The New Tech Titans of China - by Rebecca Fannin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China's grab for superpower status, and forward-looking insights into the next decade of China's evolving tech dominance-including breakthroughs in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.

The rise of China's tech giants and the intensifying global competition from this sector is far from over. As geopolitical tensions rise and Western nations reassess their dependence on Chinese technologies, the landscape is growing more complex-and more urgent. From generative AI and digital currencies to the global reach of platforms like TikTok and Temu, China's influence continues to expand, often in defiance of growing regulatory pushback.

Tech Titans of China remains the go-to guide for those seeking to understand China's sweeping tech ambitions, the powerful companies behind them, and the bold strategies they're deploying-from chip self-sufficiency and surveillance tech to AI leadership and green innovation.

Rebecca Fannin, a leading expert on the Chinese tech sector, is an internationally recognized journalist, author, and speaker. Through her company, Silicon Dragon, Fannin continues to host global forums and connect business leaders, venture capitalists, startup founders, and others navigating the impact of China's rapidly shifting tech landscape and its increasingly contested place in the global economy.

Review Quotes

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.--Isaac Stone Fish Founder & CEO, Strategy Risks, Author of America Second

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.--Rui Ma, China Tech Analyst & Creator, TechBuzz China

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.--Joe Chen, Chairman and CEO, Oak Pacific Investment

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.--John E. Oden Principal & Co-Head of Family Offices, Asia, AllianceBerstein

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 extraordinary achievements.--Gary Rieschel, Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures Chair, Asia Society Northern California

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.--Brian A. Wong, Author of The Tao of Alibaba

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.--Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Rebecca's insights help one stretch their thinking and strategy deeper than ever possible without her dynamic points of view.--Purvi Gandhi, Managing Partner, Quain Investments

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.--Jim McGregor, Chairman, Greater China, APCO. Author of One Billion Customers

About the Author

Rebecca is an internationally recognized expert on tech innovation, venture capital, and US-China geopolitics. She is a journalist, public speaker, and author of five books including the pivotal titles Silicon Dragon and subsequent Tech Titans of China. She contributes to CNBC and Newsweek, and hosts a regular podcast. In 2010, she launched the ongoing media and events platform Silicon Dragon Ventures.