Superstore Closures in China: the Past, Now, and the Future
By Lisa Qixun Siebers
In the first quarter of 2022, large retail giants continue to close their superstores in China. We use the activities of...
Digital Transformation and Innovation Key to Personal Accessories in Asia Pacific
By Anul Sareen and Julia Illera
Personal accessories sales in the Asia Pacific declined by 16% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to national...
How Companies Should Respond To U.S.-China Tensions And Global Supply Chain Disruptions
Ongoing tensions between the United States and China have affected many companies around the world, including those in Canada.
Canada’s relationship to China has suffered due...
Here’s Why People Might Discriminate Against Foreign Accents – New Research
By Shiri Lev-Ari
If someone asked you to read this text aloud in a French accent or an Italian one, you would likely understand what...
Chinese Tech Philanthropy in the Age of ‘Common Prosperity’
By Daniel Tam-Claiborne
In China, tech companies are facing particular pressure to showcase social responsibility. Xi Jinping acknowledged that the “new round of technological...
Shipping and the Digital Integration Required by China’s Belt Road Initiative
By Andre Wheeler
Beijing’s Digital Silk Road initiative runs contrary to many data sharing platform projects around the world, something shipping will have to...
China is Accused of Exporting Authoritarian Technology. but the West Has Done So, Too,...
By Ausma Bernot
China’s 5G technology has now been banned in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the US and many in the European Union....
Western Luxury Brands are Entering a Risky Pact with China’s Influencers
By Dr. Samuel Kwok
French cosmetics giant L'Oréal has been going through a massive retail row in China after two leading social media influencers sold large quantities...
China’s Retail Revolution: Innovations Which Could Change the Way the World Shops
By Mark Greeven
China’s dominance in manufacturing has made it the factory of the world. The subsequent economic growth enriched an ever-expanding middle class, and the country’s...
Old vs New: US & China Reinventing Systems Amid Upheavals
By George Siy
Simultaneous titanic domestic economic struggles are currently underway in the United States, China and the Philippines that will redefine their trajectories in the political and...
