5 Events That Shaped China In 2021
6 min read. As China continues to rise as a global powerhouse, it has increasingly attracted scrutiny from the international community. This year, COVID-19 compelled the world’s second largest economy…
Category: Digital Economy
Chinese Undergrads Will Determine The Outcome of US-China Arms Race in Artificial Intelligence
5 min read. Much has been speculated on the Arms Race in AI between the United States and China and more specifically on which nation will be the first to…
China’s Crackdown on Cryptocurrency
5 min read. On Friday, 18 June 2021, Chinese authorities ordered cryptocurrency miners in Sichuan province to shut down their operations, marking the dissolution of one of the biggest bitcoin…
China’s Crackdown on Chinese Tech Companies
5 min read. Earlier this year, China’s antitrust regulators slapped a record fine of US$2.8 billion on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding in a landmark case. In the months following…
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…
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…
Chinese Internet Slangs of 2020: A Glimpse into China’s Changing Society
6 min read. The Chinese internet is an interesting world to navigate. It is often like a grapevine reserved for insiders who can crack secret codes that open the doors…