The New Tech Titans of China

Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China’s grab for superpower status, and forward-looking insights into the next decade of China’s evolving tech dominance-including breakthroughs in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.

The rise of China’s tech giants and the intensifying global competition from this sector is far from over. As geopolitical tensions rise and Western nations reassess their dependence on Chinese technologies, the landscape is growing more complex-and more urgent. From generative AI and digital currencies to the global reach of platforms like TikTok and Temu, China’s influence continues to expand, often in defiance of growing regulatory pushback. Tech Titans of China remains the go-to guide for those seeking to understand China’s sweeping tech ambitions, the powerful companies behind them, and the bold strategies they’re deploying-from chip self-sufficiency and surveillance tech to AI leadership and green innovation. Rebecca Fannin, a leading expert on the Chinese tech sector, is an internationally recognized journalist, author, and speaker. Through her company, Silicon Dragon, Fannin continues to host global forums and connect business leaders, venture capitalists, startup founders, and others navigating the impact of China’s rapidly shifting tech landscape and its increasingly contested place in the global economy.

Author Biography

Rebecca A. Fannin is a CNBC contributor, an author of four books, and an entrepreneur who grew up in the Ohio town of Lancaster.

After graduating from Ohio University and working at Dayton’s morning newspaper, she left the Appalachian foothills for new horizons in New York City, Silicon Valley, and Asia.

Her latest book, Silicon Heartland (due out soon), explores a 21st century transformation of the Rust Belt into a Tech Belt. A heartlander herself, she brings readers on an investigative tour of this comeback, putting hard miles on her Honda Element as she visits change-makers who are building the latest version of the American Dream.

Her earlier research and writing led to three books that were published in multiple languages: Tech Titans of China (Hachette’s Nicholas Brealey, 2019), Startup Asia (Wiley 2011) and Silicon Dragon (McGraw-Hill 2008). She also wrote the Asian chapter for innovation in Emerging Markets (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).

Additionally, she has written for Forbes and Harvard Business Review, among others, and contributed to several thought leadership reports.

Inspired by the entrepreneurs she has met and interviewed in the U.S. and internationally, Rebecca became a media entrepreneur herself. In 2010, she formed media and events platform Silicon Dragon Ventures, www.silicondragonventures.com.

Represented by Leading Authorities, Rebecca has spoken at major business, tech, and policy forums. She’s been regularly quoted in leading media outlets, and provided expert testimony about China’s Internet to a U.S. Congressional committee.

Rebecca resides in New York City and San Francisco, and logs major miles in her grassroots search to uncover the next, new thing.