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Articles:

• Harvard Business Review. February 24, 2022. How ByteDance Became the World’s Most Valuable Startup. (Roger Chen and Rui Ma).

Opeds:

• Rest of World, November 30, 2022. China’s livestream shopping craze hits a ceiling.

• Rest of World, September 21, 2022. How TikTok became an e-commerce juggernaut in China.

• Rest of World, June 16, 2022. What Chinese media reveals about Shein’s secretive operations.

• Rest of World, May 17, 2022. Why Chinese Sellers are Quitting Amazon.

• The Wire China, March 6, 2022. It’s the Real Economy, Stupid.

• ASPI Sydney Dialogue, November 2021. Building a More Resilient Economy: How China is Leveraging Digital Infrastructure and Manufacturing.

• A16Z Future, October 19, 2021. The Brazen Strategy Behind China Tech’s Growth.

• Rest of World, October 15, 2021. All Risk, No Reward: Why Microsoft Gutted LinkedIn in China.

• Rest of World, September 15, 2021. Beijing’s Breakup of Alipay was Inevitable.

• Rest of World, August 23, 2021. The China tech bubble is bursting. That’s not a bad thing for investors.

• Rest of World, August 2, 2021. Alibaba and Tencent are getting ahead of Beijing’s sweeping internet reforms.

• The Wire China, February 28, 2021. The Next China Is China.

News Media:

• Rest of World. February 12, 2024. Parents turn to AI tablets after China’s tutor crackdown

• The Seattle Times, February 7, 2024, 2024. Fast-fashion giant Shein expanding to downtown Bellevue as U.S. push intensifies

• PitchBook, June 9, 2023. Understanding Sequoia's high-profile split from China.

• The Guardian, April 12, 2023. As the west tries to limit TikTok’s reach, what about China’s other apps?

• BBC, March 29, 2023. Alibaba: China tech giant shares jump after breakup plan announced

• Tech Monitor, March 27, 2023. Baidu moves Ernie chatbot launch behind closed doors.

• The China Project, March 17, 2023. Temu vs Shein: Which platform will rule the ecommerce world?

• Al Jazeera, March 2, 2023. China wants AI to rival ChatGPT. Censorship makes that tricky.

• Tech Monitor, February 27, 2023. Tencent to ‘develop ChatGPT clone’ HunyuanAide.

• Wired, February 15, 2023. Didi’s Revival Shows China Can’t Live Without Big Tech.

• Semafor, February 15, 2023. Why China has yet to release a rival to ChatGPT.

• Tech Monitor, February 9, 2023. China’s generative AI revolution is only just beginning.

• LA Times, February 9, 2023. First came fast-fashion giant Shein. Now other Chinese brands are gunning for the same success.

• Pandaily, December 13, 2022. Can Elon Musk Really Make Twitter Look Like WeChat?

• Semafor, October 20, 2022. TikTok's secret plans for an online shopping empire in the U.S.

• Fortune, August 23, 2022. The largest Chinese e-commerce company you have never heard of is about to enter the U.S. with a model to challenge Amazon’s dominance.

• Fortune, August 23, 2022. ‘The system is going through a phase change.’ Why even China tech bulls are dumping Alibaba and Tencent.

• MIT Tech Review, August 5, 2022. Corruption is sending shock waves through China’s chipmaking industry.

• ChinaFile, May 19, 2022. Is Beijing Changing Tack on Big Tech?

• Al Jazeera, May 13, 2022. China’s tech workers face layoff bloodbath amid crackdown, losses.

• SupChina, May 10, 2022. Q&A: Veteran analyst Rui Ma on Beijing’s tech crackdown and common misconceptions about China’s tech sector.

• Wired, May 4, 2022. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise.

• The Wire China, April 24, 2022. Layoff Land.

• Pandaily, April 1, 2022. Chinese Tech Industry Shifts Into Lower Gear as Layoff Rumors Swirl.

• SupChina, March 17, 2022. It’s a crazy world out there! Rui Ma on this week’s wild stock market fluctuations in China.

