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Duncan Clark is a British entrepreneur and writer who has lived in China for over two decades. He is the chairman of BDA China, an advisory firm specializing in China’s technology and internet sectors.
Known for: Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?
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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
This book offers a detailed account of the rise of Alibaba Group and its founder Jack Ma, tracing the company’s journey from a small startup in Hangzhou to becoming one of the world’s largest e-commer...
The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?
The Burning Question explores the critical issue of climate change and the global dependence on fossil fuels. Authors Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark examine why humanity continues to burn vast amou...
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The Early Life of Jack Ma: Seeds of Vision
Jack Ma’s story begins in Hangzhou, a city known more for its scenic lakeside beauty than its access to global opportunity. He grew up in the 1960s during China’s Cultural Revolution—a time that left few resources for dreams. His trajectory was not defined by privilege or technical skill, but by cur...
From Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
The Founding of Alibaba: Creating Trust in a Distrustful Market
By 1999, Jack Ma had gathered eighteen friends in his small apartment. Their shared belief: that the internet could empower small Chinese businesses to sell beyond their street corners and domestic factories. Unlike the Western giants emerging in Silicon Valley, Alibaba began with a focus on ordinar...
From Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
The Carbon Budget
At the core of our argument lies a scientific principle as precise as it is unforgiving: the carbon budget. Climate science shows that to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels—a threshold chosen to avoid runaway climatic change—humanity can emit only a fixed amount of carbon dioxid...
From The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?
Fossil Fuel Reserves
When we examined the data on global fossil reserves, the picture was clear. The proven reserves of coal, oil, and gas—those already located and catalogued—contain roughly five times more carbon than can safely be emitted within the 2°C budget. That means over 80 percent must remain in the ground. T...
From The Burning Question: We Can't Burn Half the World's Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?
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Duncan Clark is a British entrepreneur and writer who has lived in China for over two decades. He is the chairman of BDA China, an advisory firm specializing in China’s technology and internet sectors.
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