China’s platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok can conquer Western markets, but Western retail apps fail to do the same in China. E-commerce expert Sharon Gai gives some reason for that difference in the Australian network ABC.Read More →
VC William Bao Bean, managing director of Orbit Startups explains how Asian companies can learn from the example from Chinese companies. Not by simply copying the China models, but by learning the lessons and applying them in a new situation, he tells the Future Investment Initiative Hong Kong.Read More →
Shein, Temu and TikTok have become winning platforms on the internet, and for a good reason, says e-commerce expert Sharon Gai at the Rest of the World. “Globally you have an economic slowdown, so a lot of consumers are also spending less per platform,” Read More →
The China Speakers Bureau is happy to announce Sharon Gai is joining its stable of high-profile speakers. Sharon Gai is based in San Francisco and has worked at top management positions in Alibaba and other e-commerce companies.Read More →
Investor William Bao Bean, Managing Director of Orbit startups, explains how he helped artists make money from their music at All That Matters 2023, introducing three successful investments from his portefeuille. Explaining the fast-changing models to generate money, using for example Tiktok/Douyin, and many more new tech models.Read More →
Metaverse expert Alvin Wang Graylin of HTC explains to marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok how the 3D metaverse will change the internet, with China in a leading role, at Ashley’s weblog. Expect major unsettling developments in the upcoming 5-10 years.Read More →
Technological change severely disrupts our lives in the next 5 to ten years, innovation expert Alvin Wang Graylin explained at the Edge Asia-World Expo in Hong Kong. AI and XR come to the rescue, he says. And what does it mean for our jobs?Read More →
Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok released today – together with co-author Ron Wardle – their book Innovation Factory: China’s Digital Playbook The two examine China’s digital transformation and its unique e-commerce and share what Western brands can learn to boost innovation, increase competitiveness, and foster a brighter future.Read More →
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 →
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, 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 →
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 →