Trade war or not, from AI to blockchain and new energy vehicles, China is on the front row for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

South China Morning Post column dated 8 October by Edward Tse, Founder and CEO of Gao Feng Advisory, flags up China's robust advances in innovation and advanced technologies, the Trump administration's 360-degree pushback against China notwithstanding.

This underpins China's resolve in keeping calm and carrying on to transform its economy and to move up to the world's top economic table.