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This week on Sinica, in a show recorded in Beijing, I speak with Liu Yang and Jiang Jiang, the authors of two excellent newsletters — The China Channel and Ginger River Review, respectively — and two of the guys behind the YouTube show "Got China." They're making a great effort to bridge Chinese journalism with Anglophone reporting on China with perspectives and insights from within the Chinese state media system.4:24 – How Jiang Jiang and Liu Yang became journalists 11:42 – How Liu Yang and Jiang Jiang decided to launch their newsletters, and the advantages of being tǐzhì nèi 体制内20:29 – Jiang Jiang and Liu Yang's Got China show 25:46 – Liu Yang's and Jiang Jiang's empathy for American perspectives 29:53 – The negative American discourse on the Chinese economy and “China collapse theory” 37:21 The recent press conferences on monetary and policies, and the response in the realty market in Beijing 46:17 What's next for Got China Recommendations:Liu Yang: Modern Chinese Government and Politics 《当代中国政府与政治?》, a Chinese-language textbookJiang Jiang: The Chinese podcast Bié de diànbō 别的电波; and Shan Weijian's Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and AmericaKaiser: The album The Last Will and Testament by Swedish metal band Opeth; and the Provincial Cuisine Club in Beijing, for trying food from different parts of ChinaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

By the end of this year, China will have seen 40 years of economic reform and interaction with the outside world – 40 years in which China has undergone earthshaking changes.Read the article by Yu Hua and Allen Barr: https://chinachannel.org/2018/12/14/changing-china/Narrated by Cliff Larsen.

“Teaconomics” transforms a Chinese village.Read the article by Matthew Chitwood: https://chinachannel.org/2019/05/02/bandgong-1/Narrated by Matthew Chitwood.

Matthew Brennan is a speaker and writer focusing on Chinese mobile technology and innovation. In particular, he’s known for analysis of social ecommerce and WeChat, China’s famous super app and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. His opinions are often featured in global media (Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BBC, The Financial Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, Quartz, TechinAsia, Wired, Harvard Political Review). He delivers presentations for executive teams seeking to gain insight into Chinese tech innovation. Matthew delivers a combination of inspiration and insight into the new wave of Chinese digital innovation. He has delivered presentations for companies including Google, Tencent, DHL, NBC Universal, Boston Consulting Group, LinkedIn, Schneider Electric and L’Oréal Group as well as for a large number of industry association conferences. He is also co-host of the China Tech Talk podcast produced together with China’s largest English language tech media, Technode & TechCrunch China. The podcast unpacks Chinese tech innovation and features guests from companies such as Tencent, JD, Xiaomi, Wall Street Journal, The Information and Mobike. His company China Channel organizes China’s largest WeChat marketing conference series for international companies. http://matthewbrennan.info/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/EloPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/EloPodcast/ https://linktr.ee/elopodcast Website: www.elopodcast.com Comentarios & Sugerencias: info@elopodcast.com

China's long love affair with England's greatest consulting detective is a mystery worth solving.Read the article by Paul French: https://chinachannel.org/2020/09/18/holmes/Narrated by Paul French.

My accidental connection with Mao's good soldier.Read the article by Andrea Worden: https://chinachannel.org/2021/03/05/missing-lei-feng/Narrated by Andrea Worden.

If there is a single climactic moment in Philippe Paquet's exhaustive, colorful account of the life of the writer Simon Leys, it occurs on a staid French television show about books. Read the article by Josh Freedman: https://chinachannel.org/2018/03/19/simon-leys/Narrated by Josh Freedman.

Seeking enlightenment and energy drinks in Shangri-la.Read the article by Alec Ash: https://chinachannel.org/2021/03/15/shangri-la/Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

A dispatch from quarantined Wuhan during the coronavirus epidemic.Read the story by Xiaoyu Lu, translated by Allen Young: https://chinachannel.org/2020/01/27/wuhan-coronavirus/

The screen of my phone was zoomed in on a small grey square, labelled ‘Comrade Mao Zedong's Former Residence'.Read the article by Jonathan Chatwin: https://chinachannel.org/2021/02/19/corruption-museum/Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

People have long talked about Shanghai being different from the rest of China.Read the story by Paul French: https://chinachannel.org/2018/06/13/shanghai-mind/Narrated by Paul French.

