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 →
China’s crackdown on tech firms is in the longer run benefiting consumers and the industry itself, says business analyst Shaun Rein about the governmental efforts to curtail free-wheeling companies.Read More →
China is number one in e-commerce, online shopping, payment, logistics, and much more. No wonder foreign brands love the second largest economy in the world, says e-commerce expert Ashley Dudarenok on her vlog.Read More →
China’s government is tightening the strings for tech companies, especially when it comes to data management, says business analyst Ben Cavender at RTHK. “I think you’re going to see companies like this that really do peddle in data come under a lot more scrutiny going forward,” he said.Read More →
Initially, short-video apps in China booked their successes among youngsters, but now also seniors find their way, and apps try to monetize the elderly followers, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok to Kr-Asia.Read More →
In China bloggers sell better than brands because they can make use of the digital ecosystem the country has developed, says branding expert Ashley Dudarenok on her weblog.Read More →
When Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of successful internet giant Bytedance, left last week his post, speculations on a relation with the government crackdown on internet firms was easily made. Internet analyst Matthew Brennan, who wrote a book on Bytedance, says there might be a link, but different from what was mostly suggested, he says in Marketscreener.Read More →
China is following the European Union’s GDPR in trying to regulate the unruly data industry, says Winston Ma, Winston Ma, adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law at CNBC. China’s internet companies based for years their business models on consumers’ lack of awareness of privacy, he adds, but those days are over.Read More →
China’s automotive industry has traditionally taken a backseat compared to global competitors, but is planning a major overtake when it comes to pushing startups on self-driving, says China lawyer Mark Schaub in the Asia Nikkei. “In China, if you always wait till the law comes into effect, you are six months to a year behind what the regulators are saying,” Schaub said.Read More →
Internet watcher Matthew Brennan, author of Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China’s ByteDance dives into the background of Bytedance, the mother company of Tiktok, and explains why the Chinese company will outflank Facebook in the near future.Read More →
China’s digital war with the US has entered a new phase with the successful IPO of short-video giant Kuaishou at the Hong Kong stock market, says Winston Ma, author of The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace, to Bloomberg.Read More →
The shock was all around when a worker at China’s leading IT firm Pinduoduo recently collapsed and died under the pressure of overwork. But despite the fierce reactions, IT analyst Matthew Brennan, author of Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance, does not expect the culture of overwork in China’s IT firms will disappear, he tells Vice.Read More →