• NBC, February 5, 2022. TikTok shopping takes off in livestreams: Lucky crystals for $9.99.

• Business Insider, January 28, 2022. TikTok wants retailers to use its shop function more — and it’s offering huge cash rewards to get them doing it, leaked emails show.

• Business Insider, January 20, 2022. What's next for TikTok? Insiders say look to China, where its sister app offers clues of what's to come.

• Protocol, January 10, 2022. China’s tech startups raised a record $131B in 2021 despite crackdown.

• Protocol, November 30, 2021. Does Beijing’s tech crackdown threaten China’s entrepreneurial sphere?

• Wired, November 22, 2021. TikTok’s Next Big Move? To Become Facebook.

• BBC, November 11, 2021. Singles Day: Alibaba's annual event sees slowest ever sales growth.

• The Guardian, November 3, 2021. TechScape: Xi Jinping’s ‘Little Red Book’ of tech regulation could lead the way.

• Bloomberg, November 2, 2021. ByteDance Founder Zhang Exits Board as Challenges Mount.

• Jing Daily, November 1, 2021. Is LinkedIn or Beijing to Blame for the Brand’s Pivot in China?

• Rest of World, November 1, 2021. GitHub is China’s ‘last land of free speech’ – but for how long?

• Business Insider, October 24, 2021. Microsoft's LinkedIn shutdown in China is a cautionary tale for US tech companies following Reid Hoffman's playbook on how to survive in the country.

• VOA News, October 20, 2021. How LinkedIn China Outlasted Other US Tech Giants and Why It's Departing Now.

• TechCrunch, October 19, 2021. China’s changing regulatory environment isn’t stopping a venture capital frenzy.

• Bloomberg, October 12, 2021. Apple’s China Balancing Act Get Trickier During Xi’s Crackdown.

• Business Insider, October 4, 2021. TikTok owner ByteDance is building an international shopping platform, taking on Alibaba and Amazon.

• BBC, October 2, 2021. Rape claim sparks fury over China's work drinking.

• BBC, September 25, 2021. Huawei's Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after deal with US.

• BBC, September 3, 2021. Tech Tent - China's crackdown on young gamers.

• The Guardian, August 30, 2021. China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing video games.

• Wired, August 23, 2021. China’s digital yuan is a warning to the world.

• Sixth Tone, August 20, 2021. China Floats Plan to Make the Rich ‘Give Back to Society’.

• The Wire China, August 15, 2021. Special Delivery (cover story on Meituan).

• Politico Protocol, August 12, 2021. Are suspensions on new users a big deal for Chinese tech?

• Fortune, August 10, 2021. #MeToo accusers have faced backlash in China. With the Alibaba rape case, that changed.

• Fortune, August 6, 2021. China’s Big Tech billionaires increase philanthropic giving as Beijing cracks down.

• Politico Protocol, July 31, 2021. China’s edtech crackdown isn’t what you think. Here’s why.

• Washington Post, July 28, 2021. The Technology 202: China is doing what the U.S. can’t seem to: regulate its tech giants.

• Wired, July 26, 2021. TikTok a Year After Trump’s Ban: No Change, but New Threats.

• SCMP, July 21, 2021. Will China’s cybersecurity review of IPOs close the door on tech firms raising funds in New York?

• FT, June 25, 2021. Social media influencers help Chinese brands outfox foreign rivals.

• Politico Protocol, June 22, 2021. How a Chinese app could succeed where Quibi failed.

• SCMP, June 19, 2021. China antitrust: Didi’s ride hailing dominance prompts scrutiny before it sets forth for its Uber-beating New York IPO.

• Tech Monitor, June 18, 2021. China’s cloud providers eye emerging markets for next phase of growth.

• Straits Times, June 17, 2021. Beijing imposes stricter regulation on tech giants but e-commerce spared, for now.

• Kr-Asia, June 3, 2021. Operations over aspirations: The tech CEO’s evolving role in China.

