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Can industrial innovation save China’s economy? – Arthur Kroeber
Much attention goes to industrial innovation as a way to save China’s sluggish economy. But leading economist Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®, is not too sure that path is helping the economy, he tells at NPR. “Growth is probably going to be pretty sluggish for a few more years yet. And they’re not going to get this magical nirvana that they hope for,” he addsRead More →
Travel takes over traditional consumption of the wealthy – Rupert Hoogewerf
Traditional luxury markets have contracted, with the exception of travel, which is one of the conclusions of the 2025 Hurun Chinese Luxury Consumer Survey. “The average household consumption of China’s HNWIs was down 12% in the past year,” says Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman of Hurun, the research organization responsible for the Hurun Rich List in the Jing Daily.Read More →
How China’s consumers took over the coffee market – Ashley Dudarenok
One of the key factors causing global coffee prices to rise is the massive growth of consumption in China. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains how Chinese consumers took on the coffee market over the past decades, a growth that is now yet finished, despite the rising prices, she tells in her vlog.Read More →
The reality of the China-US AI arms race – Alvin Wang Graylin
Technology expert Alwin Wang Graylin, author of Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, explains how the AI arms race between China and the US is going to shape the upcoming five to ten years at the 2025 Abundance 360 Summit and moderated by Peter Diamandis.Read More →
How China’s toy company Pop Mart became a success – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s toy company Pop Mart has become an instant domestic and international success for a new generation of consumers. Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok explains in Time how Pop Mart was able to read the hearts and minds of a new brand of consumers. Pop Mart understands those consumer needs, according to Dudarenok, and the Chinese domestic market lets companies “fail fast and succeed fast” to figure out what consumers really want.Read More →
How China’s lessons help emerging markets – William Bao Bean
Global VC William Bao Bean, Managing General Partner at Orbit Startups, tells how the lessons learned in China helped him now to invest in emerging markets, and how he moved since 2018 from China into those emerging markets. In a wide-ranging interview with marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok.Read More →
What Western media miss in China – Shaun Rein
Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, looks at what Western media miss when they report about China in a wide-ranging discussion with Cyrus Janssen. They wrongly assume China is unstable and often miss the essence of what happens in the country. For example, when the government cracked down on Alibaba founder Jack Ma. What that was about was not a political struggle, but an effort to create a level playing field, where the larger IT companies did not dominate the market anymore, Rein says.Read More →
New consumer profiles: the silver-haired generation – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s consumer profiles are changing fast. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok picks seven profiles from her latest publication, the China Mega Report 2025, for Jing Daily—for example, the silver-haired generation: Retirees redefining aging
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Why containing China is not going to work – Shaun Rein
Tariffs and sanctions on China are not going to help the US, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein. Only fair competition can help, certainly not when it comes to AI, he argues in The Rise of Asia.Read More →
New consumer profiles: the green connectors – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s consumer profiles are changing fast. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok picks seven profiles from her latest publication, the China Mega Report 2025, for Jing Daily—for example, the Green connectors: Millennials driving sustainability.Read More →
US companies should compete with DeepSeek and other IT firms, not get them sanctioned – Shaun Rein
US IT firms are wrongly pushing President Donald Trump to sanction winning Chinese companies like DeepSeek instead of trying to compete on a level playing field, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein at the Thinkers Forum. Sanctions and tariffs are shooing the US in the foot as China develops its own industries instead of buying it in the US.Read More →
How AI is shaping China’s industrial revolution – Winston Ma
Financial and innovation expert Winston Ma, an adjunct professor at NYU, discusses how AI is reshaping the Chinese industrial revolution at state-owned CGTN. Not only has DeepSeek emerged as a leading AI tool, but other companies are following this lead and expanding into industrial sectors rapidly.Read More →