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Dr Keyu Jin on how to do business in China in 2023

A new book by London-based academic Dr Keyu Jin argues that the popular perception that China still relies on technology…

11 months ago

Understanding urbanisation in China

Understanding China’s urbanisation drive and its new mega-cities – the powerhouses of consumption, business and societal change – is a…

1 year ago

How the digital economy transformed entrepreneurship in China

Lin Zhang’s new book Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (2023, Columbia University Press) traces the…

1 year ago

How did Zhongguancun become China’s Silicon Valley?

Zhongguancun is the birthplace of some of China’s (and the world’s) biggest tech companies, including Lenovo, Bytedance – the company…

1 year ago

Colin Thubron on the value of the Amur River

The Amur River, also known as the Heilong River, forms the border between Russia and China and has been a…

1 year ago

How understanding Chinese history can help your business in China

Britain’s trade with China during the Qing dynasty and the UK’s current obsession with Huawei may have more in common…

2 years ago

Isabella Weber on how China avoided ‘shock therapy’ economics

The success of many British companies operating in China today is, in large part, a product of the post-Mao reform…

3 years ago