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China's tech trajectory - Perspectives from a European VC
May 14, 2019 · venture capital
{{{Max Schubert}}} Hussein Kanji is a founding partner at Hoxton Ventures, a London-based early-stage European venture capital firm which invested in the unicorns Darktrace and Deliveroo. Before founding Hoxton Ventures, he worked in Silicon Valley for over 10 years before joining Accel in...
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Exclusive interview with the Bosch China Executive Vice President Automotive (2/2)
March 19, 2019 · mobility · 1
{{{Chris Yuan}}} On the 3rd of January 2019 we had the chance to interview David Xu, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobility Solutions at Bosch China. Bosch China is part of the engineering and electronics company Robert Bosch GmbH, which generated revenues of €78bn in 2017 and is the...
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Exclusive interview with the Bosch China Executive Vice President Automotive (1/2)
March 13, 2019 · mobility · 1
{{{Chris Yuan}}} On the 3rd of January 2019 we had the chance to interview David Xu, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobility Solutions at Bosch China. Bosch China is part of the engineering and electronics company Robert Bosch GmbH, which generated revenues of €78bn in 2017 and is the...
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Exclusive interview with the Founder of Africa's largest entrepreneurship network
March 4, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Olayemi Anifowose-Eso and Gian Marco Brizzolara}}} Background on Okendo Lewis-Gayle and Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Okendo-Lewis Gayle is the Founder of Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance and Inaugural founder in residence at Schwarzman College, Beijing. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of...
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China's viral social media success in the West: Bytedance's TikTok
February 15, 2019 · miscellaneous · 1
{{{Jake Miller-Randle}}} If you were asked to name the most valuable startup in the worl, you’d probably recite sharing-economy giants such as Uber, DiDi, Airbnb or WeWork. Jinri Toutiao, or Bytedance (the name of its parent company) wouldn’t even register in the minds of many, let alone exist...
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Exclusive interview with the founder of China-India Foundation (2/2)
February 13, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Kushal Prakash & Gian Marco Brizzolara}}} On December 5, Ashish Dhawan held a fireside chat at Schwarzman College in Tsinghua University, Beijing. After the chat, the ChinaTech blog team sat with him to hear his thoughts on the cultural and economic aspects of China India collaboration, and...
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Exclusive interview with the founder of China-India Foundation (1/2)
February 7, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Kushal Prakash & Gian Marco Brizzolara}}} On December 5, Ashish Dhawan held a fireside chat at Schwarzman College in Tsinghua University, Beijing. After the chat, the ChinaTech blog team sat with him to hear his thoughts on the cultural and economic aspects of China India collaboration, and...
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How LinkedIn China operates - exclusive interview
February 4, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Wina Huang}}} In 2018, over eight million individuals graduated from universities in China. This figure is an understatement of the number of people who pour into the Chinese job market each year. In an era where demand for jobs is ever increasing, technology plays an important role in both...
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Bitcoin, Blockchain & Co.: What you need to know about China’s regulation measures and strategy
January 31, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Gerald Pollak & Andre Ringdorfer}}} On 31 October 2018 the cryptocurrency Bitcoin celebrated its 10th anniversary since the release of its white paper in 2008. Although Bitcoin, blockchain and co. have been terms that were mainly used by a smaller community, cryptocurrencies and the...
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The Chinese culture of failure
January 28, 2019 · miscellaneous
{{{Gerald Pollak}}} China is on the rise in many of the global start-up rankings. With $30.9 bn venture capital investments in 2018 the total amount of invested VC capital in China surpassed the amount in North America for example. The sum of investments keeps rising and many of the most...
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There is a common misperception in Western society that China is mainly a manufacturing hub for cheap products. In reality however, China is quickly becoming a global leader in developing technological innovations and successfully transforming them into business models.

Today, 9 of the 20 most valuable technology firms globally are based in China and is likely to surpass the United States as the premier destination for venture capital funding.

In contrast to the pace and magnitude of advancements in Chinese tech and entrepreneurship remains largely underreported.

Studying and working in Beijing and Shanghai, we are determined to leverage our on-the-ground insights to give you a better idea of what China’s tech and entrepreneurship is all about. No matter if you are in tech, in a startup, engaging in global business or just want to broaden your horizon, this blog will give you a look at some mind-blowing developments in far East.
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Founders with experience in tech and entrepreneurship in America, Europe and Asia

GM Brizzolara
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Venture Capital Intern at ACE & Company
Andrew Wrigley
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and co-founder of Neliti Indonesia
Max Schubert
Shanghai
London Business School and Fudan University
Wina Huang
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Goldman Sachs IB TMT Analyst
Gerald Pollak
Shanghai
London Business School and Fudan University, former Sales Analyst at Apple
Edwin Saucedo
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Legislative Fellow at the California State Assembly
Contributors
Contributors from global companies, investors, and analysts

Othmane Gacem
Geneva
MSc Candidate University of Geneva and former Deloitte Consulting Trainee
Daniel Kilimnik
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co.
Alexander Kremer
Beijing
Business Technologist at JD.com and Schwarzman Scholars Alumnus
Xiaoyi Lv
Shanghai
Former Deutsche Bank Analyst and Graduate of the Technical University of Berlin
Kushal Sagar
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Public Policy Professional
Hannah Elten
Bonn
Associate at the German Develop. Institute and Schwarzman Scholars Alumna
Olayemi Anifwose-Eso
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Intern at Credit Suisse
Ross Jaggers
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and PhD in Chemistry
Makha Varunpaijit
Shanghai
London Business School, Fudan University, UCLA
Ken Harb-Wu
Shanghai
London Business School, Fudan University, former Intern McKinsey & Co.
Andre Ringdorfer
Shanghai
London Business School, Fudan University, Intern United Nations
Jake Miller-Randle
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and Public Policy Intern at Bytedance

Chris Yuan
Beijing
Schwarzman Scholar and former Intern at Tesla
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Core team

Founders with experience in tech and entrepreneurship in America, Europe and Asia

GM Brizzolara

Beijing

Andrew Wrigley

Beijing

Max Schubert

Shanghai

Wina Huang

Beijing

Gerald Pollak

Shanghai

Edwin Saucedo

Beijing

Contributors

Contributors from global companies, investors, and analysts

Othmane Gacem

Geneva

Daniel Kilimnik

Beijing

Alexander Kremer

Beijing

Xiaoyi Lv

Shanghai

Kushal Sagar

Beijing

Hannah Elten

Bonn

Olayemi Anifwose-Eso

Beijing

Ross Jaggers

Beijing

Makha Varunpaijit

Shanghai

Ken Harb-Wu

Shanghai

Andre Ringdorfer

Shanghai

Jake Miller-Randle

Beijing

Chris Yuan

Beijing

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