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Beyond Regulations: Psychological Impact of Jack Ma's Ant Financial IPO Fail ccp chinese culture chinese psychology chinese regulations geopolitics guanxi Apr 30, 2024

Jack Ma's Ant Financial (rebranded as Ant Group) IPO debacle encapsulates a complex interplay between China's rapidly evolving tech sector and an opaque and reactive regulatory framework hierarchically disincentivized against market-oriented decisions. It's a Guanxi-based paradox disguised to resemb...

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Perception and Propaganda: Decoding China's National Security Messaging china chinese culture chinese psychology chinese thinking geopolitics propaganda Apr 23, 2024

When opposing perceptions interact, deceptive illusions begin festering in the mind's eye, and our natural biases reinforce false narratives with real consequences. Perceptions, by definition, are created using senses to form insights and intuitions that are prone to be misleading, which is why we t...

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