Chinese Cars Are Now In Canada: What Happens Next? Freda Wang, Former Senior Executive at Mercedes-Benz (Canada and China).
Last week, Geely proudly announced that it was the first Chinese automaker to officially enter the Canadian market. BYD, Chery and others are right on their tail, ready to deliver their full range of ...
15 Okt 48min
What's Causing China's Car Export Explosion? Jorge Guajardo, Partner, DGA Global
China's automotive manufacturing machine is extraordinary, featuring a concentration of scale and firepower never before seen in the past century. Consider these numbers: China manufactures more cars ...
2 Jul 56min
Who Is Xi Jinping And What Does He Want? Joseph Torigian, Author, The Party's Interests Come First
What do we really know about Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao? Answer: Incredibly little. Xi is the embodiment of inscrutability, the ultimate poker face. And second, the ...
30 Jan 47min
Why It's So Hard to Fix China's Overcapacity and Brutal Price Wars. Lizzi Lee, Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute
Our guest today, Lizzi Lee, is smart, daring and unconventional. After earning a PhD in economics from MIT, Lizzi Lee took a bold right turn and dove into research and writing. A few weeks ago, Lizzi ...
11 Des 202552min
Chinese Automakers Are Pouring Into Mexico. Luis Lozano, Former CEO, Toyota de Mexico.
Earlier this year, I enjoyed a delicious lunch in Mexico City with Luis Lozano, the former CEO of Toyota de Mexico. Luis immediately impressed me with his knowledge of the Mexican car market, the sho...
7 Des 202532min
Trade Truce: The Calm Before Bigger U.S-China Storms. Jorge Guajardo, former Ambassador of Mexico to China and partner at DGA Global
President Trump and President Xi, the two most powerful men in the world, met last week in Korea to try to, basically, calm things down. China had just flexed its muscles, threatening to limit the e...
6 Nov 202552min
How China Captured Apple. Patrick McGee, Author, Apple in China
Here's a question I get a lot. How did China get so good so fast. People with front line experience in the People's Republic talk about something called the China arc. Chinese leaders identify your c...
28 Aug 202556min
What Western Business Leaders Misunderstand About China – Insights from Mitchell Presnick, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Fairbank Center
Dazed, bruised and confused. That's how leaders of global automakers and suppliers operating in China feel these days. Since 2020, they have seen their once formidable China sales and profit machines ...
21 Aug 202555min
