Research & Analysis

Bringing an end to Uber’s push into the China market, Uber China is merging with its Chinese competitor, Didi Chuxing. The sale ends the intense competition between the two companies and raises Didi Chuxing’s value to about $35 billion. Uber shareholders are expected to hold a 20 pecent stake in Didi Chuxing, making Uber the ride-sharing company’s biggest shareholder.

“Chatbot” should be a candidate for word of the year. Western businesses are already preparing their customer service protocols, but it’s China and the Chinese consumers that are responsible for the rise of this technology.

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Enforcing contracts with Chinese partners is often difficult for foreign business owners in China. However, many foreign business owners hesitate to enter litigation in China because they assume that the legal process in China is a time consuming nightmare filled with red tape and corruption. This is a myth.

    When China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, its government’s pervasive intervention in the economy meant that China’s trading partners could not trust data on production costs to determine a fair market value in antidumping cases. A provision in China’s WTO accession agreement resolved this issue by allowing other WTO member […]

Apple has recently lost a few IP infringement cases in China. Earlier this month, there was a case involving the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Intellectual Properties’ suspension of the sale of all models in Apple’s iPhone 6 series due to alleged infringement of appearance design patent of Shenzhen Baili’s 100C medel mobile phone. Earlier this year, Apple lost a trademark case with a leather goods firm in Beijing, Xintong Tiandi, which used the word ‘IPHONE’ on leather wallets.

As companies increasingly use information technology solutions to provide more goods and services to their customers around the world, more and more are reporting concerns about the effects of China’s technology policies on their China-based and multinational companies.

Healthcare delivery is poised for a radical change. The unparalleled ability to collect, mine, and analyse health data; the increasing sophistication of bio-sensors; and the exponential rise in the use of smartphones provide opportunities to reconsider how to efficiently provide healthcare solutions across the Asia-Pacific. Healthcare resources that were constructed to treat disease will need to evolve to take advantage of new technologies that can intervene early to prevent illness.

China’s economic growth has been slowing for six years. Eager to stem the longer than expected slide, Chinese government officials and economists have sought an effective policy response. Last November, they officially placed the blame on long-term supply-side shortcomings, which they pledged to address with far-reaching structural reforms.