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The Nvidia story is about making money, not spying – Shaun Rein
Even the US intelligence community acknowledges that they have no proof that Alice Huang spied on former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein tells Open The Magazine that the Nvidia story has nothing to do with spies, but with efforts to make money.Read More →
Could the Shenzhen meeting be the new Yalta? – Zhang Lijia
Journalist Zhang Lijia, author of “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China, looks at the upcoming meeting in Shenzhen between Trump, Xi Jinping, and Putin, and compares it with the 1945 Yalta meeting of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt on her weblog. Could this be another historic meeting that reshapes the world, she asks herself.Read More →
Why investors will turn to Chinese stocks – Shaun Rein
Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein looks with David Lin at the prospects for investors in stock markets and cautiously advises them to look at the Chinese stock markets. Globally, stock markets have been under pressure, especially in the US where the win of the Democrats has made investors wary about the future of AI. The markets in China have already hit rock bottom, he argues, while the prospects for AI still stand.Read More →
How the China Shock 3.0 hit Europe – Victor Shih
Political scientist Victor Shih participates in a wide-ranging debate on how the China Shock 3.0 is hitting both the US and Europe. In this sequence, he illustrates how the European car industry, particularly Volkswagen, woke up in a harsh way to the reality of how to collaborate with its Chinese competitors, in the Folks Center’s Trade and Diplomacy series of the USC Darla Moore School of Business.Read More →
Who owns AI – Winston Ma
A very timely new book by Winston Ma, Who Owns AI?, Sovereign Wealth Funds, State Ownership, and the Race for Sovereign AI, hit the shelves in 2026. Read More →
China at the leading edge of modernity – Kaiser Kuo
China veteran Kaiser Kuo, producer of the Sinica Podcast in Beijing, takes a deep dive into China’s history and explains how the country has become a leading force in modernity, in a debate with Richard Hames at Novara Media.x`Read More →
China develops alternatives to Musk’s Starlink – Ashley Dudarenok
China has officially banned access to Musk’s Starlink, but two Chinese companies are developing alternative satellite constellations, Guowang and Qianfan (SpaceSail), writes innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok at her website Chozan. Read More →
How Weixin facilitates two-way payments for global travellers – Ashley Dudarenok
Global travellers know how challenging making payments can be, whether foreigners are going to China or Chinese are going to the rest of the world. Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok explains how Weixin can offer a two-way payment system solving those problems, she writes in the Jing Daily.Read More →
How Alibaba keeps AI agents under human control – Winston Ma
US-developed AI agents got into big trouble as they went rogue. Innovation expert Winston Ma looks at the situation in China, especially Alibaba’s AI platform Accio, and how they make sure human control has the last say on how the AI agents work; he writes at FirstPost.Read More →
Influencers become an endangered species in online shopping – Ashley Dudarenok
Online shopping used to be a fast-growing retail segment in Chna, but growth is dropping, says consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok at Asia One. Influencers feel the pressure after they have been winner for the past years now AI is gaining pace, she adds. Read More →
China shocks and feared technological innovation – Kaiser Kuo
Both the US and Europe regularly fear new China shocks and unsettling technological innovations like BYD and DeepSeek. China veteran Kaiser Kuo, host at the renowned Sinica Podcast, discusses China’s position in the fast-moving developments that outflank its global competitors at Renewable Matter.Read More →
How China’s drone delivery moves on in 2026 – Ashley Dudarenok
Drone delivery is moving on fast in 2026, writes innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok, author of Innovation Factory: China’s Digital Playbook For Global Brands, at her website ChoZan, where she analyses the changes drones have made in the logistics of China.Read More →