Huawei Built a European Palace for 35,000 Researchers, Then Spent $28 Billion on R&D in a Single Year I walked into what looked like a European palace. Marble floors. Crystal chandeliers. Gilded railings. Classical statues. Vaulted ceilings that belong in a ministry building in Vienna or Paris. Then the giant screen lit up with the Huawei logo. This is not a government building.
This is Huawei’s Shanghai research campus. A self-contained research city with lakes, landscaped grounds, modern laboratory blocks, elevated walkways, and its own internal light-rail system. Designed for 35,000 researchers. Current density is already extreme: roughly 80% hold a master’s degree or higher. About 10% are PhDs. Throw a stone and you hit advanced technical talent. In 2025, Huawei generated CNY 880.9 billion in revenue. 
It spent CNY 192.3 billion on R&D, 21.8% of total revenue, roughly US$27.9 billion. That single-year R&D outlay exceeds the entire GDP of multiple countries with larger populations. 
Total employees: ~213,000.
R&D headcount: 114,000 (53.7% of the workforce). Most companies and most nations still treat research as a residual. Huawei treats it as the core operating expense. The result is not just beautiful architecture. It is sustained technological capacity under pressure. This is the case study that matters. Resource allocation at this intensity, sustained for more than a decade, produces outcomes that incremental budgets and short-term political cycles cannot match. Have you visited a corporate campus that genuinely changed how you think about what’s possible? Video produced and edited by Arianne, my beloved daughter 😍

Your biggest superpower isn’t talent, intelligence, or luck, it’s your ability to stay in a good mood no matter what’s happening around you. When others get caught up in stress, chaos, or drama, you choose calm. You stay focused, composed, and grounded. That’s what separates leaders from the rest. ✨ Protect your energy. ✨ Guard your peace. ✨ Keep showing up with a clear mind and a good heart, that’s your true edge.

The world’s busiest ports tell us where global trade is heading. Shanghai leads with 55.1 million TEUs, followed by Singapore at 44.7 million and Ningbo-Zhoushan at 43.9 million. China’s dominance is clear, but Southeast Asia deserves attention. Port Klang and the Ports of Johor each handled 15.1 million TEUs, highlighting Malaysia’s growing importance in global supply chains. Ports aren’t just moving containers. They’re shaping trade routes, manufacturing decisions and economic power. As global supply chains evolve, the countries that connect the world efficiently will have a serious competitive advantage.

Power of choice

AI could make quality education accessible to everyone. This chart highlights a global challenge: better education often comes at a higher cost, while affordability doesn’t always guarantee better outcomes. AI could change the equation with personalised tutors, adaptive learning, and tools that help teachers do more. The real opportunity isn’t to replace teachers. It’s to make better learning accessible to more people. At 10xme, we believe the same principle applies beyond education: AI should be practical, accessible, and powerful enough to multiply human potential. The future belongs to those who know how to work with AI, not just use it. 🚀 Learn to make AI that actually works for you. 👉 10xme.biz

The biggest industrial irony in one photo. Left: Oliver Blume, CEO of VW. Right: Wan Gang, the man China calls the "Father of EVs." In the 90s, Wan spent 11 years as an engineer at Audi. In 2000, he went back to Beijing and told the State Council: "We will never catch Germany on ICE. So let's change the game.” He became Minister of Science and Technology and architected China's entire EV push. Result in Q3 2025: VW China sales: -38.5% to 405k cars The biggest drop since Covid. The student didn't just beat the teacher, he rewrote the whole exam. Credit : Philipp Raasch

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Perspective changes everything. The same life can feel miserable or beautiful depending on what you choose to focus on. Stop comparing your life to others. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday. Sometimes, happiness isn’t about having more, it’s about seeing what you already have differently. Change your perspective. Change your life. 💡