How China Works

Rami Blachman is a US/Israeli tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist based in Shanghai and Tel Avi. He is founder of China Israel Innovation Accelerator, a business partner and mentor in several accelerator programs, and an advisor for international business development. Rami talked with Yingying and Brendan and shared excellent insights into the East-West business conversation that offered fresh food for thought. Great talk!

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Mike Sui is most well-known as a comedic actor, having found fame in TV, viral videos, and in such films as THE WANDERING EARTH, currently the 2nd highest grossing Chinese movie of all time. But Mike also has great insights into both himself and the two cultures - American and Chinese - that most shaped him. This week he shares his thoughts with Yingying in Beijing, while Brendan checks in from Paris. A really fun, great talk - enjoy!

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Li Bolun is the co-founder of Diinsider, a content creator and solution provider for entrepreneurs, development actors, and partners in the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) market. Diinsider currently has offices or is involved in projects in China, Myanmar, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Bolun is a Forbes China “30 under 30” leader in social enterprise. This is one of our best interviews so far for Season Two, so we really hope you give it a listen and enjoy!

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Our shared human civilization is much more intriguing, much deeper and more complex than was previously imagined. China’s modern reimagining of the historic Silk Roads through its Belt and Road Initiative reveals remarkably deep connections between Asia and Europe and, even more profoundly, deep sub-strata of ancient civilizations which cooperated dynamically with each other – in what was, in fact, a community of shared humanity. In this HCW episode with Prof. Don Lewis, we discuss the three ancient civilization zones of China, India, and Southeast Asia – and a fourth civilization zone in the Mediterranean. These were the true cradles of human civilization. The civilizations interacted freely and constructively with each other – engaging in trade – while also sharing ideas, culture, philosophy and religion, arts and sciences, as well as technology. Like the modern Belt and Road Initiative, such ancient interactions occurred along established trade and transport corridors – including by rivers, roads, and sea routes. The open cooperation which was a defining hallmark of our original civilizations offers the hope and promise of a peaceful and prosperous future for all humankind – with the three civilizations of Asia, in particular, acting as torchbearers lighting the way.

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Steve Hoffman is known in both Silicon Valley and now China by his nickname Captain Hoff. He is the Founder and “Captain” of Founders Space, a leading tech incubator and the largest foreign one in China. He’s also a best-selling author and has spoken to millions of people live or on webcasts about East-West cooperation and the opportunities therein. So it was a pleasure and an honor to have him join us on “How China Works”! Note that Yingying and Brendan are traveling right now and there is a little noise in our intro and wrap up but that the interview sounds good, so please bear with us. Thanks! 

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The future people live depends on the stories they tell themselves - or believe - now. Prof. Kerry Brown - Professor of Chinese Studies and Director at the Lau China Institute - joins us today from London for a deeply thoughtful chat about “this extraordinary moment” in China relations right now, and much more. Many of today's topics are what people tell us privately they care about the most. Great talk, links below; please enjoy!

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Welcome to Season 2 of the show! To get started, we asked listeners what THEY were thinking about related to China as the new year got underway, and we present the results to you here. We’re coming to you from 4 countries this week! Enjoy. 

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As a special way to wrap up Season 1 of the show, we decided to do an overview of some of the key takeaways from (almost) every episode. Somehow Brendan skipped #038, but you check out that one or any others at howchinaworkspodcast.com. See you in 2019!

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Flow. It’s how conversation moves, it's a state of peak performance, and it's exemplified in the paradox of water: fluid movement through cohesion. And it's maybe the best way to understand China. We also talk dan wei, Hollywood superheroes, & changing times. 

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Entertaining government-related leaders and businesspeople in YOUR office calls for special protocols, and a power cleaning is just the start of it. We also discuss what the face worn by a leader has in common with the mask worn by a shaman, Yingying tells a joke, and more!

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