While the world is getting used to live sessions from the Oval Office in Washington, DC, few experts know how the Politburo in Beijing is making its policies. Political expert Victor Shih, author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation, explains in the Dwarkesh Clips how the relations between Xi Jinping, other members of the Politburo, and outside experts work out.Read More →

China’s companies – large and small – are now exploring expansion into global markets, as the domestic market is only slowly recovering, says branding expert Ashley Dudarenok in the vlog. They are in the early phases of putting their brands on an international track, she says.Read More →

Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok sees the Rich List of Forbes in 2024 most Chinese women on its list. Meet the four top scorers on the list at her vlog. Wu Yajun: Co-founder of Long For Properties, with a net worth of US$5.8 billion. Zhou Qunfei: Founder of Lens Technology, manufacturing smartphone screens for Apple, Tesla, and Samsung, with a net worth of US$6.1 billion. Wang Laichun: Founder of electronics components maker Lingyi Itech, with a net worth of US$6.6 billion. Zhong Huinquan: Founder of Hanzhou Pharmaceutical, with a net worth of US$7.7 billion.Read More →

Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok says human programmers will still be needed in her vlog. But AI is already replacing a range of jobs in China. For example, Alibaba introduced its first AI employee, Tongyi Lingma, last summer, and it made huge inroads into the work process, she notes.Read More →

Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, says the US’s withdrawal from its tariff war against China is causing joy among Chinese citizens. Trump faced massive resistance from American companies, which suffered a dramatic loss, he told David Lin.Read More →

U.S. President Donald Trump claims China has been taking advantage of the US and its companies. Shanghai-based analyst Shaun Rein, author of  The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order explains why this assumption is wrong and how the US, consumers and US companies have been profiting from their cooperation and trade with China, he tells at the Thinkers’ Forum.Read More →

Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, explains why China will not give in to Trump’s demands and why the idea of getting manufacturing back to the US is an illusion Americans should forget, he says at the Thinkers Forum.Read More →