HWM Singapore – June 2019

2 HWM | JUNE 2019

Whenwestartedthisissue,Chinese

investmentsintoglobalbrandswereatan

alltimehigh.It wasa good strategy. Western

technologybrandswantedinto the hugely

untappedChinesemarket,while the China

wantedtoexpandglobally.This was the

trendswesawwiththemajor international

tradeshowscreatedChinese editions; CES

Asia,MWCShanghai,CEChina.

However,thestigmaofChinese in uence

stuckaround.Inmanufacturing, Made in

Chinawasstillconsideredinferior, and

Chinesebrandsjustdidn’thave the prestige.

Butwitha hugeeconomy,China bought

it’swayintotheglobalstage as silent

investors.Doreadthisissue’s cover story

tondoutmore.

ButasI writethisnote,the U.S. - China

tradewarhasescalatedtohave direct impact

onthetechmarket.I would never have

thoughtthatHWMwouldone day weigh in

onthepoliticallandscape.The Huawei trade

banhighlightedjusthowmuch Intellectual

Propertyandtechnologytransfer is bigger

thanmanufacturing.Bythe time you read

this,thewholeissuecouldvery well have

beenresolvedaspoliticalposturing, but

regardless,thenextthreemonths will be

closelywatched.

ZacharyChan

Editor

JUNE 2019

ED’S NOTE

ON THE COVER

PICTUREHOW CHINA SNUCK UP ON THE TECH WORLD

PHOTO (BACKGROUND) 123RF ART DIRECTION & DIGITAL IMAGING ASHRUDDIN SANI

All prices quoted in this magazine are in Singapore Dollars (SGD), unless otherwise speci ed.

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