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Why China has the upper hand over the US – Shaun Rein
Business analyst Shaun Rein clashes at North Meridian with former Trump ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands on what Trump is achieving on China, Trump’s trade strategy, Taiwan, Iran, and whether Washington still has the leverage over Beijing that it thinks it does. Rein is the author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order.Read More →
Dealmaking of China’s global biotech – Mark Schaub
Drug deals dominated much of the international relations between biotech companies. But now, another change: the way China’s biotech companies structure their innovation shows a major shift, known widely as “NewCo,” says long-term China lawyer Mark Schaub on the website of his law firm, King&Wood.Read More →
China’s best fashion brands redefine their style – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok analyses on her website 25 of China’s most famous brands and looks into how they change the world, both in China and globally. They include Anta, Li-Ning, Bosideng, Ep Yaying and many others.Read More →
Why the AI race between China and the US is no zero sum game – Alvin Wang Graylin
AI innovation expert Alvin Wang Graylin explains why the AI fight between China and the US is wrongly seen as a zero-sum game. The struggle is wrongly perceived as a race to a finish line, but that line does not exist, he tells at Moonshots.Read More →
Critical issues facing China – Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, author of China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future and founder and director of China Unofficial Archives, discusses critical issues facing China at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. “Reclaiming Historical Memory and the Struggle for China’s Future”.Read More →
How robots take over China’s restaurant industry – Ashley Dudarenok
Robots and automation are taking over many industries in China. Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into the restaurant industry, where the change for waiters has already been profound, she writes at ChozanRead More →
How Trump made China stronger – Zhang Lijia
China’s citizens have profoundly changed their view of the United States and their president, Trump, journalist Zhang Lijia writes at Democracy Asia. He is called the “nation builder”, helping to improve the global standing of the country worldwide. “Many Chinese believe his erratic behaviour and foreign policy blunders weakened the United States and gave China greater diplomatic room to manoeuvre,” she writes. Read More →
How China’s medicine market changed – Mark Schaub
In the past, China purchased licenses to sell medicines from Western companies. But today, China sells its own medicines to the West. The previously attractive market has changed profoundly, says China lawyer Mark Schaub on the website of his law firm King&Wood. “For many international companies if the question is “How do we sell into China?” then they may be increasingly playing yesterday’s game,” he writesRead More →
How warehouse robots take over China’s logistics – Ashley Dudarenok
AI and robots are taking over many industries in China. Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok sees how robots take over the country’s warehouses; she explains on her blog, Chozan. “This is a fundamental rewiring of how goods move through the world’s largest manufacturing and e-commerce economy,” she writes.Read More →
China forces to rethink e-commerce in the West – Bjorn Ognibeni
Western e-commerce companies have brought few new developments over the past decade, and only China offers new solutions we can learn from, argues Bjorn Ognibeni, co-founder of China Briefs at the E-Commerce Expo in Berlin. Learning from China is crucial for e-commerce in the West, he adds.Read More →
How China’s open source strategy developed – Alvin Graylin
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin explains how China’s open-source strategy developed, not as a big plan by the communist party, but because they were forced by US policies, he says on Facebook.Read More →
Update on the Xiongan New Area – Ashley Dudarenok
In Northern China, the building of the new city Xiongan New Area is in full swing, writes China expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog. “These developments signaled serious progress toward creating a liveable, diverse city rather than a sterile administrative zone,” she writes.Read More →