Some thoughts on what really matters in digital China. Plus stuff around Manila. Jeffrey Towson, Professor at Peking University Guanghua School of Management —– I write and speak about digital China and Asia’s tech trends. My latest book Alwaleed, Khaled and Mohammed: An Insider’s Tell-All About the Risks of Doing Business in Saudi Arabia is […]
I went on a whirlwind speaking tour of Brazil (9 talks in 5 cities in 9 days). And this question of what Brazil (and other developing countries) can learn from China kept coming up. Here’s my best answer. Plus some fun stuff from around Rio. Video is here. (Youtube only. Sorry. Link is here). […]
我正坐在墨西哥城的一家咖啡屋里喝咖啡，享受着高海拔地区所惯有的爽朗天气。尽管我最近放弃了喝咖啡的习惯，但我还是觉得咖啡的味道很棒。
I had a fascinating time in Mexico City. I made this video at the launch of Mobike Mexico. It was a great day and has my take on what’s happening with Chinese bike-sharing in Latin Ameica. And yeah, I did mostly fall off one of the bikes, which I caught on video Update (March 2019): […]
Mobike has started in Mexico City’s upscale Polanco district, but this is part of wide launch across Mexico. They are going everywhere and are treating Mexico seriously. That’s pretty awesome. If the big bike-sharing question of 2017 was “can these Chinese companies succeed internationally?”, the question for 2018 is now “how big can they get?” […]
中国的新兴“共享经济”在上个月成为了媒体的热门话题。《纽约时报》、《财富》、彭博以及《南华早报》纷纷在其文章中提到了网约车（滴滴）、单车租用（ofo、摩拜）和新型的小物品租赁服务（包括共享单车、篮球和雨伞），并称之为中国新“共享经济”的一部分。
Digital China is going to be a big deal in 2018. Like, a really big deal. Sitting around this week in the Dominican Republic, I made a short video about what I think are going to be 3 big events in digital China in 2018. There will, of course, be many others. But these are […]
共享单车在中国正方兴未艾，其发展速度远快于其它任何已投放市场。这种服务的普及出乎意料，甚至令人震惊，从而吸引到了大量的投资资本和媒体报道。同时，这种高关注度也提出了一系列潜在的问题，例如微薄的利润、泛滥的自行车破坏与盗窃，以及若隐若现的政府监管。而共享单车存在的大肆炒作、详细审查和流动性等状况，很快就让这种美好、便利并深得欢迎的服务黯然失色。
You have to stand in awe of bike sharing. For those of you that live in China, try to name another service that has become so pervasive in your life so quickly. Bike-sharing has gone from a crazy idea to covering almost every sidewalk in the country in about 18 months. When has a new service […]
In Part 1, I argued that there is no new Chinese “sharing economy” – which is why new Chinese businesses like Didi, Mobike, and micro-rentals for basketballs, batteries and umbrellas are kind of confusing. What is really happening is something much more interesting: the emergence of new digital disruptors in access and convenience. The key […]