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Matt Sheehan spoke to Paul French about his book “The Transpacific Experiment,” which discusses interdependent socioeconomic exchanges in the field of tech. Matt Sheehan is a Fellow at the Paulson Institute’s in-house think tank. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was formerly the China correspondent for The Huffington Post. His recent book “The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future” (Counterpoint, 2019) argued …

The UK’s Heriot-Watt University and Qingdao’s Ocean University of China have just launched a 4-year program for engineering students who will benefit from a state of the art new ‘National Robotarium’ in Edinburgh After receiving formal approval from the Chinese Ministry of Education in early 2020, Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University and the Ocean University of China have launched a new Joint Education Programme in Robotics. The four-year engineering programme marks a …

China often leads the world when it comes to establishing marketing trends. The annual Totem Marketing Report provides a hugely insightful and detailed overview of what trends we can expect to witness over the coming year. We’ve picked out five that we expect will impact the way brands market in China. 1. Key Opinion Leaders will give way to Key Opinion Consumers  KOCs (Key Opinion Consumers) are individuals that brands …

The full extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese economy remains to be seen, though even the best-case scenarios suggest it will be significant. Companies are facing new challenges and – in some cases – are fighting for survival. By Tom Simpson With the vast majority of China’s population stuck at home, companies are finding ways to adapt their operations, and digital technology is playing a major part …

By Tom Pattinson It’s very obvious and easy to criticise its all-seeing Social Credit System and wide use of facial recognition. There’s little doubt that Chinese citizens are always being watched and monitored, and that there’s a well enforced punishment and reward system in place to enforce it. So far so Orwellian. But in fact, speak to many Chinese citizens and they will tell you that the cost of paying …

Jiong-Jiong Yu, senior retail analyst at IGD, reveals the top trends shaping developments at China’s largest grocery retailers China is entering a new phase of retail, becoming more digitised and integrated, with a greater focus than ever on improving the shopping experience. Technologies such as digital price tags, mobile apps, speedy home delivery, scan & go, and facial recognition are being widely adopted – but what else is driving growth? …

Wayne Shiong, Partner at China Growth Capital, explains why he is boldly investing where few have gone before… in the commercial space industry The space industry carries humankind’s dreams of going into space and the mission to explore the resources it contains. On 3 Jan 2019, China made space history by becoming the first country to successfully land a robotic spacecraft, named Chang’e-4, on the far side of the Moon. …

Richard Robinson has been at the forefront of China’s tech revolution as a co-founder of start-ups, and an investor or advisor to dozens more, helping three list on the stock exchange. Here he talks about his journey watching China come from behind to overtake the world when it comes to tech  Next month is my 25th anniversary of arriving here in Beijing via train from Prague via Russia and Mongolia …

China is fast becoming one of the most important centres of innovation in the world. Nathalie Cachet-Gaujard, CBBC’s Director of Education and Innovation, explains why.  The landscape of innovation in China has been changing at break-neck speed in recent years. This is partly as a result of decades of investment, but also thanks to more recent policies from central government. ‘Made in China 2025’, launched in 2016, puts innovation as …

There is scope for British companies to join the smart parking race in China, which will reduce pollution and ease congestion, writes Jake Mendrik Not long ago there were well over 1,000 new cars hitting the streets of Beijing every single day. Nationally, Chinese customers were buying nearly 1.5 million cars each month for the first years of this decade. The congestion and the pollution that these new cars caused …