Re-thinking the US Approach to China – Kaiser Kuo
2023-04-07
China veteran Kaiser Kuo discusses the US approach of China, and how it should change, at the Centre of East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin. Read More →
How tech is shaping the digital competition between China and the US – Winston Ma
2022-10-26
Tech entrepreneur Winston Ma explains how tech is shaping the competition between China and the US, where China is likely to play the key part, despite the current leading role of the US.Read More →
How TikTok excels in hooking its users with AI – Matthew Brennan
2022-04-11
Bytedance, the mother company of Douyin and TikTok, became the first to use artificial intelligence to hook their users in an unprecedented way, says China internet expert Matthew Brennan to Play Crazy Game. The TikTok algorithms turns its users into addicts, in the same way drugs do, says Brennan.Read More →
How China’s Tiktok became a global gamechanger – Matthew Brennan
2021-12-15
Bytedance’s Tiktok has become a global gamechanger, and extraordinary achievements from a China-based company, says innovation analyst Matthew Brennan, author of Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China’s ByteDance at Spectra 2021.Read More →
Leadership shuffle at Bytedance: a good sign – William Bao Bean
2021-11-03
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 →
Tiktok, Bytedance: the Attention Factory – Matthew Brennan
2021-10-04
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 →
Tiktok and the attention economy – Matthew Brennan
2021-09-10
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 →
Shein: global aspirations in a tense regulatory climate – Matthew Brennan
2021-08-23
Fashion firm Shein developed a new global position, managing through domestic regulatory difficulties and tense relations between China and the US. Internet watcher Matthew Brennan looks at CNN Business how a new kid at the block is faring and looks in many ways like the successful Tiktok.Read More →
Why foreign brands love China – Ashley Dudarenok
2021-08-02
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 →
Managing data: key for the future of tech firms – Ben Cavender
2021-07-28
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 →
Why Bytedance’s CEO Zhang Yiming left – Matthew Brennan
2021-05-25
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 →
How Tencent is reinventing itself as a B2B platform – Matthew Brennan/Ashley Dudarenok
2021-03-04
China’s digital landscape is changing fast. Internet watcher Matthew Brennan and marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok discuss how internet giant Tencent is reinventing itself as a B2B platform, and much more.Read More →