How Chinese Tech Innovations Can Improve Global Health – Jane Xing, Gates Foundation, China (Video)

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jane gave a great lecture to our students at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. This course is taught by myself and Jonathan Woetzel, […]

“Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid” – Jane Xing, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office.

Jane Xing is the Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, China office. She has a fascinating view into the foundation’s activities in China, Asia, Africa and other places. Jonathan Woetzel, my co-professor for this course and these videos, sat down with Jane and asked her about “innovation at the bottom of the […]

My Favorite China Articles For January 2018

Happy New Year, 2018 looks like its going to be a pretty big year for Chinese consumers and digital China. And as that’s kinda my thing, I’m pretty psyched. We’ll see. Below are my favorite China articles and books for January (and some of mine). Cheers, Jeff – Articles –  Jack Ma’s Alipay Takes on […]

将私人医疗保险引进中国的三种选择(2/2)

在第一部分中,我论证了中国医疗保健行业的中心供求缺口正日益扩大这个问题。而私人医疗保险或许是解决这个问题的关键。 在本文中,我将展示在中国设立真正的私人医疗保险的三种模型。这些模型均已在其他地方实行,而且只需要在监管方面进行渐进式的改革。

5 Weird New Menu Items at Pizza Hut China

I eat at Pizza Hut in Beijing all the time. It’s close to campus and the brutality of Chinese restaurant competition is fun to watch. Chinese restaurants are Chinese hyper-competition. They fight for the high-traffic and high-visibility locations. They fight for good managers. They try to localize to China and always need to refresh and […]

阿里影业是如何颠覆中国娱乐业的

阿里巴巴进军娱乐业已有两年,旗下的阿里影业正在制作和收购越来越多的影视内容。阿里影业制作了多部国内和好莱坞影片,涉足筹资和影片发行,并且在电影软件、网络视频、售票应用以及影视众筹方面采取一系列创新举措。整体来讲,阿里影业的制胜战略愈发明朗,甚至令人称道,尽管公司最近一直警告其2016年可能面临高达十亿人民币(约1.44亿美元)的净亏损。

Recollections and Fun Stuff from My Weekend With Alibaba (Pt 2 of 2)

This is Part 2 of my diary of my weekend with Alibaba management during Singles’ Day 2017. In Part 1 (here), I talked about the initial meetings and going to the big gala on Friday night. If you’re looking for serious content, this is probably not your article. Visit to Hema supermarket – and thoughts […]

Final Thoughts From Behind the Scenes at Singles’ Day 2017

A group of 15 of us were invited to spend the day with Alibaba behind the scenes for Singles’ Day 2017. Here are some final thoughts from Martin Newman of Practicology, Kitty Fox of IDC China and Daniel Zipser and Jonathan Woetzel of McKinsey China. For more on the day, see my articles below: Part […]