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Why Pakistan matters – William Bao Bean

Leading VC William Bao Bean, general manager of SOSV, has been funding startups over the past five years from Shanghai in Pakistan and explains why Pakistan startups do matter.Read More →

Leadership shuffle at Bytedance: a good sign – William Bao Bean

Bytedance, the mothership of both Douyin and Tiktok, has reorganized its leadership and its internal organization, including founder and CEO Zhang Yiming. A good sign at a maturing giant, says Shanghai-based VC William Bao Bean at the Asia Nikkei.Read More →

How long working hours changed consumer habits – Ashley Dudarenok

Long working hours have changed many consumption habits for young workers in tech companies, explains consumption expert Ashley Dudarenok at her vlog. But now the 996 working culture has been banned by the government, will the world for those young tech workers become more healthy? Read More →

China used the pandemic by accelerating its digital transformation – Winston Wenyan Ma

Never waste a good crisis, says investment expert Winston Wenyan Ma, quoting the other Winston, Winston Churchill. China used the pandemic crisis to accelerate its already ongoing digital transformation at a panel discussion to make a difference, he tells at the ORF at a panel discussion.Read More →

Tiktok, Bytedance: the Attention Factory – Matthew Brennan

Internet watcher Matthew Brennan, author of “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance,” discusses at BW Dialogue Tiktok and Bytedance, and looks at how much the Covid-19 crisis has changed the industry.Read More →

How China deals with smart cars – Mark Schaub

China has issued a wide range of new rules on cybersecurity, data exchange, and consumer protection that will define the development of smart cars, says China-lawyer Mark Schaub in an extensive analysis of the recent regulations, at Lexocology.Read More →

Why China banned cryptocurrencies on a national level – Winston Wenyan Ma

After provincial authorities started to limit operations of cryptocurrencies earlier this year, last week a full ban was issued by 10 ministries. Financial analyst Winston Wenyan Ma explains Bloomberg what the central government is doing to cryptocurrencies, the relation with the upcoming digital currency and its possible fallout on a global level.Read More →

What is China’s mid-Autumn festival about – Ashley Dudarenok

Marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok looks at the recent Autumn festival, China’s second-largest holiday. How did it develop and how does it affect tourism, eating, and drinking, from her digital vlog. 80 million people have been traveling domestically this year, she says, and comparable to America’s Thanksgiving festival.Read More →

The escalation of regulation of cryptocurrencies in China – Winston Wenyan Ma

China’s financial authorities have been cracking down massively on cryptocurrencies and last week saw a new escalation in that struggle, says financial expert Winston Ma to NPR. “When you have 10 ministries involved – right? – that’s very serious,” Ma says.Read More →

Tiktok and the attention economy – Matthew Brennan

Internet expert Matthew Brennan, author of Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance discusses the role of Tiktok in generating the attention economy, at the launch of his book in India, with Abhijit Bhaduri. Read More →

What makes livestreaming different in China – Ashley Dudarenok

More than 50 platforms in China offer live streaming as a highly sophisticated tool, say innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok at her vlog. Compared to their counterparts in the West, live streaming in China offers a wide range of tools the reach out to their viewers.Read More →

You do not need to be on all 60+ social media platforms in China – Ashley Dudarenok

Entering the China market means you have to be extremely active on social media, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok, although you do not need to be on all 60+ media platforms, she adds.Read More →