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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Thomas Derksen, a German entrepreneur who has lived in China for over a decade. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I have been living in China since 2016 and own a market intelligence business.There’s so…

Micro dramas are entering their Hollywood phase as new players aim to give the format the star treatment.The latest example is Tommy Harper, a prolific film producer whose credits include “Star Wars” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”Harper is going small for his next act. He’s launching VeYou, an app for the…

When Ryan Lake and Stephen Rooney scan a bar menu, they might spot a drink they once evaluated — or helped sell.The JPMorgan bankers cover the beverage industry, talking to everyone from executives to beer distributors to lawyers to retailers to figure out where consumer tastes are headed.After a slowdown…

For the past few weeks, China has been swept up in a “lobster” craze. Loading audio narration… Chinese users rushed to install OpenClaw on their devices, even forming long lines outside Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen and Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing to get engineers to help install the AI agent. Others…

Everything old is new again — and on playgrounds across America, that means Pokémon cards are back. Loading audio narration… Pokémon was the No. 1 toy property globally last year, generating $2.5 billion in the US, up 87% from 2024, according to a report from market research firm Circana. As…