https://1001brandstories.com/en/ Gu Yi writes 1,001 stories of ordinary people doing one ordinary thing extraordinarily well, from inside China and beyond. en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:34:55 +0000 https://1001brandstories.com/en/anker/ https://1001brandstories.com/en/anker/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Steven Yang went home to Changsha to sell power banks on Amazon. Fifteen years later, Anker books $4.3 billion a year and leads the world in charging gear sold online. https://1001brandstories.com/en/bambulab/ https://1001brandstories.com/en/bambulab/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bambu Lab shipped 1.2 million printers in 2024, about 29% of the consumer market. Its founder had meant to stay at DJI until retirement. https://1001brandstories.com/en/zwo/ https://1001brandstories.com/en/zwo/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sam Wen wrote code by day and watched the sky at night. The camera he built for himself grew into a Suzhou company that makes nearly a third of the world's dedicated astronomy cameras.