How China’s retail revolution puts consumers’ needs at the center
China’s retail revolution draws on convenience and technology to fulfil customer needs in innovative ways....
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Why China is well-equipped to deal with disruption
July 17, 2025 • by Mark J. Greeven in China • 11 min read • 
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China’s shift from reaction to reinvention is a long-running transformation built on policy foresight and internal restructuring that global turmoil and the tariffs war have only served to intensify....
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China’s leveraging of technology to reinvent retail can serve as inspiration for other Asian markets
By putting the consumer’s needs at the center, China’s retail companies have rethought the value chain and reinvent the retail model, delivering a greater and more relevant retail experience to consumers, argued...
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China’s succession panic is a wake-up call for families everywhere
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
Common prosperity: China’s new course
November 3, 2021 • by Alicia GarcÃa Herrero in China • 4 min read
Faced with an inevitable slowing of economic growth, Xi Jinping is driving a sea change in China, says Alicia GarcÃa-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
What’s happening to Chinese fintech?
October 21, 2021 • by Bin Li in China • 4 min read
The first online loan products for SMEs in China to be offered through mobile channels come thanks to the country’s recent fintech revolution. We spoke to Bin Li, Chief Researcher of Fintech...
Grow an ecosystem to cut complexity and boost your business
The level of complexity and uncertainty in today’s global economy, and even within our own organizations, can feel overwhelming. Learning to create and orchestrate ecosystems can help, says Mark Greeven....
China needs to do more to rank with the world’s best
June 17, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in China • 6 min read
Why is the second largest economy only 16th in global competitiveness? Size and state dominance may still be partly to blame, but the People’s Republic is moving in the right direction, writes...
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