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China in the New World

Why global companies must put China at the core of their global plans

Edward Tse
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The globalization that swept across the world from the 1990s to mid-2010s is over. In its place have come growing protectionism, geopolitical tensions, and a decline in the importance of multilateral bodies such as the World Trade Organization.

But while many countries are now turning in on themselves, one continues to turn outwards: building on its achievements of the last four-plus decades, China is now engaging with the world like never before.

In today’s increasingly multipolar world, China’s influence is on the rise. Its leading companies, tempered in China’s large and hyper-competitive markets, now stand at the forefront of technological change and innovation across an increasing number of industries.

Building on its dominance of global manufacturing, China is becoming an exporter of capital, technology, services, and knowledge. Across many industries, its companies are becoming the setters of global standards. Its advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data are making it central to the development of next-generation supply chains. Its advances in financial technologies, combined with the increasing internationalization of the renminbi, are putting it at the heart of new cross-border payment and settlement systems.

In China in the New World, Edward Tse explains how China became the economic power it is today, how its role in global business will continue to expand, and how companies must rethink their global strategies in what will be an increasingly China-relevant global economy.

Published: Oct/2025

ISBN: 9789815295429

Length: 256 Pages

China in the New World

Why global companies must put China at the core of their global plans

Edward Tse

The globalization that swept across the world from the 1990s to mid-2010s is over. In its place have come growing protectionism, geopolitical tensions, and a decline in the importance of multilateral bodies such as the World Trade Organization.

But while many countries are now turning in on themselves, one continues to turn outwards: building on its achievements of the last four-plus decades, China is now engaging with the world like never before.

In today’s increasingly multipolar world, China’s influence is on the rise. Its leading companies, tempered in China’s large and hyper-competitive markets, now stand at the forefront of technological change and innovation across an increasing number of industries.

Building on its dominance of global manufacturing, China is becoming an exporter of capital, technology, services, and knowledge. Across many industries, its companies are becoming the setters of global standards. Its advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data are making it central to the development of next-generation supply chains. Its advances in financial technologies, combined with the increasing internationalization of the renminbi, are putting it at the heart of new cross-border payment and settlement systems.

In China in the New World, Edward Tse explains how China became the economic power it is today, how its role in global business will continue to expand, and how companies must rethink their global strategies in what will be an increasingly China-relevant global economy.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Edward Tse

Edward Tse is a widely acclaimed leading business strategist and thought leader in China. Born and raised in Hong Kong and educated in the United States, he has more than 30 years of management consulting and senior corporate management experience.

Tse is the Founder and CEO of Gao Feng Advisory Company, a China-rooted strategic consultancy established in 2014. He began his consultancy career at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s he moved to China to work as Managing Partner for China at Boston Consulting Group and then as Managing Partner and Chairman for Greater China for Booz & Company (previously Booz Allen Hamilton).

He has consulted to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Chinese and Shanghai governments. He has served on the boards of several Chinese companies and a China-focused international investment trust. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Hong and Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Professor of Managerial Practice at Beijing’s Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Tse has written two previous books about China in English, China’s Disruptors (2015) and The China Strategy (2010). He has also written four books in Chinese: Direction (2007), Surpass (2012), The New Frontier of Competition (2020, co-authored with Yu Huang) and Strategic Thinking in the Era of Mega Changes (2022). His articles have appeared in publications including Harvard Business Review, Washington Post, Forbes, and South China Morning Post.