As Southeast Asian economies take off, the region is choosing between Silicon Valley and Chinese models of the online world.
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Hello Transtech: Alibaba’s other, other unicorn
Hello Transtech, an Alibaba-backed mobility unicorn, is streets ahead of the bikesharing firms that have come before it.
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Profit, not politics, is what matters in Tencent’s Reddit stake
Reddit is a relic of an older internet—and China isn’t the biggest force for change.
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INSIGHTS | China’s EV industry is in trouble
Traditional automakers win out as subsidy-fueled EV bubble bursts.
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What does Tiktok’s rise mean for Facebook and Snapchat?
Watch out, Facebook—there’s a new challenger in town. Who knew it would be Vine 2.0?
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INSIGHTS | The state of China’s ‘ear economy’ in 2019
Podcasts in China are growing, but unlike what you see anywhere else.
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CHINA VOICES | Meituan’s master of ‘copy to China’
Meituan has grown by beating older companies at their own game—but how long can they last without innovating?
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CHINA VOICES | Douban’s journey from book reviews to gossip site
Douban had a great run. As Jane Li wrote recently in Quartz, political pressures have finally gotten to one of China’s last mainstream outlets for relatively free discourse. In the past few weeks, many popular groups have been deleted, and the newsfeed feature has been blocked, in turn dramatically stifling community interaction. Yu Han’s viral […]
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INSIGHTS | Beijing AI Principles: A step in the right direction, but still not enough
More needs to be done, but China’s first major step into the global AI principles conversation is a welcome sign.
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Slow growth aside, Singles’ Day displayed its value to China retail
Slowing retail growth and competition from other shopping festivals took toll on China’s Singles’ Day.
