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Deepseek vs Gemini – Ashley Dudarenok
Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at her website ChoZan into the differences between the two leading AI companies, Deepseek and Gemini. In detail, she looks at where both companies work best, as they differ profoundly from each other.Read More →
How China won the Trump visit in Beijing – Shaun Rein
Business analyst Shaun Rein looks back at the Trump visit in Beijing and explains why China has been the winner of this historic get-together, he tells George Galloway. He explains why China will never buy US technology anymoreRead More →
How Trump played poker in Beijng, where the game was Pokemon – Victor Shih
Political analyst Victor Shih, director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, looks at the Trump state visit in Beijing. While Trump was losing his poker game, he should have been playing Pokémon, he explains in the Wire China.Read More →
Trump has no credibility in Beijing – Shaun Rein
Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein explains at CNBC why we cannot expect too much from the ongoing meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Trump has no credibility at all in Beijing, he says.Read More →
What Western e-commerce can learn from China – Bjorn Ognibeni
Practical visionair and ChinaBriefs author Bjorn Ognibeni speaks at the E-commerce expo 2026 in Berlin about what Western e-commerce companies can learn from China. While Silicon Valley perfects Agentic AI demos, Chinese platforms are already deploying AI at scale – and making money doing it, he tells his audienceRead More →
EV showrooms give way to emotional value – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s shopping malls illustrate a profound change in consumer sentiment as EV showrooms are replaced by new features giving way to emotional value, says consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok in the Jing Daily.Read More →
China tries to close Singapore route for AI developments – Winston Ma
China is trying to close a route for Chinese companies to work through Singapore to collaborate with the US, says political analyst Winston Ma, author of The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace, to Newsweek. By banning Meta from purchasing AI startup Manus, China wants to avoid national security issues on AI and other Chinese innovations, he adds.Read More →
The differences between Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s leading e-commerce firm, Alibaba, runs two different retail platforms. Consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok explains on her website how both platforms, while owned by the same company, differ profoundly in their approaches.Read More →
China’s landmark decision on blocking Meta’s 2bn Manus purchase – Winston Ma
China’s financial authorities shocked the financial world by blocking a 2 billion dollar deal by Meta to purchase AI startup Manus. Financial expert Winston Ma, adjunct professor of law at New York University, explains at CNBC how unwinding a done deal might be a landmark decision for China, but in no way exceptional, as the US has a longstanding practice of cancelling deals for national security reasons.Read More →
How brands use social platforms for their sales – Ashley Dudarenok
Branding expert Ashley Dudarenok uses Alibaba’s Tmall as an example for brands that successfully use e-commerce to generate sales, she explains on her website ‘Social platforms generate interest. The Tmall platform converts that interest into purchases through brand-controlled retail infrastructure,” she writes.Read More →
US-China balance on the edge – Kaiser Kuo
China veteran and Sinica podcast host Kaiser Kuo discusses at the Asia Society in Hong Kong the balance in the relationship between China and the US. Ying Chan interviews him.Read More →
What is RedNote, Xiaohongshu – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok dives on het weblog into the successful Chinese platform Xiaohongshu, outside China also known as the Little Red Book or RedNote. Now that the platform is expanding beyond China and Chinese travellers, the world is taking note of this feature.Read More →