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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Reading body language during negotiations is an art and between different cultures it is even harder. Intercultural coach Gabor Holch, author of Dragon Suit: The Golden Age of Expatriate Executives in China, explains how to read hidden signs in negotiations with Asian counterparts on his YouTube channel.Read More →