• Time, May 20, 2021. How China Is Cracking Down on Its Once Untouchable Tech Titans.

• Modern Retail, May 3, 2021. To engineer virality, brands are making their own mystery boxes.

• Modern Retail, April 28, 2021. Tophatter is bringing gamified commerce to the U.S.

• BBC, Apr. 13, 2021. Is Alibaba’s fate a warning to China’s tech giants?

• Kr-Asia, Apr. 7, 2021. Didi steers into EV race as Huawei prepares launch of electric sedan.

• Independent, March 16, 2021. China orders Alibaba to lose its media assets amid ongoing crackdown on Jack Ma.

• Kr-Asia, Mar. 9, 2021. Kuaishou now sells EVs via livestreaming.

• SCMP, Feb. 21, 2021. The burned-out Chinese tech workers becoming ‘Buddhist entrepreneurs’ in a bid for work-life balance.

• Tech Monitor, Feb. 18, 2021. How will China handle Big Tech.

• BBC, Feb. 5, 2021. Kuaishou share price nearly triples on market launch.

• BBC, Feb. 5, 2021. The race to create the world’s next super-app.

• Al Jazeera, Jan. 26, 2021. China’s Big Tech clampdown: why some businesses stand to benefit.

• Washington Post, Jan. 5, 2021. Death of Chinese tech worker fuels anger over brutal hours.

• New York Times, Dec. 23, 2020. With Alibaba investigation, China gets tougher on tech.

• BBC, Nov. 18, 2020. How China could shape the future of technology.

• Yahoo! Finance, Nov. 14, 2020. Here comes the new US-China Digital Cold War.

• Fortune, Nov. 12, 2020. Jack Ma’s Stalled IPO is about more than Beijing Saving Face.

• BBC, Sep. 16, 2020. Singapore becomes hub for Chinese tech amid US tensions.

• New York Times, Sep. 14, 2020. TikTok Owner’s Big Reason to Strike a U.S. Deal: China Is Slowing.

• Rest of World, Sep. 9, 2020. How Ant Group built a $200 billion financial empire.

• The Wire, Aug. 16, 2020. Tearing up TikTok.

• Rest of World, Aug. 12, 2020. From social media darling to America’s most wanted: Your guide to TikTok.

• NBC News, Aug. 7, 2020. Welcome to the 'splinternet': Trump adds to fractures in worldwide web.

• Sixth Tone, Aug. 7, 2020. Bilibili vs. Bilibili: The Culture Clash Dividing China’s YouTube.

• DW (Deustche Welle). Aug. 5, 2020. 'Outraged' Chinese want ByteDance to 'put up a fight' over TikTok sale.

• Financial Times, Aug. 5, 2020. TikTok deal tests Microsoft’s decades of China experience.

• Jing Travel, Aug. 3, 2020. TikTok Battle Puts Culture in the Crunch.

• Pando, June 8, 2020. Amazon’s next big rival will be a livestreaming video app.

• AFP, June 7, 2020. TikTok Lookalike Zynn Brings Chinese Video App Rivalry To US.

• Business of Fashion, Feb. 27, 2020. Anime, Comics and Louis Vuitton: Inside the Quirky, Hyper-Engaged World of Bilibili. Everything brands need to know about the gateway platform to Chinese youths.

• South China Morning Post, Nov. 11, 2019. Abacus News. They founded three hot tech companies, but now they’re on a country-wide blacklist. Founders of Ofo, LeEco and now Smartisan have to navigate China’s punishing debtor blacklist.

• South China Morning Post, Sep. 26, 2019. Abacus News. Vaping is still popular with Chinese investors, despite a growing backlash.

• Reuters, May 16, 2019. Some of China's '996' tech tribe quit, seek less stress. The term 996 refers to working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. For some companies and employees, working 996 became a badge of honor.