In his first five-year term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping regularly cited classical Chinese philosophy in order to bolster his image as a man of learning and virtue.Read the article by Sam Crane: https://chinachannel.org/2017/11/17/philosopher-king/Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

Be++ featured the Co-founder of China Channel, Matthew Brennan, who discussed the emerging digital tech market in China. He also gave insights on how businesses can successfully enter and thrive in the growing China market.Read on our blog: https://webpuppies.com.sg/podcast/china-market-expansion/

Topics Discussed and Key Points:●      What is the “middle platform” and how does it benefit ByteDance?●      Other innovations by ByteDance that other companies are trying to imitate●      TikTok versus Snapchat, and why the former is thriving while the latter is dying●      Up-and-coming tech companies to keep an eye on●      Why Oracle attempted to partner with TikTok●      The future of TikTok in the U.S. with a Biden administration in place●      Why America is seen as a high-risk market in China●      The ramifications of Jack Ma's speech on the Ant IPO Episode Summary:Today on The Negotiation, we continue our conversation with Matthew Brennan, a highly sought-after speaker on Chinese internet and tech innovation, with a particular focus on WeChat and ByteDance. He is also the author of Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance (2020).Matthew is the Co-Founder of China Channel, which “provides digital marketing services for brands wishing to perform better on WeChat and China's digital ecosystem.” China Channel also organizes “China's largest WeChat marketing conference series for international companies, China Channel delivers regular presentations, workshops, trainings and events globally about WeChat.”The “middle platform”, first conceptualized by Jack Ma and Alibaba, is a third-party group that does the “heavy lifting” in terms of technology and resource management. ByteDance's apps can all plug into this central service called the middle platform, allowing these resources to be shared and ensuring no overlap between different teams.ByteDance has risen to prominence in the China tech space—and that of the world, by extension—through a myriad of innovations, from launching their unique internal tools as a product, selling their recommendation algorithm ala “recommendation as a service”, and their various avenues for growth hacking.Listen in as Matthew goes on to discuss the importance of how psychology can inform the potential success (or failure) of a social platform, other tech companies in China set to explode soon as ByteDance did, make sense of Oracle's decision to partner with TikTok, and what a Biden administration (as well as current, strained U.S.-China relations) would mean for the future of TikTok and ByteDance as a whole. Key Quotes:“It wasn't always obvious that TikTok would be so successful because they almost ruined it in the early days.” “When it comes to apps such as TikTok or Snapchat, it's really important to understand the psychology behind these applications. It says so much about them and where the opportunity is in terms of business.” “When you speak to entrepreneurs and VCs on the ground in China, nobody really wants to invest in America anymore. It's too risky. They don't want to launch apps there. They just see it as a high-risk market.”

Topics Discussed and Key Points:●      How Matthew built a fascination for WeChat and digital innovation in China●      Writing objectively about big tech brands in a country known for heavy censorship●      The huge potential of sharing short videos via these newest social media platforms●      What is ByteDance, exactly?●      How ByteDance compares to the other tech giants in China●      What makes TikTok unique?●      Localizing TikTok's content in other markets Episode Summary:Today on The Negotiation, we speak with Matthew Brennan, a highly sought-after speaker on the Chinese internet and tech innovation space, with a particular focus on WeChat and ByteDance. He is also the author of Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance (2020).Matthew is the Co-Founder of China Channel, which “provides digital marketing services for brands wishing to perform better on WeChat and China's digital ecosystem.” China Channel also organizes “China's largest WeChat marketing conference series for international companies, China Channel delivers regular presentations, workshops, training, and events globally about WeChat.”Matthew says that his interest in digital innovation in China transcends geopolitics. Since writing his book, there has been a swell of controversy around TikTok as the U.S. and India worked to ban the popular social media app. Matthew, however, would rather focus on the bigger picture that is the trajectory this opens up for internet usage, globally. Short video is changing the way we use the internet, we are only in the early stages of this new trend.Listen in as Matthew goes on to share how ByteDance and TikTok came to be and how they sparked massive innovation in the mobile landscape, as well as how ByteDance compares to China's other tech giants today and what the future holds. Key Quotes:“I do believe that short video is a very important trend for internet usage, globally. What TikTok provides is a new way that people are using the internet, and it's not going away.” “China is all about mobile. It's an app economy. People don't tend to use browsers that much. Browser usage is very low in China.” “ByteDance has the potential to be a viable option to the Facebook and Google duopoly around online advertising globally.”

