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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok explains how China leads the global competition for AI patents, six times over the US, she tells at TikTok.Read More →
The Hurun China rich list published its 2024 results and its chairman Rupert Hoogewerf saw 30 percent of the country’s billionaires disappear, he says on CNBC. “The Hurun China Rich List has shrunk for an unprecedented third year running, as China’s economy and stock markets had a difficult year,” said Rupert Hoogewerf.Read More →
Innovations expert Alvin Wang Graylin, global VP of HTC and co-author of Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse explains at the AI Shift podcast how AI is going to push the metaverse forward.Read More →
China’s new energy industry is key in creating wealth, says Rupert Hoogewerf at the Hurun website, reporting on the the Global Unicorn Index 2024. “In the latest Hurun China Top 500, new energy has risen to fifth place, with 36 companies making the cut. This was significantly up on just five years ago, when there were a mere 14 new energy companies, making the industry not even a Top 10,” says Rupert Hoogewerf.Read More →
E-commerce expert Sharon Gai explains how AI is helping her industry transform challenges into opportunities, speaking at Mike Allton’s podcast on strategic marketing with AI. Gai has extensive experience in China and uses her insights to help e-commerce stay competitive in a fast-changing industry.Read More →
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin, working at HTC, explains why he co-authored his recent book on the AI Powered Metaverse Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, in a discussion in the AI Shift Podcast.Read More →