• South China Morning Post, Sep. 2, 2018. Women turn to podcasting to have their voices heard; from comedy to controversial topics, medium offers a platform away from traditional male-led media. One of the best podcasts about tech in China is hosted by two women: experts Yingying Lu and Rui Ma. For anyone with an interest in the tech industry or modern China in general, TechBuzz is a must-listen.

Television:

• TVBS, March 27, 2023. US-China Tech Decoupling.

• Bloomberg, November 17, 2022. China Tech Earnings.

• BBC, November 13, 2022. Asia Business Report. China Tech Earnings.

• CNBC Asia, August 29, 2022. Meituan Results on Squawk Box.

• CNBC, October 27, 2021. Why China Is Cracking Down On Tech With New Regulations.

• DW (Deustche Welle) News, June 17, 2021. How China is tightening control of its tech companies.

Expert testimony:

• United Kingdom Parliament Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation, September 22, 2020. Online harms and the ethics of data (TikTok).

Newsletters:

• Financial Times, Mar. 25, 2020. Tech Scroll Asia. At a time of overwhelmed health systems around the world, this episode of Tech Buzz China takes an unflinching look at China’s system.

• Financial Times, Feb. 26, 2020. Tech Scroll Asia. With the coronavirus epidemic, K-12 edtech in China is on a tear because learning at home is now mandatory as schools close their doors.

• Financial Times, Feb. 12, 2020. Tech Scroll Asia. Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu give their take in this Tech Buzz China podcast on how the coronavirus outbreak will affect different tech industries, including telemedicine.

• Financial Times, Jan. 25, 2020. Tech Scroll Asia. We quite often feature the informative podcasts of Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu of Tech Buzz China. Their latest is a dive into China’s grocery ecommerce market here.

Magazines:

• Fast Company. April 30, 2020. ‘Pandora broke my heart’: Tim Westergren, digital radio pioneer, returns to break the music industrial complex.

• Roland Berger Think:Act, August 8, 2019. The Rise and Fall of Chinese Bike-Sharing Startups.

Reports:

• South China Morning Post. September 1, 2021. China Internet Report.

Podcasts:

• NPR, April 21, 2022. China’s tech crackdown backdown.

• The China Smart State Podcast, March 31, 2022. Tech Investment and Finance in China.

• Financial Times, March 27, 2022. US-China Tech Race: Spies and Lies (Part One).

• The Economist, January 10, 2022. The Rise of Asian Digital Innovation.

• China Power Podcast, January 7, 2022. Up for Debate 2021: Debate 2.

• Your Undivided Attention, December 10, 2021. A Fresh Take on Tech in China.

• Tortoise Media, November 29, 2021. TikTok: The China Problem.

• Stylus: Future Thinking, November 25, 2021. China Tech Trends for 2022.

• Asia Matters, November 14, 2021. China Tackles Its Tech Titans.

• Bruegel, November 10, 2021. Why is China cracking down on Big Tech?

• The Business Brew with Bill Brewster, September 2021. Rui Ma - Talking China.

• The Negotiation Podcast, September 22, 2021. The Tech Buzz of China - Rui Ma. Part 1, Part 2.

• Axios Re:Cap, July 7, 2021. China’s Big Tech Crackdown.

• Bloomberg, May 2020. Foundering Season 2: TikTok.

• The Social Media Store, May 16, 2021. Social Commerce in China, with Rui Ma.

• BBC, May 6, 2021. Life after Jack Ma.

• Asia Startup Pulse, May 6, 2021. Investigating China's Anti-Monopoly Enforcements on Tech Giants, with Rui Ma, founder of Tech Buzz China.

• Acquired, May 5, 2021. Special: 2021 China Tech Trends (with Tech Buzz China)

• Marketplace, Apr. 13, 2021. What new regulations for Chinese giant Ant Group mean for the fintech industry abroad.

• Spectator UK, Jan. 25, 2021. The Chinese backlash against Big Tech.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, Dec. 10, 2020. The Ant Group’s Botched IPO with Rui Ma.

• Marketplace, September 22, 2020. The next TikTok could well be on the way to the U.S. before long.

