Tag: china

• Climate Chaos Is Coming — and the Pinkertons Are Ready

  April 13, 2019

  The Pinkertons wanted me to picture myself in a scene of absolute devastation. “A hurricane just wipes out everything, and you need to feed your children,” Andres Paz Larach said.… more ›

• The Hottest App in China Teaches Citizens About Their Leader — and, Yes, There’s a Test

  April 8, 2019

  CHANGSHA, China — Inside a fishing gear store on a busy city street, the owner sits behind a counter, furiously tapping a smartphone to improve his score on an app… more ›

• Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare

  April 3, 2019

  Sean McFate Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University’s Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, as well as a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and… more ›

• Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval

  April 3, 2019

  SEAN MCFATE: The United States, especially, has been now accustomed, for 25 years, as being the universal and unitary superpower. That’s not going to last forever. I think most people… more ›

• The Chinese takeover of Indian app ecosystem

  April 1, 2019

  For those trying to make sense of the Chinese dominance of the Indian app ecosystem, these are familiar statements. Yet, until about a year or a little more ago, these… more ›

• LVMH Digital Czar on China, Sales and the New Definitions of Luxury

  April 1, 2019

  When Ian Rogers was appointed the new chief digital officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in October 2015, it was big news to both the tech world and luxury brands.… more ›

• How Louis Vuitton Upped Its Digital Game in China

  April 1, 2019

  From cutting prices on the mainland to extending its e-commerce reach across China, French powerhouse Louis Vuitton has been aggressively upgrading its offerings for Chinese consumers in recent weeks. As… more ›

• March 9, 2019

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• Four Key Product Principles from WeChat’s Creator 

  March 8, 2019

  Throughout China, Allen Zhang is known as the “father of WeChat”. Zhang’s public persona has much the same cultural importance and weight as the American legacy of Steve Jobs. https://a16z.com/2019/02/05/allen-zhang-wechat-product-principles/ more ›

• The 21st century belongs to China—but the 22nd will be Africa’s

  February 22, 2019

  The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the… more ›