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One of the most-followed Western voices on China, decoding robotics and AI for executives and investors.
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Sharp insights, real stories from the ground in China, a dash of humor. In English, German or Mandarin.
Where China actually leads in robotics, AI and EVs, what's hype, and what it means for you.
The questions every Western CEO and investor asks me about China, answered from a decade on the ground.
Why the best partnerships start with confusion, and how to win across cultures without losing the deal.
We wanted someone who could set the tone for our AGM, and Thomas had the audience from the first minute. Honest, funny, and full of insight on China.
Thomas spoke on our NEXT_AI stage and gave the audience a real look at where China is heading in physical AI and robotics. Sharp, funny, and full of stories you won't hear anywhere else.
Thomas spoke to our German-Chinese audience in Mandarin about what it really takes to build partnerships across the two cultures. Substantive and genuinely entertaining at the same time. Our Chinese guests and German team both took a lot from it.
I grew up overweight and shy in the German countryside and started out behind a bank counter. Somewhere along the way I moved to Shanghai, learned Mandarin, and became one of the most-followed foreign voices in the country.
I lost most of it once and rebuilt from scratch, then founded Asiabits. Today I spend my days where China's tech and robotics future is being built, and I take that view to stages worldwide. I host the Made in China podcast, brought the bestseller The One Hour China Book to German readers, and travelled with the German Federal President's delegation to China.
Mess to success, in three languages.
Between keynotes, my team and I run Asiabits: we track China's robotics, EV and AI-hardware industry and take executives and investors straight to the companies building it. The talks come from the same work on the ground.
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Keynotes, fireside chats and panels for conferences, corporates, investor events and chambers of commerce. In-person worldwide or online.
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