Tag: china

• 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 ›

• The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens

  February 2, 2019

  If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/07/the-next-big-restaurant-chain-may-not-own-any-kitchens/ more ›

• When Chinese hackers declared war on the rest of us

  January 13, 2019

  Late one Wednesday in March 2015, an alarm sounded in the offices of GitHub, a San Francisco–based software firm. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612638/when-chinese-hackers-declared-war-on-the-rest-of-us/ more ›

• Why the Ethereum Classic hack is a bad omen for the blockchain

  January 9, 2019

  On Saturday, the Coinbase security team noticed something troubling. Someone had made a deep reorganization in the distributed ledger for Ethereum Classic, a smaller spinoff from the Ethereum coin. The… more ›

• When AI is the Product: The Rise of AI-Based Consumer Apps

  January 4, 2019

  There’s a new era of AI consumer-based apps spreading around the world, though starting from China. https://a16z.com/2018/12/03/when-ai-is-the-product-the-rise-of-ai-based-consumer-apps/ more ›

• The Madman Theory of North Korea

  January 3, 2019

  In 1969, Richard Nixon, about eight months into his Presidency, grew frustrated with the North Vietnamese leadership. The President wanted to negotiate an exit from the Vietnam War, but his… more ›

• What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China

  December 2, 2018

  What Africa’s emerging cities can learn from China By 2030, more than half of African residents will be living in cities. These cities are being built, in large part, by… more ›