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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 →
How China feels the fallout of the Iran war – Shaun Rein
China was pretty well off in the first month of the Iran war, but its economy is now feeling the backlash that other economies already felt earlier because of the lack of energy, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein at the Thinkers’ Forum. Now the global economy is going to hit a wall, he adds.Read More →
How sustainability takes over consumers in China – Ashley Dudarenok
While spending of China’s consumers is still tight, some issues like sustainability make a difference in retail, says consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok in ChoZan. She explains why green should also be practical for them.Read More →
China is five years ahead of us – Bjorn Ognibeni
How far is China ahead of the Western world? Bjorn Ognibeni advised German companies over the past twenty years on their China policies and looks into this question at the Evolve Commerce Club.Read More →
What is Bytedance’ Doubao AI? – Ashley Dudarenok
Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into Doubao AI, one of the main contenders in China’s AI race for ChoZan. “ByteDance integrates the assistant into its social, cloud, and hardware ecosystems,” she writes.Read More →
What makes China’s robots run? – Ashley Dudarenok
China’s robots made headlines as the year of the horse took off. Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok looks under the hood of this development and tells what makes those robots unstoppable in the Jing Daily.Read More →
Taiwan: economic incentives, no war expected by China – Shaun Rein
Some rumours suggest China will use the ongoing geopolitical tension to prepare for a takeover of Taiwan. Wrong, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, in a wide-ranging podcast with Cyrus Janssen at the Singjup0st. “Every six months,” says Rein, “somebody hires me since the late 90s, saying, This is the perfect time for Taiwan to be invaded and taken over by mainland China.’ And so every six months for the last 29 years, I’ve been giving speeches, keynotes, workshop sessions, because I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon.”Read More →