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Happy belated CNY everyone - it's been a long (long) time since we have uploaded and we do apologize for the delay. A lot has been happening and we took some time off to focus on other things. However, we are now back with a new episode on the divergence of economies. These past 2 years have been nothing short of crazy. As the world slowly learns to live with COVID, it seems that there are other new realities that we need to live with as well. Inflation is one of them. 

In the US and in the western world in general, inflation is the latest trend (after the uproar of cryptos and NFT). Everyone is talking about it, everyone has a million and one opinion about it which is great. But in the meantime, China is not facing the same situation and has problems of its own. Take a dive with us as we try to understand how this divergence came to be and what does it mean for the future. 

What is the Metaverse? Metaverse is the internet but in 3D, sort of. Mark Zuckerberg calls it a ‘virtual environment’ where you can enter, connect or teleport instead of just staring at your screen and changing tabs or apps. In short, the Metaverse is a platform of endless virtual communities that are interconnected. After the renaming of Facebook to Meta, countless companies both in the West and in China have stepped out and jumped onto the Metaverse hype train. 

In this episode, we wanted to dive into what is the Metaverse and which players in China are best placed to benefit from it. 

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One of the most famous hotpot chains started in 1994, the chain rose to fame in the recent decade. After tremendous results during the beginning of Covid, ambitions were halted by deceiving results in recent months. 

In this episode, we wanted to discuss who is HaiDiLao, what helped become the biggest hotpot chain in the world, as well as what is 

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China Evergrande has been making the headlines globally as concerns over its financial position grow, with tremors being felt across financial markets all over the world. The company is the most indebted property developer in the world and has a debt of over $300bn that includes about $20bn in outstanding dollar bond debt. Many local banks and investors have significant exposure to Evergrande.

In this episode, we wanted to go through a quick overview about what the situation is all about, the key points but also what's beyond the financial aspect of it. 



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Ever since the aborted IPO of Ant Financial, the Tech sector has seen scrutiny from investors which was reflected in the Hong Kong stock market. The general consensus was that the Tech Sector should be subject to anti-monopolistic regulations. That was then translated into a series of guidelines and reforms. 

In today's episode, we wanted to cover certain areas that we found interesting such as the Fintech Sector, Data Security, Educational Platforms and Tech monopoly. 



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In recent years, the car marketplace is becoming increasingly popular. You can purchase a used car from a reputable marketplace and the car will be delivered to your address. In the US, you have Carvana, and Vroom which were listed in 2020 valued at a $5bn market cap - with less than 3% of the US used marketplace. In Southeast Asia, you have two big names Carro and Carsome



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