To help ring in the Chinese New Year — and with 2017 being the Year of the Rooster — China’s Shanxi province has turned Trump into a giant rooster. The giant “Trump Rooster” statue features a rooster that looks startlingly like the president-elect. It has Trump’s infamous hair, angry scowl, and even the same hand gestures. More...
Kissinger Strikes Optimistic Tone About Trump-China Relations, Arbor Ventures Inks 3rd Israeli Deal, Singapore Startup IPOs In HK, India VC Firms Look To Ditch Some Portfolio Companies
Siilcon Dragon presents VC of the Year Award to Xing Liu of Sequoia Capital China.
China startups are back at it again, seeking super-high valuations. HTC Vive and Alibaba break barriers. India VC and startup scene cools.
China’s Growing Soft Power in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, LeEco’s Cash Woes Lead To Slowdown
Silicon Dragon 2017 Events Calendar: San Francisco, Tel Aviv, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney, New York, LA, Shanghai, Singapore
Redpoint does its first China-specific fund, LeEco bids to be media content and distribution powershouse in the U.S., Sequoia hires its first female partner, Wipro make a U.S. deal with cloud service acquisition in Indiana.
Silicon Dragon Weekly Digest: It was a head-spinning week of China deals and venture featuring Baidu, Alibaba plus a KKR affiliate in India doing a deal with a Netflix rival.
There’s little doubt that VR and AR are going mainsteam, leading to a fourth wave of consumer technology change fed by massive investment in the sector such as the massive $794 million round for MagicLeap in 2014. A record $2.3 billion has been invested in virtual and augmented reality startups in the last 12 months, with the...
Women in venture capital are getting ahead faster in China than in the U.S. Why? How? Check out this video with 3 top lady VCs: Jenny Lee, Melissa Guzy and Anna Fang.
Making news this week: Kai-Fu Lee’s new $674 million for US-China startups, Tencent’s music streaming deal, disruptions by VR led by China, and Amazon-FlipKart market share battle not over yet.
Weekly Digest: Zuckerberg’s foundation Invests In Indian education startup, Kickstarter Launches in Hong Kong and Singapore, CDH backs Chinese co-working space Fountown.
Tech Titans of China: How China's Tech Sector is Challenging the World by Innovating Faster, Working Harder and Going Global (Hachette Book Group, 2019, 2nd edition 2026)
Silicon Heartland (Penguin Random House, 2022)
Startup Asia: Top Strategies for Cashing in on Asia's Innovation Boom
Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race
