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font-weight: bold; color: #597274; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Inside Asia Podcast</a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> with additional insights, links, and recommendations.</span> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&#xa0;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">This week we take the long view on technology in Asia by considering the interplay of three key themes:</span></div> <div><br></div> <ol> <li style="font-size: 14px; margin-left: 12em;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The rise of Artificial Intelligence</span></li> <li style="font-size: 14px; margin-left: 12em;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">China tech sector investment, and</span></li> <li style="font-size: 14px; margin-left: 12em;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Asia&#x2019;s uncanny ability to leapfrog through adaptation of cutting edge solutions</span></li> </ol> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&#xa0;</span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;">To help explain the convergence of these three trends we point you to two recent </span><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">Inside Asia</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> episodes with </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barrat-01a30a56/" target="_blank" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="e8646ec0-6a89-11e8-ad80-d4ae529a8575" style="font-size: 14px; color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">James Barrat </a><span style="font-size: 14px;">(AI) and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-fannin-533128/" target="_blank" data-segment-action="add" data-segment-id="e8646ec0-6a89-11e8-ad80-d4ae529a8575" style="font-size: 14px; color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Rebecca Fannin </a><span style="font-size: 14px;">(China tech) highlighted at the bottom of this newsletter.</span> </div> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="min-width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" width="100%" align="" valign="top"> <div class="gl-contains-divider"> <table class="editor-divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" align="center" valign="top"> <table width="100%" class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="cursor: default; 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font-size: 14px; color: #6F6E6E; text-align: left; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"> <div></div> <div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Asia Learns to Leapfrog</span></div></div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="min-width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" width="100%" align="" valign="top"> <div class="gl-contains-text"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="editor-text editor-text " align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #6F6E6E; text-align: left; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"> <div></div> <div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">For the past quarter of a century countries and corporations throughout the region have taken positive advantage of cutting edge technologies to virtually leapfrog the more developed markets of North America and Europe. Nowhere is this more evident than in the build-out of core infrastructure including transportation, power, water and telecommunications. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&#xa0;</span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Trillions of dollars were spent by the U.S. Canada and Western Europe in the second half of the 20</span><sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; mso-text-raise: 30%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 14px;"> century, compared to a fraction of that amount spent by Asian countries in the roll-out of more nimble and ubiquitous mobile phone networks. In other words, Asia achieved in five years what it took the rest of the world 50 years to accomplish. That&#x2019;s thanks to advances in telecom innovation, greenfield markets, and enlightened regulatory regimes. Of course, by delivering on incrementally lower voice and data networks, countries laid the groundwork for the rapid development of all major industries spanning financial services, manufacturing, retail, and much, much more.</span> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&#xa0;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">While core infrastructure shows signs of wear and tear in the West, Asia&#x2019;s infrastructure achievements from modern airports to renewable energy power projects are establishing new infrastructure benchmarks and laying the groundwork for further economic expansion. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&#xa0;</span></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;">Asia&#x2019;s ambitions in this regard have been made clear with industrial policy proclamations via the &#x201c;Made in China 2025&#x201d; and the &#x201c;Belt and Road Initiative.