September 11, 2020 by Alice Wang, Ed Rowland and Alf Luo
Alf Luo, Alice Wang, China, COVID, COVID-19, dogs, Ed Rowland, pet, petcare
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: In the ninth installment of their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland, joined by longtime colleague and advisor Alf Luo, examine the impact of COVID on the Chinese pet care world accelerating trends already in place before the Pandemic. Part one is available here. Part two is available here. Part three is
July 21, 2020 by Alice Wang, Ed Rowland and Alf Luo
Alf Luo, Alice Wang, China, COVID-19, Ed Rowland
Leading Headlines, Opinion, Retail News
Editor’s note: In the eighth installment of their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland, now joined by longtime colleague and advisor Alf Luo, will examine the central cultural role of the mouth and how that continues to impact COVID-19 consumer healthcare purchasing patterns in sometimes surprising ways. Part one is available here. Part two
June 28, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, COVID-19, Ed Rowland
Leading Headlines, Opinion, Topics
Editor’s note: In the seventh installment of their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine the strategic use of digital coupons and how that system is enabling China to recover from the COVID-19 economic challenges. Did China use lessons from the past to solve a modern problem? China has been using a unique and
April 23, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alibaba, Alice Wang, China, COVID-19, Ed Rowland
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: In the sixth part of their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland look at the the carefully orchestrated process Alibaba Health used in returning to the workplace. It included numerous protocols and a lottery deciding the first returnees. Strict rules are in place and a new “normal” now exists. Part one is
April 9, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ed Rowland
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s Note: In the fifth part of their series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland look at the way surprising rumors can lead to hoarding. As in the United States, eggs seem to be one of the products involved. Part one is available here. Part two is available here. Part three is available here. Part four
March 25, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, COVID-19, Ed Rowland, QR code, quarantine
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s Note: In the fourth and final part of their series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine how China has identified healthy people and allowed some mobility. What could have been an administrative nightmare has been solved with digital simplicity: the QR code backed by large data analysis. Part one is available here. Part two
March 23, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ed Rowland, education
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: In the third part in their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine the coronavirus’ impact on China’s educational system and the 100 million Chinese students from pre-school through university now exclusively attending online classes. They examine how all the stakeholders– teachers, students, teaching Apps (DingTalk, the government-chosen teaching App provided by Alibaba) have adjusted. Part one
March 20, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
China, coronavirus, COVID-19, manufacturing
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: In the second part in their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine the coronavirus impact on China’s Manufacturing sector. Much of China has come to a standstill but there are some inspirational stories as well. (Part one is available here.) There’s a new gold in China: face masks. There’s also