When reading something about doing business in China, you read to show respect, drink baijiu (rice wine), give business cards with two hands, never give clocks as a gift, be patient, learn Chinese ,…and much more. Vague and often as if you need a China MBA to become successful. Few businessmen have time or money for this.

My advice: Be yourself, and make all these mistakes. Chinese will not be offended as you are not the first foreigner making them. But change your way on how to do business in China. Here are ten practical tips that can make a bigger difference.

Is China the world's biggest loan shark? The story goes that Beijing is a predator that wants to control many developing countries in the future by luring them into a debt trap.

What makes China so fast? What do we mean when we say “China Speed”?

I explain how investors have seen their Chinese shares plunge in July because of new crackdowns from Beijing. I explain why the angst makes sense, and why the VIE structure is conduit for future risk. The video explores what happened with Chinese EdTech companies, why the regulators made the move, and how Chinese EdTech companies will reinvent themselves. I do not offer buy or sell advice, but shed a light on which warning signs to look for and the timeframe it could take before everything settles.

Officially, China's Communist Party is abbreviated CPC. But the West knows it as CCP. As my audience is mostly in the West, I used CCP during my video.

China's Communist Party was founded 100 years ago. Why are Chinese celebrating this event, while many in the West believe that the CCP is a danger to liberal democracies and the Chinese population? What is the story behind the achievements of the CCP that makes most Chinese trust that the CCP has the best governance system for China? In the video, I explain why China is very confident in the guidance and actions of the CCP.

The new 'Tangping' movement seems to indicate that China's competitive, hardworking rat-race of Chinese is coming to an end? In this video, I explain the 9-9-6 work ethic of Chinese workforce, and how society and people are reacting to the generation-Z that is seeking a better life-work balance. I conclude to say that this is not the end of China's competitiveness, but the start of China's creative spirit - which will make them even more competitive.

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This podcast talks about how Biden is focussing on infrastructure to revitalise America with the aid of the West. The American Jobs plan is compared to China's infrastructure 5-year plan. The G7 decisions to counter China's influence in the world is put into Chinese context. What drives Biden to copy China? Is it fear, caring, leadership or an American dream?

This podcast talks about the enormous historical, social and geographical problems for China to feed 1.4 billion people. To solve their challenges, China is investing in AgriTech and FoodTech. Due to a changing Chinese consumer mentality on healthy and safe food, a commercial market opportunity for e-commerce platforms and a high-priority of Beijing's policymakers, AgriTech and FoodTech could become the biggest growth market this decade. Foreign companies in this sector and investors globally should learn about China's obsession with agricultural industry to not miss the market window.