Event Details
WHAT: "DeepSeek and Jack Ma's Return: Is China Tech Poised for a Revival?" featuring FT's Eleanor Olcott with Duncan Clark
WHEN: March 12, Wednesday 7.00 - 8.00 PM Beijing time
WHERE: La Maison Lyonnaise 2F, 44 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
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MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: Join Eleanor and Duncan for a discussion about recent developments in China tech, from the sudden overnight explosion in popularity of Xiaohongshu to DeepSeek's dramatic progress in large language models and Beijing's outreach to tech titans in an attempt to bolster the economy. After four years of bruised confidence following a regulatory crackdown and pandemic crisis, will 2025 be the year that things finally turn around for China's beleaguered tech sector? FT tech journalist Eleanor Olcott will be in discussion with her former mentor Duncan Clark. This promises to be a lively chat between an industry insider and a journalist sharing the latest gossip on the runners and riders in China tech and predicting what recent rapid developments mean for the rest of the world.
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Eleanor Olcott is the FT's China Technology Correspondent in Beijing. She covers China's AI industry, internet giants and hardware players. She regularly breaks news on some of the most important corporate names in China tech, including ByteDance, DeepSeek, Huawei, Shein and HongShan. Eleanor is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University. She previously worked as a China Policy Analyst at the financial research firm TS Lombard.
MORE ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Duncan Clark O.B.E is founder and Chairman of BDA (www.bda.com), a technology investment firm he founded in 1994 after four years as a tech investment banker at Morgan Stanley. An early advisor to China Internet founders, his book 'Alibaba - The House That Jack Ma Built' has appeared in over 36 languages. He recently joined the board of restofworld.org, is a global board member of the Asia Society (also chairing Asia Society France), Vice Chair of the China-Britain Business Council and in Japan, where he is building a new presence, was appointed last year to the Board of Councillors of OIST.jp
HOW MUCH: RMB 200 for members of RASBJ and of partner RAS branches; RMB 300 for non-members. Nibbles and a welcome drink are included. You may find payment by Alipay easier than by Wechat. You can also pay by credit card. Interested in becoming an RASBJ member? Please sign up at https://rasbj.org/membership/
HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: No later than noon on March 10, please click "Register" or "I will attend" and follow the instructions. After successful registration you will receive a confirmation email. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder. Registrations for those who have not paid by March 10 may be cancelled.
Members of partner RAS Branches: Please register 72 hours in advance of the deadline to allow time for membership verification.
REFUND POLICY: Attendees will be refunded in full if the event is cancelled or postponed by RASBJ.
