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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Despite geopolitical tensions, China’s consumers still line up for American fast food chains, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein in AP. “Despite political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese actually still go crazy for American brands,” said Shaun Rein.Read More →
China has used its massive oil reserves to prevent oil prices from going further through the roof, says business analyst Shaun Rein. But that might not happen again, he warns in a discussion with David Lin.Read More →
Alvin Wang Graylin, author of Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, worked both in China and the US on AI. In a discussion with Nathan B. Jones, his main argument is that both countries are not in an AI race, and the largest misconception is this wrong idea an arms race is developing. Nobody has won the electricity race; the same goes for AI, he argues.Read More →
Dropping birth figures in China are changing the country’s consumer market profoundly, as singles move upwards in spending patterns, says consumer analyst Ashley Dudarenok, author of Innovation Factory: China’s Digital Playbook For Global Brands at CNN. “We need to start thinking about single living and this new economic model as something that is here to stay,” she said.Read More →
Renowned author Zhang Lijia dives into the life of China’s first feminist Qiu Jin for her upcoming book. In the China Books Review, she dives into her plans for the book and also reviews her previous successes, “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China and Lotus: A Novel.Read More →
Ahead of a possible meeting between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, business analyst Shaun Rein, author of The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order, is explaining how the US is boosting China’s stature globally. The US is losing its former friends in Australia, Canada, and Europe, while domestically, inflation is killing the US economy through a trade war with China, he tells at Moats.Read More →
Governments are increasingly investing in sovereign funds to steer their investments into AI, copying China’s strategy, says Winston Ma, investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor focused on the global AI economy, in The Innovator. Winston Ma wrote ten books on the digital economy, including The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace.Read More →
While the G20 is trying to make a front against China, Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein calls on CNBC for an end to the ongoing trade wars with China. Both China and the US are better off working together, he adds.Read More →