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In this series we look at China-based entrepreneurs, the businesses they have developed, and how they have coped with recent obstacles created by the pandemic. Oscar Fuchs, host of popular podcast Mosaic of China, recounts his China journey I’ve lived in Asia for 18 years, with the majority of that time spent building my own headhunting company and working mainly in Singapore and Japan. After a while, I headed over …

In this series we look at China-based entrepreneurs, the businesses they have developed, and how they have coped with recent obstacles created by the pandemic. Christiana Zhu, founder of plant-based yoghurt brand Yeyo, recounts her China journey I moved to China in 2014 to work on a growth project as a specialist marketing consultant for sustainable travel company WildChina. At the time I was 5 years into my career in …

In this series we look at China-based entrepreneurs, the businesses they have developed and how they have coped with recent obstacles created by the pandemic. Carrie Yu, founder of Beijing-based zero waste social enterprise The Bulk House, recounts her journey I first became interested in a zero-waste lifestyle in the summer of 2016 when I came across a video by Bea Johnson, author of the book Zero Waste Home. One …

In this series we look at China-based entrepreneurs, the businesses they have developed and how they have coped with recent obstacles created by the pandemic. Media, entertainment and sports expert and author of “Bamboo Goalposts,” Rowan Simons recounts his China journey I first came to China in September 1987 to study Chinese as part of the undergraduate degree programme at Leeds University.  I chose Chinese partly because the course at …

Mirjam Thieme is the CEO of MB it-Consulting China. Here, she talks to Judith Mwai about the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur during Covid-19 and her career journey Five years ago, after a management buy-out I became the owner and CEO of MB it-Consulting China, a company that specialises in business consulting and sales and implementation services of human capital management cloud technology software. Prior to that, I …

China has become a global centre of innovation in recent years. Strong government support and healthy private funding have created an environment that encourages and supports innovation. As part of our innovation special, Beijing-based Frank Hersey of Technode.com introduces some of the rising stars that are innovating across social, technological and cultural sectors. The future curator Carrie Chan, Senior Curator of the Design Society Establishing China’s first design museum was always …

For centuries, through to the present day, Britain has been known as a centre of innovation. Experts from around the world chose to come to the UK – to study in British institutions and to launch companies in our entrepreneur-friendly business environment. This environment has led many young Chinese innovators to make the UK their home and see it as a place in which to grow their business. Here Yuan …

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 …