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Alternate Realities: Massively Multiplayer Online Games in China

December 16, 2019 By Colin Peebles Christensen Leave a Comment

China dominates the global gaming industry with its enormous market. What is driving this trend? Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) are part of China’s growing virtual entertainment culture, generating both cash and concerns about addiction and social isolation.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Culture, Technology Tagged With: China Game, Gaming Industry, Online Gaming

A Rising Rivalry

December 13, 2019 By Mable-Ann Chang Leave a Comment

Rebecca A. Fannin, founder of Silicon Dragon Ventures and author of Tech Titans of China, looks into how the US and China are racing to lead the global tech industry.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Conversations, Q&A, Technology Tagged With: Tech StartUps

Crossing the Street

December 10, 2019 By Shi Weijun Leave a Comment

Foreign supermarket giants are losing their dominance in the Chinese market to local competitors. The retreat of foreign supermarkets is reinforcing China’s reputation as an infamously difficult market to break into.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Marketing, Retail Tagged With: China Supermarket, Foreign Supermarkets in China

Ting Lu, Looking Forward

December 8, 2019 By Mable-Ann Chang Leave a Comment

Ting Lu, managing director and chief China economist at Japanese investment bank Nomura forecasts China’s economic development.

Filed Under: All Articles, C-Suite Interview, China, Q&A Tagged With: Economic Prospects

TikTok Shock

December 6, 2019 By Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

ByteDance is one of a new wave of Chinese tech companies challenging the older and more established Chinese players, led by BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent). TikTok is the first Chinese app to take the world by storm, and its owner is now rubbing shoulders with the likes of YouTube and Facebook.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Digital Economy, Mobile Commerce, Technology Tagged With: Bytedance, TikTok

Bruno Roche on the Economics of Mutuality

December 4, 2019 By Mable-Ann Chang Leave a Comment

Bruno Roche, chief economist and Catalyst managing director for global food producer Mars, explains how the “Economics of Mutuality” can benefit businesses all over the world   For more than five decades, Mars Incorporated—a multinational family-owned company, makers of iconic brands like M&Ms, Mars, Snickers, Dove, Uncle Ben’s, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Wrigley’s and more—has invested […]

Filed Under: All Articles, C-Suite Interview, China, Economics, ExpertSpeak, Q&A Tagged With: Economic Mutuality

Secondhand, First Choice

December 3, 2019 By Timothy Ang Leave a Comment

Sales in China’s secondhand market are booming. What is driving the trend away from new? Buying a used car or anything else secondhand is still unusual in China, where consumers have a deep desire for the new. But low prices, online convenience and a slowing economy are changing things.   He Bin, like many men […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Marketing, Retail Tagged With: Secondhand Car, Secondhand Market

Freshly Brewed or Overly Roasted?

December 1, 2019 By Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

Chinese startup Luckin Coffee is expanding at a breakneck pace. How will Starbucks and other coffee players respond? Starbucks had coffee lovers in China’s main cities wrapped up until Luckin arrived, but is the market big enough and growing fast enough for both and more coffee vendors?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Economy, Management, Marketing Tagged With: China's Beverage Industry, Coffee War

The Key Question for the New Economy: Who Owns the Data?

November 28, 2019 By Xu Chenggang Leave a Comment

The “fourth industrial revolution,” defined by artificial intelligence, has begun. But with it comes a new problem: How can we protect our privacy while utilizing data as an asset? Property rights have been crucial to society since time immemorial, but as technology evolves, rights too are changing, and creating new challenges.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Digital Economy, Technology Tagged With: Data Ownership, Data Privacy, Research

China’s Bet on Smart Cities

November 25, 2019 By Jens Kastner Leave a Comment

China, home to half of the world’s Smart Cities, is rapidly enhancing its technology to upgrade urban management. With the imminent rollout of the Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities featuring a centrally-controlled approach to just about everything, are becoming a reality, and China is leading the way.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Digital Economy, Innovation, Social Good, Technology Tagged With: Big Data, China's Smart City

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