Pascal Coppens is a sinologist and technology entrepreneur who lived in China for almost 20 years. Pascal has experienced firsthand the transition of the country and the Chinese people from 1990 until today. He is a partner and speaker at nexxworks, and the author of China’s New Normal (2019), a book about China’s leap in innovation, and Can we trust China? (2022), offering a nuanced view through China's values and tranditions. As a China expert, he has also built up a YouTube community with over 50,000 subscribers.