In this new episode of the podcast, we take a deeper look at how companies can achieve excellent business results in the Chinese high-tech industry and the implications for decision-makers in a Vuca-driven China.

We also look at how management models and philosophies from the western world can be applied in China and what constitutes the so-called China Speed. In order to better understand the differences between the Western world and China, we will discuss the strongly hierarchical structure of the political and social system and the sociological "face" concept.

For many, the crackdown of Chinese rising education technology startups came as a shock.

New regulations and policies, which are being enforced with great speed and thoroughness by the Chinese leadership, are becoming a key factor for investors looking to enter the booming Chinese market.

In the latest edition of our China Tech Chat podcasts, we take a closer look at this issue, summarising recent regulations, the particular impact they have had on the consumer sector, and how stricter regulations are affecting corporate innovation.

We also try to find out what the background of policies and regulations is and how it is possible that the top-down approach of the Chinese leadership can be carried out with such effectiveness.

In this third episode of the China Tech Chat podcast, we look at the future technology of the fith-generation standard of broadband cellular networks (5G). We go into the technical background and general uses of the technology as well as possible applications that could run on the 5G technology. 

We then show how far 5G technology has come in China and draw comparisons with the United States and the Western world, with values such as average download speed, penetration rate, and cost of 5G mobile tariffs.  

To make the use of 5G technology in China more tangible, we have brought 5 interesting examples from actual application. These include, for example, drones for traffic monitoring or maintenance tracking, check-in technology at Beijing airport and 5G coverage in public transport and large scale expansion of self-serving and cashless stores.

This second episode of the ChinaTechChat podcast looks at the Covid-19 situation in China especially in Shanghai in the first half of 2022.

(Disclaimer: This podcast episode was recorded in the beginning of June 2022)

Podcast-guest Kevin Francis Marcaida brings his professional expertise as a graduate of Biomedical- and Neuro-Science at Imperial College London. As Lead Analyst at Chinese Alpha, he is particularly concerned with macro and micro trends in the Chinese market and has closely monitored economic, health and social consequences of the Corona Pandemic. 

Betty B. Scheibe, who moved to Shanghai during the pandemic and is active there as a pre-seed investor in the tech sector, can also provide interesting insights into the situation on the ground. Especially the impact on the VC and startup world in China is discussed in the podcast. In addition, the three also discuss the political impact of the Shanghai Lockdowns both on the 20th Party Congress of the People's Communist Party this year and on international relations.

With his scientific background in global supply chains, co-host Kimo Bruns also brings to the discussion the topic of the first episode of the podcast, Can China defend being the "The Factory of the World?" and considers the alternative courses of action international companies can take with respect to manufacturing in China. 

In the first edition of the China Tech Chat podcast, Betty and Kimo address the question of whether China could lose its status as "factory of the world" and what the current developments mean. 

Already in 2019 and 2020, many multinational technology companies, such as Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and Sony decided to move their production capacities to other South-East Asian countries. Vietnam in particular was able to benefit from this trend, recording a year-on-year growth of 30.4% in exports in April 2022, while China only recorded a growth of 3.9%. 

More recently, hard lockdowns in response to new Covid-19 outbreaks in China have made the issue very present again. 

Betty and Kimo discuss the topic based on extensive research and analysis and their own personal experience from their day-to-day work and on the ground. The results of the analysis are also published as an article on ChineseAlpha.com.

https://www.chinesealpha.com/2022/07/10/can-china-defend-being-the-the-factory-of-the-world