The words 'technology' and 'innovation' are almost automatically linked withAmerican companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Tesla or Amazon in most people's minds. But this association has created a huge blind spot in the West. While the world focuses on what is happening in Silicon Valley, the Chinese innovation train has left the station and is moving forward at high speed. Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are the well-known standard-bearers of this fast and furious innovation surge, but they...

China is leaping far higher than the West today-not by running faster, but by turning its innovation model on its head. Those who understand the new playing field will not just keep up, but in fact lead the race. China is rewriting the rules of business worldwide. Made in China has long shed its negative image: BYD has overtaken Tesla, flying cars and humanoid robots are no longer science fiction, China is the world's first electrostate, and the future of biotech, chemistry, and AI is bein...

By 2030, China will be the largest economy in the world. How is it that the country is overtaking the West in lots of areas? Does China have the wealthy West to thank for this? Or is it the result of a decisive collective society? Do the Chinese play by the rules? And what do the Chinese themselves think of the Party and the system?In the search for answers to these questions, opinions quickly get heated, and people often take a very firm position in either the positive or negative...