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CKGSB Knowledge Summer 2017 Issue: China and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

August 09, 2017

The Summer 2017 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like:

COVER STORY:

  • India: The New Battlefield: The next big market is right next door to China, and the entire world is looking for a piece of it

    The CKGSB Knowledge Summer 2017 issue
    Click to download the CKGSB Knowledge Summer 2017 Issue, No.26

COMMENTARY:

GLOBALIZATION:

  • Offshoring Goes Full Circle: The new offshoring is sending factories from China to the US and beyond

INNOVATION:

  • The WeChat Economy: Tencent’s messaging app is much more than that, and seeks to be nothing less than indispensable
  • Intelligent Future: In China, artificial intelligence is already having a big impact
  • Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate and grandfather of behavior economics, tells us how his field came to be and explains its impact
  • Xu Huabin, Vice President of DJI, shares the mindset that made the company the world’s leading drone maker, and offers a glimpse as to what is next

ECONOMY & FINANCE:

  • Float of the RMB: The ‘redback’ wants to be free…eventually
  • Housing: The Iron Bubble:China’s housing market is complex, disparate and, for now, unstoppable
  • CKGSB Business Conditions Index: Confidence Takes A Hit.
  • CKGSB Business Sentiment Index 2017 Q1: Still Under Pressure.
  • Kent Kedl, Senior Partner with British consultancy Control Risks in Shanghai, talks about new risks facing foreign companies in the fast-changing regulatory environment of Xi Jinping’s administration

COMPANY:

  • Online Underdog: NetEase has not only survived but thrived in China’s competitive digital world
  • Christian Haessler, Head of Innovation for APAC at materials science company Covestro explains how the company is working in China to create the next generation of game-changing material

DOWNTIME:

  • Elite Education: Opinions on how to educate children in China are changing
  • China Data: From stats on oil mergers and avocado sales, to infrastructure and tax cuts, the numbers you need to know
  • Expats in China: Foreigners are coming to live in China in droves, chasing opportunities that can be found nowhere else
  • Bookshelf: Must-read books on China recommended by Chris Ruffle, author and CEO of Open Door Capital Group

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