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'U.S. targeting of Chinese tech firms a dangerous election-year stunt'
The U.S. offensive against Chinese tech companies and apps in recent months is a "dangerous election-year stunt" which will have far-reaching consequences even for American big tech companies, according to a veteran American innovation expert and author who is keenly Read more
Alipay's parent company becomes world's biggest IPO
Ant Group, the parent company of China's mobile payment giant Alipay, now has the world's biggest Initial Public Offering (IPO), after releasing details for its IPO on Monday Watch Rich Turrin Interview on CGTN Shanghai Read more
Currency War: Will China's e-RMB fade out dollar's global sheen?
To understand the various facets of China's digital currency that has the potential to revolutionize global trade and finance, CGTN's International Editor Abhishek G Bhaya spoke with Shanghai-based American FinTech expert Richard Turrin. Read Full Article & View the CGTN Read more
CGTN Panel discussion on Ant Group and Regulators
A discussion about Ant and some of the regulator's motivations behind cancelling Ant's "world's largest" IPO. Read more
AI Implementation in China A Day in the Life of Shanghai
Aug 20, 2020: AI Implementation in China: A Day in the Life of Shanghai held at the 6th Fintech & Financing Conference FFCON20 DIGITAL RISE co-hosted by NCFA, TFI and partners; a virtual and interactive 8 week curated online event Read more
5G: A world divided in digital spheres of influence Richard Turrin
Both China and the United States are widely believed to be at the forefront of the 5G technology, causing anxiety in the U.S. about losing its unique leadership. Richard Turrin, author of the best-selling "Innovation Lab Excellence," who previously headed Read more
China's 5G lead, a 'Sputnik moment' for U.S.
"5G is the foundation technology of our digital future [encompassing] all the countries in the planet. China is clearly adopting 5G before any other country and has a tremendous lead. This is like the Sputnik moment for the West," Richard Read more
CGTN Interview: Innovative China drives the global AI revolution
To understand the dynamics of the global AI industry and the role both China and the U.S. are playing in this highly contested sector, CGTN Digital's International Editor Abhishek G Bhaya spoke with Richard Turrin, the author of the best-selling Read more
What contributes to an innovative China?
Chinese government acknowledges that digital is important, and it is a very important part of our future," says Richard Turrin, the author of the best-selling "Innovation Lab Excellence." Read more
e-RMB: China gears up for digital payment 2.0
To find out what difference will the e-RMB make to the lives of people in China who are already used to digital transactions through Alipay and WeChat pay, CGTN's International Editor Abhishek G Bhaya spoke with Shanghai-based American FinTech expert Richard Turrin. Read more
A Day in the Digital Lives of Expats in Shanghai
Here is a vlog about a day in the digital lives of two expats in Shanghai! Thanks to Alvin Foo and Richard Turrin who shared an exciting day with us https://youtu.be/eIwHB6afLMw Read more
Fin­tech Played Crit­i­cal Role in Chi­na’s Con­tain­ment of COVID-19: Rich Tur­rin
Shang­hai-based fin­tech vet­eran Rich Tur­rin says that the wide­spread adop­tion of dig­i­tal pay­ments in China has played an in­stru­men­tal role in the coun­try’s ef­forts to con­tain the spread of COVID-19 through­out the first quar­ter of 2020. In an in­ter­view with Read more
Chi­na’s New Dig­i­tal Cur­rency Will Fos­ter Hi-tech In­ter­na­tion­al­i­sa­tion of the Ren­minbi: Rich Tur­rin
Shang­hai-based fin­tech vet­eran Rich Tur­rin says that the launch of Chi­na’s new cen­tral bank dig­i­tal cur­rency (CBDC) will serve to greatly ex­pe­dite the in­ter­na­tion­al­i­sa­tion of the ren­minbi. In an in­ter­view with China Bank­ing News, Tur­rin said that one of the Read more
Chi­na’s Cen­tral Bank Dig­i­tal Cur­rency Won’t Be Blockchain-based or Ri­val to Ali­pay: Rich Tur­rin
Shang­hai-based fin­tech vet­eran Rich Tur­rin says that de­spite the wide­spread as­so­ci­a­tion be­tween dis­trib­uted ledger tech­nol­ogy and cryp­tocur­ren­cies, Chi­na’s hotly awaited dig­i­tal ren­minbi will not be based on blockchain tech­nol­ogy. Shanghai-based fintech veteran Rich Turrin says that despite the widespread association Read more
How China's Beating the West in Innovation
...with Richard Turrin FinTech expert, author of "Innovation Lab Excellence" and former head of IBM's Cognitive Studio Episode Summary To many people in the West, China is thought of as a copyer rather than an innovator. However, according to today's Read more
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