Why the Shanghai lockdown was necessary – Shaun Rein
2022-04-25
Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein – in this sixth week of quarantine – explains why it was needed for the 26-million city to lock down fully.Read More →
How Shenzhen overtook New York in number of billionaires – Rupert Hoogewerf
2022-04-11
More Chinese cities overtake New York in their number of resident billionaires, Shenzhen being the latest, says Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher of the Hurun global rich list to NBC. “It is a significant indicator of where Shenzhen has come from and where it is going,” he said.Read More →
How to get a handle on China – Ben Cavender
2022-04-11
Strategic consultant Ben Cavender looks back at this 15 years in China and how he helped foreign companies to get a handle on working in the country. Some dynamic decades passed by and the future does not look less challenging, he tells at the Wizard’s Institute.Read More →
Can China’s tech firms still list in the US? – Mark Schaub
2022-02-28
China’s tech firms have faced US listing limitations on both US and China regulations. China lawyer Mark Schaub look at the new issues tech firm face on data, privacy, VIE’s, and other regulations for listing in the US at the vlog of his law firm KWM.Read More →
How to use China’s startup experience in Africa – William Bao Bean
2022-01-06
Serial investor William Bao Bean, general partner of SOSV in Shanghai, started in 2021 to invest in his first startup ventures in Africa. In Disrupt-Africa he explains how his experience in China helps him to make his first investments in Africa.Read More →
US and China continue to dominate Hurun global unicorns 2021 – Rupert Hoogewerf
2021-12-20
The US and China continue to lead the Hurun global unicorn list for 2021, says chief researcher of the report, Rupert Hoogewerf, although China is slightly behind the US, according to the Free Malaysia Today. “With its flagship TikTok closing in on 3 billion daily users, [ByteDance] has now grown to become a serious challenger to Facebook,” the report said.Read More →
How luxury brands failed to follow China’s consumers back home – Ben Cavender
2021-12-09
In the past, China’s consumers focused often on foreign luxury brands, but those days are over. Unfortunately, most brands failed to follow that cue from their buyers in China, although the situation is improving, says Shanghai-based branding expert Ben Cavender in Jing Daily.Read More →
Why Pakistan matters – William Bao Bean
2021-11-12
Leading VC William Bao Bean, general manager of SOSV, has been funding startups over the past five years from Shanghai in Pakistan and explains why Pakistan startups do matter.Read More →
Why Shanghai is (mostly) better for your China investment – Mark Schaub
2021-08-05
China lawyer Mark Schaub tells why in most cases foreign companies are better off in Shanghai, compared to other cities in the mainland, in a wide-ranging discussion on myths many have on China, in his vlog.Read More →
VC helping startups to fight the big internet – William Bao Bean
2021-08-04
Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean explains how his global SOSV fund helps startups to fight against the big internet, and bring innovation into the traditional VC world, at the Asian Investors podcast.Read More →
On-shore listing: a challenge for going public – William Bao Bean
2021-07-21
Until a few weeks ago, listing at US stock markets was a favorite way to raise capital for fast-growing Chinese companies. That venue is closed now, and VC veteran William Bao Bean sees still bears on the road for on-shore listing’s at China’s stock markets, he tells the South China Morning Post.Read More →
How China’s social media differ from the West – Arnold Ma
2021-06-17
Marketing expert Arnold Ma of Qumin joins a panel explaining why social media in China fundamentally differ from those in the West, and (later) why China will lead the future path for new social media innovations in the rest of the world.Read More →