&#x201d; China is setting out to establish itself as the technology and infrastructure vanguard of the 21</span><sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; mso-text-raise: 30%;">st</sup><span style="font-size: 14px;"> century, but as history shows, it takes more than money, grit and political declarations to make it happen. Which brings me to our latest episode with </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-fannin-533128/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px; color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Rebecca Fannin</a><span style="font-size: 14px;">, Founder of Silicon Dragon Ventures. Rebecca has spent more than a decade monitoring and writing about the evolution of China as a technology powerhouse. Our conversation left me with a few thoughts. </span> </div> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="min-width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" width="100%" align="" valign="top"> <div class="gl-contains-text"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="editor-text " align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #6F6E6E; text-align: left; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"> <div></div> <div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> <div>Let&#x2019;s start with the tech playing field. It&#x2019;s changed significantly since a figure like Jack Ma burst onto the scene to take the digital world by storm. I&#x2019;m not suggesting it was simply a matter of early entry and good fortune. Jack&#x2019;s a tenacious and gritty entrepreneur who worked hard and beat the odds. I remember inviting him to Singapore in 1998 to join a panel of eCommerce entrepreneurs at a time when the industry was in its infancy. I watched in amazement as he won hearts and minds with his visionary &#x2013; some might have said outlandish &#x2013; predictions for our digital future.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>Jack had a lot to offer, but perhaps most importantly, he had story. That was enough to win investment support from gold-plated investors like <a href="https://www.goldmansachs.com" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Goldman Sachs</a>, <a href="https://eightroads.com/en/" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Fidelity (EightRoads)</a>, and <a href="https://www.softbank.jp/en/" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Softbank</a>. Put those names on your masthead and it&#x2019;s like telling the Hashemites that the one true God is on your side. OK. That&#x2019;s probably giving these guys too much credit, but you get my point.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>In her book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010SKTD4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Silicon Dragon</a>, Rebecca gives us her take on <a href="https://www.alibabagroup.com/en/global/home" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Alibaba</a>, but as she points out in our conversation, these are different days. The room is crowded with Alibaba wannabes and even more crowded with heavy-breathing investors who want a piece of the China tech dream. It&#x2019;s too much money chasing too few deals, as the saying goes.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>The character of that money has changed as well. Today, China&#x2019;s entrepreneurs voice preference for homegrown vs. the overseas variety. That&#x2019;s because Chinese venture and corporate investors offer or portend to offer what China&#x2019;s entrepreneurs crave most &#x2013; the right connections at all the right levels.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>Interestingly enough, this shift coincides with the moment when the big China tech companies are setting their sights on going global. Of the world&#x2019;s tech giants, China holds nine of the top 20 spots. Alibaba &#x2013; ranked sixth in the world &#x2013; is biting at the heels of Facebook, ranked 5<sup style="line-height: 0; font-size: 70%; mso-text-raise: 30%;">th</sup>. And while Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google still dominate, other China companies like <a href="https://www.tencent.com/en-us/" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Tencent</a>, <a href="http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-irhome" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Baidu</a>, <a href="https://www.mi.com/en/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">Xiaomi</a> and <a href="http://www.jd.com" target="_blank" style="color: #597274; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">JD.com</a> are making big strides.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>Which isn&#x2019;t to say that China&#x2019;s tech boom is a <span style="font-style: italic;">fait accompli.</span> Barriers to growth loom large and include a burgeoning trade war with the US, accusations of intellectual property theft, privacy and regulatory challenges that go hand-in-hand with international operations. And of course, that thorny issue of leadership &#x2013; Chinese CEOs and their top team who know that to succeed globally you have to act locally. It&#x2019;s not that they can&#x2019;t. US, Japanese, and European companies have faced similar challenges through the years. Some figure it out and some don&#x2019;t.&#xa0;</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>In these heady days of change and disruption, it&#x2019;s more than ever about adaptability and here I&#x2019;m talking about adapting to new markets ruled by cultures, regulations, and guidelines entirely different from those governing the Mainland.</div> <div>&#xa0;</div> <div>I&#x2019;m not trying to take anything away from Alibaba&#x2019;s of the world and I&#x2019;m certainly not saying that tech innovation isn&#x2019;t a determining factor for success, but as someone who&#x2019;s spent the past decade recruiting and coaching senior executives, I would argue that companies and investors alike continue to undervalue the importance of enlightened and dynamic leadership.</div> <div><br></div> <div>If China&#x2019;s tech companies are to prove themselves internationally, building diversity, hiring locally, and encouraging more dynamic vs. hierarchical leadership structures are essential ingredients. In other words, in an environment where innovation operates at breakneck, dizzying speed, the human dimension - embodied by the charismatic CEO &#x2013; may prove to be the key determining factor in China&#x2019;s quest for global tech dominance. 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