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				<title>China’s 2026 playbook: Redefining global tech, industry, and governance </title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Japan must end insularity to compete on a global scale</title>
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				<dc:creator>Kazuo Ichijo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Channel Success: Why vending machines continue to thrive in Asia</title>
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				<dc:creator>Patrick Reinmoeller</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The Chinese market is essential for On’s long-term success</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Manufacturing’s future: The view from Shenzhen</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Democratizing digital: how a customer focus brought mobiles to the masses</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>China’s succession panic is a wake-up call for families everywhere</title>
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				<dc:creator>Peter Vogel, Yunfei Feng, Lise Møller</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...]]></description>
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				<title>Supply Chain Q&#038;A: Living with change</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Asia 2022: 5 trends to watch</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Hong Kong: a city on hold </title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>For Fumio Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ to succeed, Japan’s PM must offer more than nostalgia</title>
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				<dc:creator>Kazuo Ichijo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 11:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Japan has a serious problem with cultivating and retaining talent, says IMD professor of Innovation and Leaders...]]></description>
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				<title>How to enter China and win: lessons from failure</title>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Ulrich , Lele Sang</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Becoming China-ready</title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The biggest risk of all is not engaging with China for the sake of innovation, sustainability, strategy, and understanding....]]></description>
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				<title>China: What comes next when ideology trumps the economy? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Jörg Wuttke </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Hard facts about Chinese companies: Unearthing the art of being competitive in a Chinese market</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Yueyuan Selina Xue, Wei Wei, Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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