China’s booming tech sector was mainly funded by private and sometimes overseas investors. Those days might be over as the state takes over that funding, with ride-hailing company Didi as a prime example, says business analyst Shaun Rein in Pymnts.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 →
Fashion firm Shein belongs to a new breed of ultra-fast fashion brands that keeps an edge on its more traditional competitors, says innovation expert Matthew Brennan at the Vox. Why is Shein going to crunch fashion companies like Zara?Read More →
The recent China regulatory crackdown on tech firms US IPO’s caused a dip in the value of shares, but financial analyst Arthur Kroeber warns that jumping on the bandwagon now also carries huge risks, according to Investing.com.Read More →
When China’s authorities cracked down on Jack Ma’s Alibaba, it was only the start of ongoing efforts to control tech companies and manage their data streams, says Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein to WRAL. “Now Chinese people are quite concerned about data privacy because Alibaba and Tencent have so much data – even more data than the government,” he adds.Read More →
Marketing expert Arnold Ma of Qumin joins a panel explaining why social media in China fundamentally differ from those in the West, and (later) why China will lead the future path for new social media innovations in the rest of the world.Read More →
Fintech expert Winston Wenyan Ma joins a panel at the BSN base and explains how China’s economy moved from import/export to a focus on innovation. China missed the world’s first technological revolutions because of domestic turbulence and external influences but has become a leading force for the third technological data revolution.Read More →
Bullet comments are a very Chinese and emerging feature when watching videos, conquering the rest of the world too, says innovation expert Ashley Dudarenok at het weblog.Read More →
China is gettings its digital agenda for its legislation in order, especially the protection of users’ privacy, writes China-lawyer Mark Schaub on the China Law Insight. He looks at the call for comments on the Interim Provisions on the Administration of Personal Information Protection of Mobile Internet Apps.Read More →
Scaling up your business without the big firms like Facebook, Google, Tencent, or Alibaba eating your lunch? Accelerator VC William Bao Bean explains how to survive in a very competitive industry post-Covid-19.Read More →
US President Biden is trying to beat China, just like his predecessor Trump with a strong focus on technology. But Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein does not see how the US can overtake China in innovation, he tells at state-owned Global Times. And more about the tense relationship between both economic powers.Read More →
The US used to be a benchmark for many innovative companies and startups, but China is now leading the way, says VC William Bao Bean with a major portfolio in China, Asia in a webinar of NYU SPS Integrated Marketing and Communications. He explains what lessons can be learned from China.Read More →