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Ep76: The Asia Matters Show with Graham, Kineret, Neville and Clemen
Kineret Karin
‘Engineer-friendly’ Fukuoka pitches merits in campaign to become tech hub
City of Fukuoka made a sales pitch last month at a recruiting event in Tokyo as part of its effort to draw more engineers. Kyushu’s biggest city has also declared itself an “Engineer-Friendly City.”
An engineer shortage, which is already severe, is expected to worsen, as such technologies as artificial intelligence, blockchain and virtual reality look likely to spread in the coming years.
Clemen Chiang
Bitcoin, will it spike?
Since 2010, Bitcoin had spiked a total of seven times. Spiking up ranging from 5X to 500X; whereas spiking down above 90% for two out of the three bear runs. Is this trend sufficient knowledge for us to predict the next spike?
Neville J. McKenzie
Chinese Have Different Culture Of Investment, Management
The reluctance of Chinese companies to hire locals in their host countries and support the unionisation of its staff is typical of how the Chinese do business. To this end, Chinese nationals will tolerate what westerners view as inhumane conditions on the work site, and will more readily leave their families behind - a notion that the assistant professor said may be deemed anti-family by westerners.
Graham Brown
Japanese customers can’t use the new cryptocurrency on Line’s messaging app
Line messaging app announced the launch of its own blockchain network (Link chain) and cryptocurrency (Link)Unfortunately, licensing requirements will prevent Line’s customers in Japan and the US from actually using its new currency, at least initially. Since 75 million of Line’s monthly active users are located in Japan, this could undermine the benefits of its large customer base.
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By Graham BrownKineret Karin
‘Engineer-friendly’ Fukuoka pitches merits in campaign to become tech hub
City of Fukuoka made a sales pitch last month at a recruiting event in Tokyo as part of its effort to draw more engineers. Kyushu’s biggest city has also declared itself an “Engineer-Friendly City.”
An engineer shortage, which is already severe, is expected to worsen, as such technologies as artificial intelligence, blockchain and virtual reality look likely to spread in the coming years.
Clemen Chiang
Bitcoin, will it spike?
Since 2010, Bitcoin had spiked a total of seven times. Spiking up ranging from 5X to 500X; whereas spiking down above 90% for two out of the three bear runs. Is this trend sufficient knowledge for us to predict the next spike?
Neville J. McKenzie
Chinese Have Different Culture Of Investment, Management
The reluctance of Chinese companies to hire locals in their host countries and support the unionisation of its staff is typical of how the Chinese do business. To this end, Chinese nationals will tolerate what westerners view as inhumane conditions on the work site, and will more readily leave their families behind - a notion that the assistant professor said may be deemed anti-family by westerners.
Graham Brown
Japanese customers can’t use the new cryptocurrency on Line’s messaging app
Line messaging app announced the launch of its own blockchain network (Link chain) and cryptocurrency (Link)Unfortunately, licensing requirements will prevent Line’s customers in Japan and the US from actually using its new currency, at least initially. Since 75 million of Line’s monthly active users are located in Japan, this could undermine the benefits of its large customer base.