China Top Ten Richest
The richest man in China is the founder of bottled water company Nongfu Spring Zhong Shanshan, with a net worth of $64.9 billion. Check out the whole list. – 24 October / Forbes via Caproasia
How to Prepare for the Future of Work
Yesterday’s models can’t handle today’s challenges. Businesses won’t survive without a bold new approach for tomorrow. – 22 October / BCG
China: The Patriotic Bloggers Who Attack the West
The bloggers' rise in fame on Chinese social media has been linked to the ascendancy of Chinese nationalism. – 21 October / BBC News
Leadership Lessons With Colin Powell
Colin Powell, a retired four-star general, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and secretary of state who passed away this week at age 84, leaves an important legacy of leadership that executives at companies can learn from and apply at their organizations. – 19 October / Forbes
Wall Street «Barbarians» Bow Out
Private equity tycoons George Roberts and Henry Kravis, the cousins whose storied firm KKR led many of the largest leveraged buyouts in history, have stepped down as co-chief executives of the $430 billion in assets investment firm they founded roughly 45 years ago. – 14 October / Forbes
Can Western Luxury Brands Survive the New China?
Some global players smoothly managed China’s policy shifts while others couldn’t adjust. But did the trade war and rising labor costs also play roles? – 13 October / Jing Daily
Working in a Retail Bank Will Never Be the Same
The pandemic motivated customers to conduct complex business transactions using digital tools. Now, banks have the rare opportunity to change the way they do business. – 10 October / BCG
China: Why the Ruling Party is Cracking Down in Almost Every Area of Life
New restrictions on companies, stricter regulations for real estate transactions, fettered cultural life and largely closed borders – the Communist Party’s new course shows that China is increasingly looking inward, and ideology is again taking precedence to economic pragmatism. – 3 October / NZZ International
The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War
Western voices have begun to characterize the U.S.-China rivalry as a new cold war, with the more hawkish among them demanding that Washington and its allies confront Beijing. – 3 October / The Atlantic
Inside the CIA’s Secret Kabul Base
A Taliban commander invited the media to inspect the site where America plotted killing raids and tortured prisoners. – 3 October / The Guardian
The #MeToo Icon China is Trying to Silence
In 2018 as #MeToo caught on in China, Xianzi - her real name is Zhou Xiaoxuan, but she is better known by her pen name - was one of many women who began sharing accounts of sexual harassment. – 3 October / BBC News
Introducing China’s Top Virtual Idols
Following China’s crackdown on the entertainment industry, celebrities have become an unsafe option for brands. But are virtual idols a safer bet? – 3 October / Jing Daily
