General Atlantic.

Florasis (Photo : Courtesy of Florasis)

Florasis, the startup that upgrades Chinese makeup

Posted by MHC on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 in News

Since it was founded in Hangzhou in 2017, makeup brand Florasis (花西子, Huaxizi) has drawn inspiration from the Chinese heritage to create its aesthetics and storytelling.

Carbon fibre: China accelerates the timelines

Posted by MHC on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

Relying heavily on imports and continuously pressured by a steadily growing demand, the Chinese carbon fibre industrial supply chain has to more than double its current production capacity.

COMAC announced a successful test flight of its Lingque-H hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator (source: COMAC)

COMAC displays its ambitions in both conventional and green aviation industries

Posted by MHC on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 in News, Press Review

Over the next decades, China will ultimately establish a conventional aviation industry. Meanwhile, the country can overtake its Western counterparts in developing the green aircraft of the future, where everything has to be invented, from design to infrastructure, including components and composite materials.

Photo: © Tomwang112 / iStock

The Chinese men’s cosmetics market is getting polarized

Posted by MHC on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 in News

The physical appearance of male ambassadors and influencers recruited by beauty brands in China earned them the name of xiaoxianrou (小鲜肉) on the web: ‘little fresh meat’, literally.

An Apollo Intensa Emozione car on display during the 3rd China International Import Expo in Shanghai (photo source: Xinhua)

Apollo IE, the German-born hypercar, is now owned by a Hong Kong listed company

Posted by MHC on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 in News

A new chapter has begun in March 2020 when Apollo Automobil announced a strategic partnership with the Hong Kong company WE Solutions Limited.

A photo from Perfect Diary Instagram account

Perfect Diary, the Chinese unicorn with global ambitions

Posted by MHC on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

Founded in 2017, Chinese cosmetics brand Perfect Diary has just obtained USD150 million from a pool mainly composed of American investors. With this new fundraising, the brand, which emerged from the Chinese digital ecosystem, is valued at USD4 billion. Has China finally found its first global beauty brand?

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