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Breaking the Centralized Order: DAO Design for Founders in China

Shenzhen is known worldwide for its electronics and hardware supply chain, Beijing's Zhongguancun district has long been a center for internet and AI companies, and Hangzhou is home to major e-commerce and cloud businesses.

Any organization in China that has run a board election or managed a shared budget already knows the hard part of institutional design: clear rules, not tools.

Whether you are organizing in Beijing or elsewhere in China, the book's core lessons are about institutional design rather than technology: membership, voting, treasury controls and amendment rules.

Mandarin is the national standard language, and Cantonese and many other Chinese languages and minority languages are spoken across the country. A DAO here should plan proposals and documentation in every language its members actually use.

Breaking the Centralized Order is read here as a guide to governance and institutional design in general terms, not as legal advice. Rules on digital assets, entities and taxes differ by jurisdiction, so check local rules with a professional in China before adopting any blockchain tooling.

At a glance: China

3 practical tips for founders and builders in China

  1. Keep shared funds in an account with clear spending limits and more than one required approver, and publish how decisions about money are made.
  2. Separate decisions that need the whole membership from those that working groups can make on their own.
  3. Before you adopt any digital-asset or blockchain tooling in China, check local rules with a professional; the book's governance lessons apply without it.

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Questions and answers

Is Breaking the Centralized Order relevant in China?

Yes, as a guide to governance and institutional design: membership, decision-making, treasury controls and how rules are amended. It is not legal advice; rules on digital assets vary, so check local rules with a professional in China.

What is Breaking the Centralized Order about?

A founder's desk handbook for institutional design: why shared organizations fail, governance failure modes, treasury controls, voting and a minimum viable constitution.

Where can I buy it?

On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLWZVBCK

Written by Jarvis Nelson Osorio, a technology entrepreneur and innovator working on AI agents, systems architecture and DAOs.

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