China’s Crackdown on Chinese Tech Companies
5 min read. Earlier this year, China’s antitrust regulators slapped a record fine of US$2.8 billion on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding in a landmark case. In the months following…
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Ren Zhengfei: The Light From Within
6 min read. “In darkness, illuminate the paths of our comrades with the light from our hearts.” For the past one-and-half years, Huawei has been in “battle mode.” Founder and…
What China Has Done Right For Payments
6 min read. China’s mobile payment market has grown to become the largest in the world. In 2018 alone, it handled approximately $532.8 billion mobile payment transactions, amounting to $66.6…
E-Commerce is Social In China’s Small Cities
6 min read. Over the past year, e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD, have been aggressively expanding their influence on China’s “lower tier cities”, in a bid to capture this largely…
German Companies Double-down on Tech Investment in China during 1H 2020
5 min read. Declining GDP growth, trade war, and negative media coverage – any outside observer of China’s economic relationship with the world and especially the state of multinational enterprises…
Introduction to E-Commerce
5 min read. In 2013, China overtook the United States (US) to become the world’s largest market for e-commerce. E-Marketer predicts Chinese consumer spending on retail e-commerce to reach USD…
Kuaishou vs Bigo Live
5 min read. As the world comes to a standstill and the global economy plunges into the worst recession since World War II, the magnitude of disruption to millions of…
As the Founder or CEO, you set the tone and standard of the company”: Jeffrey Tiong (Feature Part II)
5 min read. Scaling, Learning and Talent Having started with $55,000, initially with a small team, and growing it to nearly 800 employees now, what has been the biggest challenge…