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Made in China 2025: A New Era for Chinese Manufacturing

September 2, 2015 By Xin En Lee

As China’s economy matures, the leaders are trying to move manufacturing up the value chain with the Made in China 2025 plan.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, Innovation, Know China, Manufacturing, Technology Tagged With: Foxconn, Made in China, Manufacturing, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, PMI, Slider

The Robots Will Take Our Jobs. Then What?

August 11, 2015 By Major Tian and Neelima Mahajan

What will happen to humans when the robots take away our jobs? Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots, on the imminent threat to jobs and the capitalist system.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Digital Economy, Q&A, Talent, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Foxconn, Martin Ford, Robotics, Robots, Slider

China Roundup: More Support for Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

March 26, 2015 By Major Tian

This week, the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank initiative won more support; fluctuations in the value of the RMB caused concerns; and Tencent revealed its smart-car ambitions.

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Finance, Know China Tagged With: AIIB, Alibaba, Baidu, Bonds, Chinese ec, Foxconn, Interest Rate, PBOC, PMI, Slider, Tencent, Yidao Yongche

China Plus One: Does it Add Up?

February 2, 2015 By Chris Russell

As China changes, companies are being forced to adopt China Plus One strategies and look at other countries for manufacturing.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Demographics, Economy, Know China, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Tagged With: ASEAN, Chinese Economy, Foreign Direct Investment, Foxconn, Government Control, Labor, Reform and Opening Up, Slider

Robots in China: The Bot Connection

November 11, 2014 By Greg Isaacson

How the growing use of robots in China will impact different sectors of the economy, as well as the country’s robot makers.

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Digital Economy, Economy, Employment, Know China, Manufacturing, Technology Tagged With: economic development, Employment, Factory, Foxconn, Healthcare, Industry, Japan, Korea, Labor, Robotics, Slider, Technology

Learning from Market Entry: Keep Your Entrants Imaginary

October 28, 2014 By Brian Viard

What industry incumbents can learn from the forces that guide market entry.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Finance, Internet Finance, Invisible Hand Revealed, Marketing Tagged With: Alibaba, Alipay, Android, Brian Viard, eCommerce, Foxconn, Google, Invisible Hand Revealed, JD.com, Marketing, Pricing, Slider, WeChat

China Roundup: Google and Foxconn Partner; Lenovo profits up; and Internet Finance under the Scanner

February 14, 2014 By Major Tian

The week that was: the People’s Bank of China weighs in on internet finance; Chinese trust firms have slower growth; and Google and Foxconn partner for robotics. Beijing considers regulating internet finance Chinese internet companies are crowding into finance, and the authorities are taking notice. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that China’s central […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Connections, Economy, Finance, Know China, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Foxconn, Google, Internet FInancing, Lenovo, Motorola, Slider, Tencent

3D Printing: Life in 3D

February 12, 2014 By Colin Shek

Prophets of doom say 3D printing will overturn manufacturing in China. They are both right and wrong. Wisps of smoke rise from nowhere as an invisible beam silently traces a path inside one of the three-dimensional (3D) printers at Beijing Longyuan Automated Fabrication System (AFS). The printer is in the early stages of making a […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Innovation, Know China, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology Tagged With: 3D Printing, Beijing, Foxconn, IBM, Innovation, Manufacturing, Slider, Technology

China Roundup: Foxconn and Blackberry partner; Tencent’s smart TV; and China grows at 7.6%

December 27, 2013 By Major Tian

The week that was: Foxconn to manufacture for BlackBerry; Tencent to debut WeChat TV; and Volkswagen becomes the most popular car brand in China. Foxconn to climb up the value chain with BlackBerry deal The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer is looking for ways to sustain its growth, and the new partnership with the famed-but-fading […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Connections, Economy, Know China, Manufacturing Tagged With: Alibaba, Automobiles, Baidu, Chinese Economy, Foxconn, Slider, Tencent, Tmall, WeChat

Foxconn Faces its Future

August 29, 2013 By Bennett Voyles

Foxconn, Hon Hai

As one of the world’s largest employers and largest consumer electronics manufacturers, Foxconn has grown too big to fail, but it must address looming challenges if it wants to sustain its growth. Creating a successful company is far from easy, but keeping it successful may be an even greater challenge. Business history is filled with […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Employment, Know China, Manufacturing, Social Good, Sustainability Tagged With: Apple, Foxconn, Hon Hai, Slider

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