Ren Zhengfei: The Light From Within
6 min read. “In darkness, illuminate the paths of our comrades with the light from our hearts.” For the past one-and-half years, Huawei has been in “battle mode.” Founder and…
Category: Business
China Chic: Distilling Contemporary Chinese Identity for Global Brands
8 min read. Whenever the annual Spring Festival rolls around, Chinese social media are flooded with brands and their interpretations of celebratory Chinese aesthetics. For years, marketers for global brands…
Five B2B Digitalization Trends in China
6 min read. Recent years have seen a digital transformation in just about every aspect of business, including the automation of processes, and the introduction of cashless payments. Given the…
China’s Anti-Trust Move: Impact on the Chinese Internet Economy
7 min read. The BAT1 of China is the equivalent of FAANG2 in the United States (US) — what the acronyms really mean is that the technology and internet industries…
5 Sustainability Trends in China
5 min read. In 2018, China was reported to be the largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). With 10.06 billion metric tonnes, and a share of nearly 30 percent…
Five Chinese Non-Healthcare Corona-Tech Startups
7 min read. Since late 2018, venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments in China have slowed sharply, marking a deep “capital winter”, which has been exacerbated by the…
The 996 of Alibaba’s Growing Pains
6 min read. When the National Bureau of Statistics reported on the average daily ‘free time’ that Chinese employees have recently, the post went viral on Weibo. Compared to last…
An Introduction to Alibaba’s Employee Ranking System
6 min read. LinkedIn published its own list of “top companies in China that employees want to work for” in 2019 based on a survey of its 40 million users.…