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Investor and advisor in tech, Asia and beyond. www.duncanclark.com

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With video this timeโ€ฆ

03.03.2026 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In this time of conflict, it's good to seek solace in nature. Filmed mid-January this #duncansdispatch from Yucatรกn Mexico includes highlights from a wonderful 12 day trip with Amy Tan featuring an incredible variety of birds on a trip curated by Keith and Patricia @bird_hansen with @mooyam_photo

03.03.2026 13:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More scenes in this #DuncansDispatch from a trip last month to Mexico City, an endlessly fascinating and incredibly welcoming city. A city that has so far has been spared the unrest experienced by other states across the country in the past few days. Hoping that calm returns everywhere soon.

23.02.2026 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
China's Rising AI Billionaires Chinaโ€™s rising AI billionaires are challenging US dominance โ€” and building huge fortunes on the back of the nationโ€™s quest for tech independence

The โ€œquiet geeksโ€leading Chinaโ€™s AI boom, a useful overview by Bloomberg

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

13.02.2026 09:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ„Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ…

25.12.2025 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Reflecting last month on the past at the Asia Society India Centre in Mumbai on this episode of #DuncansDispatch. Thank you @asiasocietyic and @inakshisobti for the invite. Watch the full Year in Review 2025 asiasociety.org/video/year-r...

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24.12.2025 12:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On this weekโ€™s #DuncansDispatch, weโ€™re in Mumbai ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Come with me as I wander through the #ArtDeco buildings lining Marine Drive and dodge the cricketers at the #OvalMaidan
Stay tuned for next weekโ€™s Dispatch, and my talk at the Asia Society India Centre @asiasocietyic.

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18.12.2025 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On this weekโ€™s #DuncansDispatch from Portoroลพ, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, I spoke at @FInance.siโ€™s 27th PKP Conference
My talk focused on Chinaโ€™s #OpenSourceAI landscape

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28.11.2025 11:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At Asia Society panel, experts discuss Indiaโ€™s reading of Trump, rise of AI & split-screen economies he Asia Society India Centreโ€™s panel discussion, 'Year in Review: Tariffs, Turbulence and a Turn in the East' was held on 24 November at Mumbaiโ€™s National Centre for Performing Arts.

How India is looking afresh at the U.S., China. A pleasure to join this panel in Mumbai hosted by Asia Society India this past Monday theprint.in/india/at-asi...

27.11.2025 07:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Rise, Fall and Return of Jack Ma
The Rise, Fall and Return of Jack Ma YouTube video by CNBC International

Great piece by CNBCโ€™s Arjun Kharpal on how Jack Ma came in from the cold (sort of). With some inputs by me recorded in London when I had an actual cold ha.

youtu.be/jHL95qTz62o?...

25.11.2025 03:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BDA China's Clark on China's Technology Landscape Duncan Clark, Chairman and Founder of BDA China, says China is a highly dynamic and competitive market for tech companies and that Chinese talent is a global asset. He speaks with David Ingles and Yvo...

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21.11.2025 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The business behind Alibaba: How Chinaโ€™s tech titan makes billions From a Hangzhou startup to a global tech powerhouse, uncover the strategies that turned Alibaba into a multi-billion-dollar empire.

Insightful feature on Alibaba from CNBC Senior Tech Reporter Arjun Kharpal.

Founded in 1999 Alibaba is just 26 years in to the cheeky 102 year mission Jack Ma gave the company to span the 20th, 21st and 22nd centuriesโ€ฆ

www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...

20.11.2025 20:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In this weekโ€™s DuncansDispatch we visit Clerkenwell in London to visit locations featured in the hit Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, the British spy drama adapted from Mick Herronโ€™s Slough House novels.

