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How drones are changing China – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains on her TikTok channel that drones have become a common feature in China and will change the country even more in the next two to three years.Read More →
Why global brands need to look at China for their digital transformation – Ashley Dudarenok
Increasingly global brands not only look at China as a potential market but also as a guide on how they can use the country’s digital transformation for their global ambitions, writes marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok on her website Chozan. “By this year, China’s digital transformation sector is expected to reach $221.95 billion. It is forecasted by Mordor Intelligence to expand to $410.67 billion by 2029, with an annual growth rate of 13.1% over these years,” she writes.Read More →
Trump’s China tariffs will dramatically increase prices in the US – Harry Broadman
While the stiff inflation rate was one of the key reasons US voters preferred Trump over Harris, Trump’s announced China tariffs would increase the costs for US consumers, warns Harry Broadman, former U.S. assistant trade representative in the George H. W. Bush administration in Dow Jones.Read More →
Our next reality – review
High praise for the book Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, co-authored by Alvin Wang Graylin on how AI and the metaverse will format our future, by Carol Goyal in Brand Equity.Read More →
Why Chinese prefer Trump over Harris – Shaun Rein
According to Shanghai-based analyst Shaun Rein, most Chinese prefer Trump over Harris because they expect Trump to be more transactional, while they feared Harrid would lead a more ideological struggle, he tells CNBC.Read More →
How China is leading the world in 5G and will be in 6G – Ashley Dudarenok
With 3.8 million 5G stations China is leading the world in 5G, explains marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok on TikTok. Alibaba already uses technology to replace workers, she adds.Read More →
How to find the new unicorns – Winston Ma
Winston Ma, Professor (Adjunct) and Executive Director, Global Public Investment Funds Forum, New York University School of Law and author of “The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds Are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy” gives advice on how to find the new unicorns and where to invest in digital infrastructure, cloud computing, and data preparation at the Cube, hosted by SiliconANGLE Media Inc. Co-Founder and Co-CEO John Furrier.Read More →
The current state of XR – Alvin Wang Graylin
AI and XR expert Alvin Wang Graylin, co-author of Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, discusses in a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Tom Furness, co-founder of the Virtual World Society (VWS), the current state of XR. Graylin, Global VP of Corp. Dev., HTC, recently took the helm of the VWS as board chairman.Read More →
In 2024 the 11/11 singles day lost its luster – Shaun Rein
Business analyst Shaun Rein tells AP that the 11/11 singles day shopping bonanza has lost its previously sensational attraction. Even the shopping highlight has not been immune to the lackluster mood among China’s consumers.Read More →
What means Trump’s victory for the China trade – Ashley Dudarenok
Now the USA has elected Donald Trump as its next president, traders in China are bracing for another backlash, reports trade expert Ashley Dudarenok on its LinkedIn page. “Trump’s proposed 60% tariffs on Chinese imports + 10-20% on other global goods would set US tariff levels at their highest since the 1940s,” she writes.Read More →
China’s financial measures: More about stabilization, not stimulus – Arthur Kroeber
China has started to push capital into its sluggish economy, but economists have different opinions on what the government wants to achieve. According to Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®, its financial measures are more about stabilizing its economy, not about a full-blown stimulus as it did in the past, he says at the ChinaFile.Read More →
Trends in the 11/11 festival – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s Double 11 consumer festival has kicked off for its longest edition ever with five weeks. Consumption expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at this year’s trends for Campaign Asia. Dudarenok, author and China digital expert predicts that countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea—now part of the “free shipping zone”—will see a sharp rise in new users.Read More →