• Motley Fool Industry Focus, August 20, 2020. Wildcard: China Tech w/ Rui Ma of Tech Buzz China.

• Spectator UK, Aug. 17, 2020. Trump’s Great Firewall.

• The One Percent Project, June 13, 2020. Rui Ma: Understanding China Tech, ByteDance, TikTok and Much More!

• Use Case Podcast, June 12, 2020. Did you know this about Bytedance? And other China tech trends with Rui Ma, Tech Buzz China.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, April 25, 2020. Episode 324: Luckin Coffee.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, Mar. 29, 2020. Episode 322: Bilibili in China.

• PenderFund Podcast, Nov. 7, 2019. Episode 28: Investing in China.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, Jun. 23, 2019. Episode 304: Xiaopeng Motors and the state of EVs in China with Rui Ma.

• Oppenheimer Funds Megatrends. Nov. 29, 2019. Episode 1: China: The World's New Technology Powerhouse.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, Sep. 29, 2018. Episode 266: Jack Ma and Leadership Transition in Alibaba Group with Rui Ma.

• Analyse Asia Podcast, Jul. 23, 2018. Episode 257: The ZTE debacle with Rui Ma.

Events

• SupChina, May 19, 2022. Women’s Conference.

• Asia Society, January 13, 2022. 2022 Future of U.S. and China Annual Conference. (YouTube Link).

• China Institute, October 13-14, 2021. Executive Summit 2021.

• Tech In Asia, October 12-14, 2021, 2021 Conference. (Article)

• Financial Times, September 30-October 1, 2021. FTTechLive.

• Deal Street Asia, September 28, 2021, VC/PE Summit.

• London Tech Week, September 20-24, 2021, Headline Summit.

• DMexco, September 7-8, 2021, The Red Tech Planet - How Chinese Tech Brands strive towards global markets.

• Real Time Engagement 2021, September 1, 2021. Retail E-Commerce.

• Asia Business Conference, Harvard University. Mar. 6, 2021. Changing Business: Decoding Growth in a New Economy.

• The Information. Feb. 25, 2021. The New Attention Economy. (Video)

• DWT Download LA. Feb. 25, 2021. The TikTok and WeChat Orders.

• CB Insights Healthcare Conference. Sep. 16-17, 2020. Interviews with QHealth and WeDoctor.

Community

• Columbia University Venture Community, November 16, 2021.

• Cambridge University China Forum, October 13, 2021.

Livestreams

• SCMP, Clubhouse, March 30, 2021. The Clubhouse Model in China.

• Financial Times, LinkedIn Live. US-China tech decoupling: What are the options for China's short video streaming app TikTok?

Industry Publications:

• Travel and Mobility Tech, Oct. 23, 2019. Asia’s five best tech sources covering travel and mobility.

Investor Mentions:

• Sands Capital, July 2021. Making Sense of China’s Regulatory Crackdowns.

• RV Capital. 1H 2021 Owner’s Letter.

Documentaries:

• Billionaires Documentary, TBD.

• TikTok, Boom, 2021. IMDB.

• The Gig is Up, 2021, Intuitive Pictures, Canada.

Other Video:

• Center for Strategic & International Studies, December 7, 2021. China’s Power: Up for Debate 2021 - Debate 2.

• Foreign Correspondents Club, September 1, 2021. Tech War 2.0: The Future of the U.S.-China Clash Over Next-Generation Technologies.

• Unrivaled Investing, August 9, 2021. China Stocks Big Winners or Uninvestable?

• US-China Series, April 23, 2021. ByteDance Transformed.

• Greater China Tech. Apr. 9, 2021. How TikTok‘s Algorithm Works (Compared to Chinese version DouYin).

• Chinatown 2.0. Sep. 8, 2020. Ep. 6: China Tech Podcaster Rui Ma talks TikTok ban, Sino-US decoupling, female expat life in China.

• Initialized Capital, March 4, 2020. Stories from China Tech that don't get reported: A conversation with Rui Ma of Tech Buzz China.

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