China's New Normal

FOREWORD BY PETER HINSSEN
A guide for anyone who wants to understand the future
INTRODUCTION CHINA’S NEW NORMAL
China’s New Normal is very special
The S-curve of Western innovation
The N-curve of innovation
Speed is the new innovation
China as the New Normal for the West
Artificial intelligence makes China smarter
Eight New Normal industries
Egg or banana?
The Chinese puzzle

CHAPTER 1 SMART SECURITY
‘Unqualified’ Chinese?
The fourth industrial revolution 5G
A quantum leap
China’s new leaders
Chinese nature lovers
Expensive is better
Military catch-up
Military expansion
Facial recognition
A face-lift for the future
Comfort or control?
The crisis of social confidence
The blacklist
Open Sesame
Transparency
The master plan

CHAPTER 2 SMART MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Chinese fun
Data
Media
Artificial counsellors. A digital Sparta
Social control
The new media
Sport is good
The new Chinese heroes
Responsible games
Polarised harmony

CHAPTER 3 SMART RETAIL
China for aliens
A two-speed China
E-commerce
Context
The modern Chinese consumer
Social e-commerce
Consumer to business (C2B)
Daigou
KOL – key opinion leaders
Short-video
Omo-sapiens
New retail
Shopping is fun!

CHAPTER 4 SMART FINANCE & INSURANCE HNWI
Trust me with your money
Innovation is taking risks
Tick, tick, tick, tick, ...
Fintech boom
The state
Money is time
The ant that became a giant
Digital payment
Online lending
Peer-to-peer lending (P2P)
The new insurer is Chinese
Micro-affinity
The future of the bank

CHAPTER 5 SMART MOBILITY
Smarter cities
Distance or mobility?
A higher gear
With or without a car
Autonomous
Connected
Electrical
Shared
Exporting mobility

CHAPTER 6 SMART MANUFACTURING
Smart factory bosses
What is China’s secret?
Shanzhai
Micro-collaboration
Micro-innovation
Micro-enterprise
Micro-surgery
The Shenzhen miracle
Protection of intellectual property rights
Activate poor entrepreneurs
Smarter machines
Made in China 2025
The acceptance process

CHAPTER 7 SMART HEALTH
Hospitals
Trust in AI technology
The world’s medical factory
Digital health
Traditional thinking
China’s code for success
Is this responsible?
China’s visionaries
Data privacy
Hunger for biotech
Will China suffer the same fate as Japan?
Healthy China 2030?
How to feed 1.4 billion Chinese?
The biggest polluter
China saves the world

CHAPTER 8 SMART EDUCATION
Smart Education
Who am I?
More, please!
The reform of education
Education kills creativity
Creative Chinese
The school of the future
A mindset for the future
China’s real weapon is its children
The end of Chinese toys
Long-distance learning
My tailor is not rich. He’s smart
Steam and MOOC
Smart Chinese
CONCLUSION
East-West, where is best?
Rise like a phoenix!

HOMEWORK
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