Follow in the footsteps of the notoriously unhealthy Jackson Lamb, including breakfast at Beppes

16.11.2025 17:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘“ A murder mystery in old Beijingโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”Ž
On this episode of #DuncansDispatch, we join Paul French author of #MidnightinPeking for a walking tour of the key locations in the unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner. Thanks @wildchina.bsky.social

10.11.2025 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When you've got to go, you've got to goโ€ฆ but finding a clean, comfortable restroom in the city can be a real challenge.

In this #DuncansDispatch from NYC we are exploring how @yedi.app (a start-up I'm backing launching its consumer app in coming weeks) is redefining the public restroom experience.

27.10.2025 08:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ New episode of #DuncansDispatch - this time from ๆฒ–็ธ„ Okinawa ๐ŸŒบ and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).
Shoutout to Koshu Kunii, General Partner at Lifetime Ventures ๐Ÿ‘“

#StartupEcosystem #Biotech #Climatetech #Innovation #Sustainability #ScienceMeetsNature #JapanTravel #MetaRayBan

05.10.2025 12:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Innovation in China โ€” After the 'DeepSeek moment' Podcast Episode ยท China In Context ยท 10/03/2025 ยท 39m

Good to join from Beijing another Duncan - Duncan Hewitt - on his podcast 'China in Context' for SOAS University of London to chat China tech, AI and all the rest...

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03.10.2025 23:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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02.10.2025 01:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rest of World Welcomes Gordon Saft as Next Publisher Itโ€™s a big day at Rest of World, as we share the news that Gordon Saft will become our next Publisher. Gordon brings a wealth of experience across media, technology and innovation.

restofworld.org/inside/new-p...

02.10.2025 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jack Ma Returns With a Vengeance to โ€˜Make Alibaba Great Againโ€™ Chinaโ€™s most recognizable entrepreneur is back, making bold bets and pushing AI.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

16.09.2025 04:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
20.07.2025 05:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What China wants from Europe As the US abandons the world order it built, China builds its own โ€” how should Europe respond?

on.ft.com/4nSibXx What China wants from Europe

Great piece by the FT's Simon Kuper quoting a number of our @asiasociety.org France @salzburgglobal.bsky.social China Summer Summit speakers

Will be in the magazine section this weekend if you want to get off your (made in China) devices :)

17.07.2025 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Looking forward to co-hosting in Paris the inaugural China Summer Summit on July 9th with new Asia Society France Co-Chair Lionel de Saint-Exupรฉry and event co-organizers Salzburg Global and ASPI's Center for China Analysis.

Great line-up with more to come! Email rnahas@asiasociety.org for info.

22.04.2025 18:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Eddie is winning plaudits internally for having trimmed the old and built the new. Jack [Ma] and Joe [Tsai] ultimately made the decision to bet on him and it's paying off"

www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc...

28.03.2025 05:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns, 5 years after largely disappearing from public view NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Duncan Clark about the return of Jack Ma, founder of online Chinese retailer Alibaba. The tech exec had gone quiet after comments critical of China in 2020.

In other news... sharing thoughts this morning on NPR's Weekend Edition on the significance of Jack Ma's return to a greater degree of prominence in China

www.npr.org/2025/03/01/n...

01.03.2025 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...

15.01.2025 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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24.12.2024 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A point the great @sabfis3.bsky.social was making to me in Berlin a couple of days ago. See also her forthcoming book - โ€œChauvinismโ€

03.12.2024 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rest of World welcomes Duncan Clark to our Board of Directors We are thrilled to announce that Duncan Clark has joined the Rest of World Board of Directors. Duncan is the Chairman of BDA, an investment advisory firm he founded in 1994. After four years at Morgan...

Excited to join the Board of Rest of World, which with c. 86% of the population outside the West is a big Rest :) restofworld.org/inside/rest-...

03.12.2024 16:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wonderful 'Laowai Lounge' ่€ๅค–้ฅญๅฑ€ 2nd edition tonight from @asiasocietyfrance.bsky.social at the amazing Imperial Treasure Paris

28.11.2024 23:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0