Extra Buzz 013: India vs. China
The Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps. Who was affected? What was the response from the tech sector in China?
Extra Buzz 012: One Trillion Yuan ($136Bn) in 18ish Days
The annual 618 Shopping Festival was highly anticipated as it was China’s first major shopping event after covid19. How did the country do?
Extra Buzz 011: Kuaishou Strikes At Bytedance’s TikTok with Zynn
Kuaishou launches a get-paid-for-using short video app Zynn that rockets to first on the app charts in attempt to out-compete TikTok.
Extra Buzz 010: Bytedance Gets Its Own Captain Buzz Lightyear America
Bytedance hires Disney veteran as company COO & CEO of TikTok. Hands up if you did not see that coming. But you should have, if you were paying attention!
Extra Buzz 009: Bilibili Breaks (Through) Chinese Internet
China’s “largest youth community” Bilibili caused a stir on the interwebs when they released a 4-minute video for May 4th Youth Day in China titled “The Waves Behind.”
Extra Buzz 008: Leo Chen of Jumei - From China Tech's Golden Boy to Has-Been
Once the youngest self-made billionaire in China tech, Leo Chen is a pale imitation of his former self.
Extra Buzz 007: Luckin's Luck Ran Out
Luckin Coffee announced an investigation and suspended its COO for allegedly faking $300mm of revenues for 2019.
Investor Webinar: Luxury Retail
To understand luxury trends in China and impact of covid19, we did a webinar with the head of Asia-Pacific at Stella McCartney, Annie Ho.
Extra Buzz 006: Masks First, then Livestreaming For All
Make masks first, then make other stuff. And oh yeah, livestreaming might save you, even if there are no sales.
Extra Buzz 005: China's Fan Economy, Taken to the Max
The tech-enabled fan economy in China is disrupting media and commerce.
Extra Buzz 004: Recovery in Sight?
The worst of COVID19 seems to be over. Here are some tech sectors accelerating the recovery.
Extra Buzz 003: The Epidemic Continues ...
We continue discussing the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, especially against SMEs (small businesses).