We live in a transitional period in geopolitics and world history. In the abstract, the Thucydides Trap is converging with the race for AI general intelligence in the post-COVID new normal of great power competition between the United States and China. Information is the only currency and weapon...

Has the nature of Guanxi changed in the post-COVID era of doing business in China?

Thirteen years ago, my personal driver in Shanghai invited my wife and me to a lavish, relatively speaking, dinner party to celebrate my birthday with his relatives. This dinner celebration is unusual for any...

Regardless of your opinions about China, you are undoubtedly aware of our collective challenge to improve cross-cultural communication and work more collaboratively. Prior misunderstandings that could more easily be forgiven or even funny are more contentious today and require a higher level of...