How Pinduoduo, Douyin, and Shein are redefining China’s digital marketplace. China’s e-commerce landscape has entered a new phase in 2025. For years, Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall, alongside JD.com, dominated online retail. But a new generation of platforms, Pinduoduo, Douyin, and Shein, are disrupting
China builds space-based connectivity to secure digital sovereignty. Huawei has quietly expanded its ambitions beyond smartphones and 5G networks into space-based internet. In 2025, the company is spearheading projects to develop satellite constellations that could rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. While still in early
How Huawei’s founder navigates sanctions, supply chain wars, and reinvention. A Commander in Crisis When Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei in 1987 with a modest investment, few imagined it would grow into one of the world’s largest telecom equipment makers. Yet Huawei’s rise has
China’s telecom giant is building satellite constellations to rival Starlink and reshape global internet access. A New Frontier for Connectivity For decades, Huawei has been synonymous with telecom infrastructure from 3G to 5G networks that power much of the world’s mobile connectivity. Now,
Profile: Xu Ming (24), Roboticist at a Shenzhen startup developing eldercare robots The Rise of Service Robots in China China is not only a global leader in manufacturing robots for factories but also rapidly advancing in service robotics, robots designed to help people
