Episode 84 of Tech Buzz China features co-host Rui Ma in conversation with Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post on the hottest five trends shaping the China internet industry in 2021: tightening regulations, bumpy roads for IPOs, overseas expansion plans, shifting demographics, and growing private […]
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Topics and trends covered: How Rui and Ying stay on top of trends in China tech remotely from the US The rise of “tech company like” CPG and other consumer brands in China and extremely fast product development and iteration: e.g., Genki Forest, Perfect Diary and Shein Community […]
One of Tech Buzz China’s partners is leading alternative data firm BigOne Lab, who is one of the best sources on detailed operational data for large Chinese tech companies. In Tech Buzz’s quarterly update, BigOne’s head of research, Robert Wu, joined Rui for a live webinar going over everything interesting […]
Episode 81 of Tech Buzz China continues our series of audio experiments, and features co-host Rui Ma in conversation with Wharton professor Karl Ulrich on his latest book, Winning in China. Co-authored with Wharton Global Fellow Lele Sang, it presents eight carefully researched case studies of business successes and failures, […]
Transcript [00:00]Remember at the beginning of the year, we did a Tech Buzz episode on grocery e-commerce? Episode 58? It was like half on new retail — meaning how a lot of offline retail solutions incorporated much more ecommerce in their DNA from the get go — and then half on […]
In Episode 79 of Tech Buzz China, Rui and Ying talk about a company that aspires to be “China’s L’Oréal” for the digital age: Yatsen Group, owner of smash hit cosmetics app Perfect Diary (完美日记) among other brands. Though we at Tech Buzz have never directly covered the company, we […]
Episode 78 of Tech Buzz China features our co-host Rui Ma in conversation with Yán Xiāo 肖妍 on the timely topic of China’s proposed national digital currency.
In episode 77 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu tackle a topic that has become the next big thing in China ecommerce: C2M, or consumer to manufacturer.
Full Transcript [00:00]Hey guys, so we were struggling a bit this week to find something interesting to talk about in China tech, because truly, nothing momentous happened. Sure, you have some rumored delays on the Ant IPO, and your usual scuffles between the big internet companies, like Meituan no longer accepting […]
Audio Block Double-click here to upload or link to a .mp3. Learn more Full Transcript [00:00]Hi everyone! We presented to a large e-commerce company last week on China tech and were reading up on ecommerce SaaS in China when it occurred to us that this is one of the most […]
Media reports that the company — which already holds the record for “largest-ever single private fundraise” for its $14 billion raise in 2018 — seeks to raise $30 billion. That figure would indeed make it the largest public offering the world has ever seen.
What are Beike’s core value propositions to its users? How does it make money, and in what ways is it similar to Redfin or Zillow? How apt is the statement “Alibaba is to retail as KE Holdings is to real estate”?
Transcript [0:00]Hi Tech Buzzers! So if you haven’t heard, United States President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order banning “any transactions” with TikTok or its parent company ByteDance by any U.S. resident. The definition of a transaction is “to be defined,” but basically, almost everyone is interpreting this as a true ban […]
Transcript [0:00] Hi Tech Buzzers! As always, we hope you are healthy and safe. Amidst the continued global pandemic, and during this particularly chilly time in the U.S.-China relationship, our thoughts go out to those of you who have been personally affected, as some of our friends have. Please stay […]
Lauren gives a fascinating overview of China’s livestreaming ecommerce industry, including its history, key traits and differentiators, common content formats, and product design and features. Throughout, she helps us answer these questions: Why has livestreaming, specifically in ecommerce, become so explosively popular in China?