In episode 334, Matthew Brennan returned to discuss his new book "Attention Factory: The Story of Tik Tok & China's ByteDance". Matthew began with the inspiration and the key themes behind the first English book specifically focused on ByteDance, observing the rise of the company. He discuss the backstory of Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance and how he learned from his past experiences to build Toutiao first before embarking on Douyin that eventually led to Tik Tok. Last but not least, Matthew debunked the common misconceptions on Tik Tok and ByteDance, explained how their business models work and offered a glimpse to the challenges ahead for the company in the near future. Here are the interesting show notes and links to the discussion: Matthew Brennan, Co-founder of China Channel and author of “ (chinachannel.co, @mbrennanchina , Linkedin, Wechat:Yowdy-CQ) As the highest recurring guest on the podcast, it’s great to welcome you back. First question: what have you been up to since our last conversation? “Attention Factory - The Story of Tik Tok and China’s ByteDance” by Matthew Brennan What is the inspiration behind writing this book? What are the key themes for this book? Who are the major audiences that you want to target in this book? Tik Tok and ByteDance are often characterized by Western commentators and media as a threat to Facebook, Twitter and even to the US government itself. What are the key misconceptions about Tik Tok and ByteDance?  Probably this is the first book which dives in depth into the background of Zhang Yiming, the founder of Bytedance, and the surprise is that he used to work for China’s twitter clone, Fanfou (started by Wang Xing, now founder and CEO of Meituan-Dianping) and was shut down by the authorities. Can you elaborate more on his background and his stint as a CEO with another startup called 99Fang before coming to ByteDance? What has 99Fang taught Zhang Yiming in the process? After he resigned from 99Fang, he started ByteDance and it was not with Tik Tok that he started his foray. He did Toutiao, can you talk about the design concepts and what Toutiao taught the ByteDance team? One can think of the success of Tik Tok in three stages: Douyin in China, acquisition of Musical.ly and then expanding globally across the decade of 2010 to 2020. Let’s start with Douyin first, how did the app cross the chasm to drive users? Tencent has tried to challenge Douyin on the homeground with Weishi, what did they get wrong and why have they failed to challenge Tik Tok?  What are the key business models for Tik Tok and Douyin from ByteDance? How does the app bring revenues to the company? How are the apps localized or globalized to ensure a better user experience?  There are different ways to look at Tik Tok. One interesting insight was from Eugene Wei’s recent article “Tik Tok and the Sorting Hat”, where Tik Tok does not need the social graph but rather rely on the recommendation engine algorithm to push the interests of the user, which makes Tik Tok a more direct competitor to Youtube. What are your thoughts on how one should think of Tik Tok as a mobile app or social network or video network? Probably, we should talk about what happened to Tik Tok in the US this year. They have hired Kevin Mayer, former head of Disney+ and then Donald Trump threatened to shut them down, and first there was supposed to be an acquisition from Microsoft, but ended up with Oracle and Walmart clinching a partnership deal. Can you share your thoughts on what happened and where this is likely to go before & after the US elections? What are the key challenges you see for ByteDance in the coming year? Closing Do you have any recommendations that have recently inspired you? Where can our audience find you and your new book “Attention Factory”? Podcast Information: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Himalaya Spotify Libsyn Google Play Overcast FM SoundCloud Luminary Twitter Facebook Video Facebook Page Linkedin Stitcher Castbox RadioPublic Acast PodBean ListenNotes TuneIn The show is hosted and produced by Carol Yin (@CarolYujiaYin) and originally created by Bernard Leong (@bernardleong, Linkedin). Sound credits for the intro music: Taro Iwashiro, "The Beginning" from Red Cliff Soundtrack. analyseasia · Attention Factory: The Story of Tik Tok & China’s ByteDance with Matthew Brennan

