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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 →
What does China want out of its relationship with the US? – Victor Shih
China has arrived as a superpower and wants its recognition as a superpower from the US, says Victor Shih, the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the University of California, San Diego, in a discussion at the National Committee on US-China Relations. That is a major shift from the past, he adds.Read More →
How AI undermines return policy of e-commerce – Ashley Dudarenok
Easy return policies have been a key in e-commerce, but AI is offering China’s consumers an easy way to commit fraud, writes consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog. A buyer purchases a product, photographs it in good condition, and feeds the image into an AI tool with a simple instruction: “Add mold spots to this fruit” or “Create a tear in this clothing item,” she writes. Read More →
Why you call it an AI race, when there is no finish line – Alvin Wang Graylin
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin discusses the future of AI and the role the US and China might play at the Asia Society Northern California. You cannot talk about an AI race if there is no finish line, he argues. We talk about multiple races where nobody is really in charge, he adds.Read More →
How China’s electrification strategy fought off the fuel crisis – Kaiser Kuo
The blockage of the Street of Hormuz threw the world into a fuel crisis, while China was able to fend off most of the effects. China veteran Kaiser Kuo describes how the strategy of electrification offered a way for China to avoid the spike in fuel prices, although it is not clear if other countries can copy this strategy, he explains at the World Economic Forum.Read More →
How Huawei’s innovation played a different game in the industry – Ashley Dudarenok
Innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok dives into the successful innovation strategy that has allowed China technology giant Huawei to play the development game differently from its international competitors; she writes on her website, Chozan. “For business leaders trying to understand where China is headed, Huawei is not simply a telecom company to watch,” she writes.Read More →
Is there a war with China in the making? – Shaun Rein
Business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, discusses the push for a war with China, now that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has identified China as the real enemy for the organisation, even though China is eager to improve relations with European countries, he tells George Galloway at Moats. Read More →
The myth of the AI race – Alvin Wang Graylin
AI expert Alvin Wang Graylin discusses the AI race between China and the US with James M. Lindsay at the Council of Foreign Relations. He explains why the current priorities for winning that race are fundamentally wrong.Read More →