The New Tech Titans of China
On sale
7th May 2026
Price: £16.99
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Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China’s grab for super power status, and predictions for China’s tech dominance in just 10 years.
The rise of China’s tech companies and intense competition from the sector is just beginning. This will present an ongoing management and strategy challenge for companies for many years to come. Tech Titans of China is the go-to-guide for companies (and those interested in competition from China) seeking to understand China’s grand tech ambitions, who the players are and what their strategy is. Fannin, a leading expert on the Chinese tech sector, is an internationally-recognized journalist, author and speaker. Through her company, Silicon Dragon, Fannin hosts 12 live events annually for business leaders, venture capitalists, start-up founders, and others impacted by or interested in the Chinese tech industry.
The rise of China’s tech companies and intense competition from the sector is just beginning. This will present an ongoing management and strategy challenge for companies for many years to come. Tech Titans of China is the go-to-guide for companies (and those interested in competition from China) seeking to understand China’s grand tech ambitions, who the players are and what their strategy is. Fannin, a leading expert on the Chinese tech sector, is an internationally-recognized journalist, author and speaker. Through her company, Silicon Dragon, Fannin hosts 12 live events annually for business leaders, venture capitalists, start-up founders, and others impacted by or interested in the Chinese tech industry.
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You must read this book if you want to know where Chinese tech - from EVs to drones to robots to batteries to super-apps to e-commerce and all forms of AI - is headed in this era of cut-throat competition and poisonous geopolitics? Rebecca Fannin, with her singular insights and insider knowledge from decades of chronicling Chinese tech titans and their VC partners, takes the reader on a clear-eyed trek across today's perilous landscape where Chinese tech is besieged but also quickly catching up and sometimes surpassing global competitors.
Rebecca Fannin has done something few western journalists have done - spend meaningful time with the Chinese entrepreneurs responsible for catalyzing China's innovation engine. She captures the spirit and struggles of being an entrepreneur in China as well as their
Rebecca Fannin offers a sweeping, insider's view of China's evolving tech ecosystem-one that continues to surprise and outpace expectations. As someone who spent nearly two decades on the front lines at Alibaba, I find her new edition a valuable resource for business leaders seeking to understand the complexities and dynamism of China's innovation engine. Whether you're navigating global expansion or decoding market shifts, this book offers practical insight with real-world relevance.
Rebecca Fannin's New Tech Titans of China is an important wakeup call for America and other advanced nations competing China. Tech Titans clearly explains how China is accelerating ahead in technology leadership, including in key technologies of the future including the Internet economy, AI, electric vehicles, drones and robots. Business leaders and policymakers need to read this book to understand the China tech challenge and what to do to not lose.
I met Rebecca back in early 2000's while chasing my American dotcom dream in Beijing. Her decades-long experience covering China technology sector gave her unique insights on the rise of Chinese technology industry. As China is surpassing US in EVs, drones and robots and catching up on AI, the question remains- and I hope her next book will be about -what the best strategies are for US industrial and global talent policies to sustain US AI leadership.
Chinese tech titans are key actors on the world stage. Both China hawks and China doves need to understand companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent. Rebecca Fannin's book is a great place to start.
In the exhilarating age of drones, robots, and monumental tech innovation, Rebecca Fannin's book brilliantly chronicles the high-stakes showdown for tech leadership between the US and China, providing a quick, educational and compelling read.
Few have chronicled the constant transformation of China's fast-moving tech world as long as Rebecca, and this timely update captures the most important shifts shaping its dynamic current chapter.
Rebecca's insights help one stretch their thinking and strategy deeper than ever possible without her dynamic points of view.