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Jeffrey Wu
Jeffrey Wu is a director at MindWorks Capital, a leading Hong Kong-headquartered venture capital firm specialising in technology investment across Greater China and Southeast Asia.
Jeffrey Wu is a director at MindWorks Capital, a leading Hong Kong-headquartered venture capital firm specialising in technology investment across Greater China and Southeast Asia.
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If Chinese factories can produce more cheaply thanks to better batteries, automation and supply chains, maybe older factories are simply no longer viable.
Rather than fight US frontier AI control, China is thinning the margins of premium AI with cheap-enough, good-enough models for mass adoption.
Anthropic and other US AI firms pushing to tighten controls on China while wooing China-adjacent markets shows they’re hedging their bets.
Whoever produces tokens cheaply, at scale, has an advantage in the AI economy, just as cheap steel once decided industrial supremacy.
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Beijing wants to shape a new growth model capable of meeting the challenges of an ageing population, technological competition and geopolitical uncertainty.
As globalisation falters, it is countries that focus on building productive capacity, not financial excess, that will come out on top.
Which vision of AI leadership within China wins out will be more impactful in shaping the future than a simple two-horse superpower race.
The policy address placed AI at the heart of economic strategy. It is time to match ambition with execution.
By hosting the games, Beijing is doing what Washington once excelled at: turning technical progress into cultural spectacle.
The next era of AI leadership won’t be decided by whose models are best – it will be decided by whose models are everywhere.
US firms see talent as a moat to be captured and defended but China treats talent as an asset to be distributed across strategic domains.
For all its technical firepower, Asia remains undercapitalised. With funds no longer flowing freely, it needs a financial system that serves its purpose.
While US graduates from top universities flock to the private sector, in China, national service has become an aspirational calling.
Will the next generation choose China’s speed and resources with higher guard rails, or the chaotic, open-ended US where failure is allowed?
Will the next generation choose China’s speed and resources with higher guard rails, or the chaotic, open-ended US where failure is allowed?
As the US-China race for primacy in artificial intelligence heats up, nations must boost their capabilities or fall behind in the global divide.
From artificial intelligence and biotech to autonomous driving, China is disrupting the traditional high-cost model of proprietary innovation.
From artificial intelligence and biotech to autonomous driving, China is disrupting the traditional high-cost model of proprietary innovation.
Years of sanctions and blacklists have only forced China to adapt and even thrive, from making tech breakthroughs to expanding diplomatic clout.
Years of sanctions and blacklists have only forced China to adapt and even thrive, from making tech breakthroughs to expanding diplomatic clout.
Restrictive policies could hinder innovation, limit consumer choice and fragment the global digital economy.
The US needs far more than layers of additional tariffs if it hopes to revive its manufacturing sector and compete with China.
State-supported innovation can only take these SMEs so far. The question is whether they can thrive in a global market on their own.
As China confronts the challenges of an ageing population, the path forward lies in boosting productivity across all sectors and age groups.
An influx of listings with weak financial underpinnings would drive away the investors who sought refuge in the city’s stable markets.
The measure shows the central government sees finance as a support mechanism for the real economy, not a stand-alone profit centre.
The measure shows the central government sees finance as a support mechanism for the real economy, not a stand-alone profit centre.
A spirit of adventure – from small businesses to the government wealth fund – is crucial as Hong Kong faces rapid changes and challenges.
Rather than being out to undermine economies around the world, China’s economic policy is based on foresight, efficiency and commitment to scale. Decoupling would not only disrupt supply chains but increase the cost of the global energy transition amid our ongoing climate struggle.
