China, e-commerce, AI and technology
- The Dutch Investors
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
Name: John Lin
Country of residence: The Netherlands
Record date: Dec 3rd, 2025
China is changing global markets, and we wanted to understand how, why, and what comes next. So we sat down with someone who’s lived and worked on both sides of the story: John Lin, Dutch-born Chinese keynote speaker and strategist in e-commerce and innovation.
From Alibaba to Amazon, from dark factories to AI, from the rise of BYD to the global expansion of Pinduoduo and Tmall, John has seen firsthand how fast things move in China and why the West keeps underestimating it.
In this conversation, John breaks down:
why Chinese companies grow at a pace that feels almost unreal,
how competition works in a market with hundreds of serious players,
what Western investors consistently get wrong,
how e-commerce giants think about strategy,
why China’s AI ecosystem is taking a very different path than Silicon Valley,
and what the rise of Chinese tech means for Europe, the U.S. and for us.
The Chinese are coming. Enjoy.
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