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A Counterhistory of China – Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson discusses at the Council on Foreign Relations his new book, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future, which describes how some of China’s best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on its most hallowed ground: its control of history.Read More →
China’s underground historians – Ian Johnson
In his latest book, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future, the Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, describes a movement of underground historians, trying to safeguard the country’s history from eradication by the communist party, in a discussion at Politico.Read More →
How China has been outspending on supercomputers – Winston Ma
In the ongoing tech war between China and the US, China has been building up an advantage in spending vastly on the development of supercomputers, says innovation expert Winston Ma in IBTimes.Read More →
Has China’s economy hit the wall? – Arthur Kroeber
Leading economist Arthur Kroeber discusses China’s economic state and looks at the gloomy predictions from other economists. We do not have enough post-COVID-19 data to draw firm conclusions, he argues, and goes on to take down three schools of gloom in current economic thinking about China’s future, at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Read More →
Why focus on China remains important – Jim Rogers
China is the only economy that has survived in history several downturns successfully, is the second largest economy, and as the largest country in population, we should focus on it, says Singapore-based super-investor Jim Rogers in an interview with FSC Board Member Andrew Pancholi.Read More →
Exploring free thought in Xi Jinping’s China – Ian Johnson
China veteran Ian Johnson published earlier this month China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future, “Based on years of first-hand research in Xi Jinping’s China, Sparks challenges stereotypes of a China where the state has quashed all free thought, revealing instead a country engaged in one of humanity’s great struggles of memory against forgetting―a battle that will shape the China that emerges in the mid-21st century.” Read More →
On banning clothes that offend national feelings – Zhang Lijia
The draft law banning clothes deemed offensive to national feelings in China has triggered much debate. Author and journalist Zhang Lijia dives and looks back at the campaigns from her youth at the Nanjing rocket factory, and more recent incidents, for the South China Morning Post.Read More →
New trends in social commerce – Ashley Dudarenok
Social commerce is expected to grow exponentially until 2023 in North America, Europe, and Latin America, following the trends of market leader China, writes marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok. In Techn0de she describes three trends in social commerce brands have to know.Read More →
China Speakers Bureau: resuming post-COVID business
At the China Speakers Bureau, we have been looking for possibilities to resume our activities, after China started opening up its borders to the outside world earlier in 2023. It took a while, but we saw some careful signs we might be able to restart our operation. Some speaking opportunities are emerging, although at a low level. Potential new speakers have been sending inquiries to see how they can join the CSB. Travel to and from China has become slightly easier, although the number of people using international flights has been limited.Read More →
Moving from de-globalization to di-globalization – Alvin Wang Graylin
The next ten, twenty are going to be the most interesting, argued Alvin Wang Graylin, China President, HTC, at the Singapore conference AWE Asia this week, as technologies to virtualize almost all in our lives become mature. “And our generation is the first to see that happen,” he says.Read More →
China’s youngsters: charity moving to the metaverse – Arnold Ma
China, and especially its youngsters, are paving the way into the metaverse, says innovation expert Arnold Ma, founder of Qumin, in Techround. For example, when it comes to funding of charities, he adds. “China’s younger generations are highly receptive to emerging technologies, so a metaverse version of an initiative like 99 Giving Day, powered by WeChat or a future platform, would be a powerful way to attract more funding.”Read More →
Why AR is going to limit the number of screens you look at – Alvin Wang Graylin
The number of screens you look at haven increased over the years, but that number is at a tipping point as AR takes over, said Alvin Wang Graylin, China president of smartphone maker HTC, earlier this week at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) Asia 2023 event in Singapore, according to the Register.Read More →