Recent changes in China’s innovation environment make a big impact on manufacturing and business in Asia. Written by Dr. Jili Chung Global Supply Chain Relocation Why is the global supply chain moving from China into ASEAN (Southeast Asia)? The US-China trade war is an obvious reason, but China is also…

As a break-through in its IP financing endeavor, China approved the first patent securitization deal on July 31, 2019. …

Signals in the Business Community Signals of this phenomena have come from multiple sources, The Economist, Baidu, and by China’s AI guru Kai-Fu Lee. …

Every four to five years, countries all over the world hold public elections, bringing in new leadership, new trajectories, and movements. ​China is well-known for its unique planned economy — national leadership is not directly elected by the public, but instead indirectly elected through the National People’s Congress. Sometimes it…

Governments and businesses all over the world operate on an unspoken foundation of various unique and distinct cultural characteristics. Different parts of the world will naturally have different cultural values, such as that of individualism or collectivism. …

Written by Dr. Jili Chung Now the world has seen it clearly: the US-China conflict will last for decades and will re-shape a significant portion of the global social and economic order. No one can afford to wait and see. After dramatic soaring and free-falling roller coaster style developments, the…

From Shanghai to the World Last month an announcement attracted attention from global IP professionals. An international patent portfolio had settled in Shanghai. According to the source, it is the first of its kind in China. The announcement indicates that this patent pool covers more than 50 technical fields and…

By Dr. Jili Chung and Ashley Clark Governments and businesses all over the world operate on an unspoken foundation of various unique and distinct cultural characteristics. Different parts of the world will naturally have different cultural values, such as that of individualism or collectivism. …

By Dr. Jili Chung and Ashley Clark Every four to five years, countries all over the world hold public elections, bringing in new leadership, new trajectories, and movements. On the other hand, China is well-known for its unique planned economy — national leadership is not directly elected by the public…