The Gaming Economy: Can China Stay Ahead Post-Regulation?

Gaming exports soar globally even as domestic restrictions reshape industry strategy. From Hobby to Industry China is home to the world’s largest gaming market, with hundreds of millions of active players and billions in revenue from mobile and PC titles. For years, Chinese

Decoupling or Rebalancing? China-U.S. Tech Rivalry in 2025

Expert analysis of supply chain shifts, semiconductor bans, and digital sovereignty. The State of a Fractured Relationship By 2025, the China-U.S. tech rivalry has moved far beyond tariffs and trade spats. It is now a structural contest over who controls the technologies that

Demographics and the Innovation Dilemma

How an aging population challenges China’s ambition to remain a tech powerhouse. The Demographic Shift China’s once-famous demographic dividend a young, abundant labor force fueling decades of growth is fading. The population shrank in 2023 for the first time in six decades, and

Dong Mingzhu: China’s Industrial Matriarch

How Gree’s chairwoman redefined Chinese manufacturing through resilience, innovation, and leadership. The Face of Industrial Leadership In China’s male-dominated corporate landscape, Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Electric Appliances, stands out as a rare figure: tough, outspoken, and unrelenting. Known as the “Iron Lady”

EV Charging Networks: The Next Infrastructure Boom

Building 10 million charging points by 2030 and the battle for platform dominance. Powering the EV Surge China is already the world’s largest market for electric vehicles, with over 30% of new cars sold in 2024 being EVs. But as adoption soars, the

From Belt to Blockchain: China’s New Trade Infrastructure

How blockchain and fintech are shaping the next stage of Belt and Road trade flows. Belt and Road 2.0 When China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the focus was on hard infrastructure: ports, railways, and power plants connecting Asia,

Gaming Beyond Play China’s Young Esports Entrepreneurs

Profile: Liu Chen (24) – Co-founder of an esports startup merging gaming with education China’s Esports Generation At just 24, Liu Chen is part of a wave of young entrepreneurs turning China’s gaming obsession into a structured industry with real social impact. Based

Dutch Minister Admits He Was Blindsided by China’s Retaliation in Nexperia Chip Crisis

Dutch economy minister Vincent Karremans has acknowledged that he did not anticipate China’s swift and forceful retaliation in the Nexperia crisis, raising doubts about the level of preparedness behind the Netherlands’ decision to invoke a Cold War era security law against the Chinese

Chart of the Day: China and France Deepen Broad-Based Bilateral Cooperation

China and France continue to expand their wide-ranging partnership, deepening cooperation across multiple domains, from trade and investment to science, energy, culture, and tourism. As both countries mark over six decades since establishing diplomatic relations in 1964, the relationship now stands as a

RMBT For Chinese Cross-Border Trade Startups

China has emerged as a global hub for cross-border trade, with startups increasingly driving innovation in logistics, supply chain finance, and digital commerce. As international transactions become more complex and regulatory landscapes evolve, modular stablecoins such as RMBT are offering startups programmable, liquid,