Today’s guest, Anne Henochowicz, works at the intersection of literature and human rights. She has translated leaked propaganda directives and subversive Weibo posts, investigative journalism and poetry. She is currently the translations coordinator at China Digital Times and a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books China Channel. She also leads the NüVoices chapter in Washington, D.C.In this episode, Anne and Cindy Gao talk about the translator's relationship and responsibility to the original texts and their authors, the beauty and nuance of great translation, and the impact COVID-19 has had on the tone of online discourse and translated works.Here are links to some of Anne’s recent translations:Yu Xiuhua, "Mourning Li Wenliang," China Digital Times, Feb. 2019, https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2020/02/translation-a-poem-for-dr-li-wenliang-and-a-call-for-free-speech/Meng Lang, "To China, to the Bystanders," Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Jul. 2019, https://www.asiancha.com/wp/article/to-china/Tang Danhong, "Chairman Mao Is Dead!" China Channel, Oct. 2017 (forthcoming republication in Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing), https://chinachannel.org/2017/10/12/chairman-mao-dead/Some writing:"Huang Xueqin: 'To Resist Tyranny, Start Small,'" China Digital Times, Dec. 2019, https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2019/12/huang-xueqin-to-resist-tyranny-start-small/"Of Rice Bunnies and Grass-Mud Horses," China Channel, Feb. 2018, https://chinachannel.org/2018/02/27/rice-bunnies-grass-mud-horses/"Finding a Common Thread: A History of Chinese Language," Los Angeles Review of Books, Aug. 2016, http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/chinablog/common-thread-history-chinese-dialects/Finally, some links to works by the authors mentioned during the interview:Yu Xinqiao: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780998743837/the-last-lyric.aspxYu Xiuhua: https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2018/july/two-poems-yu-xiuhuaTang Danhong: https://youtu.be/gEFALzoh-5Q

This is Part 2 about Pinduoduo and the idea of interactive / engagement-driven ecommerce.In Part 1, I discussed a recent whitepaper with its authors Elliott Zaagman (co-host the China Tech Investor podcast and a research and communications professional focused on China) and Matthew Brennan (Managing Director of the China Channel.)Their whitepaper on Pinduoduo and interactive commerce is available at China Channel or can be downloaded directly here (Interactive Ecommerce Whitepaper 2020.08.10.)You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya.The 5 choices for explaining Pinduoduo’s success are:First mover in a huge market. Got the right product at the right time in the right market.Offered low cost (sometimes free) products to a frugal demographic.Interactive / engagement-focused ecommerce.Group buying and virality. The tie with WeChat.Good execution and management.Related podcasts and articles:What is the Secret of Pinduoduo’s Success? With Matthew Brennan and Elliott Zaagman. (1 of 2) (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 45)This is part of Learning Goals: Level 7-8, with a focus on:#31: Introduction to PinduoduoConcepts for this class. The slides discussed in the podcast are located below and correspond to the 4 ideas below.Value for Money. The Power of Cheap and Free. Example of Digital Superpower #1: Dramatically improving the user experience.Interactive / Engagement-Focused EcommerceVirality and Word of MouthExternal View and Base RatesCompanies for this class:Pinduoduo------------Support the show (https://jefftowson.com)

This is Part 1 about Pinduoduo and the idea of interactive / engagement-driven ecommerce. Our guests for this podcast were Matthew Brennan and Elliott Zaagman.Elliott Zaagman is co-host the China Tech Investor podcast and a research and communications professional focused on China.Matthew Brennan is Managing Director of the China Channel. We discuss their whitepaper on Pinduoduo and interactive commerce, which is available at China Channel.The 5 choices for explaining Pinduoduo’s success are:First mover in a huge market. Got the right product at the right time in the right market.Offered low cost (sometimes free) products to a frugal demographic.Interactive / engagement-focused ecommerce.Group buying and virality. The tie with WeChat.Good execution and management.Related podcasts and articles:Companies Can Have Digital Superpowers: Lazada vs. Grab. Luckin vs. Hellobike. (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 37)What Is the Secret of Zoom’s Success in Video Communications? (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 21)This is part of Learning Goals: Level 7-8, with a focus on:#31: Introduction to PinduoduoConcepts for this class:Value for Money. The Power of Cheap and Free. Example of Digital Superpower #1: Dramatically improving the user experience.Interactive / Engagement-Focused EcommerceVirality and Word of MouthCompanies for this class:Pinduoduo———I write and speak about digital China and Asia’s latest tech trends.I also teach Jeff’s Asia Tech Class, an online course and daily commentary for busy executives on Asia tech and China’s digital leaders.www.jeffreytowson.comSupport the show (https://jefftowson.com)

Today marks an anniversary very dear, and tragic for many people. The Tiananmen Square Massacre. Amir Ali caught up with China Channel ltd. consultant, and White House Correspondent for TheDiplomat, Bonnie Girard, to talk about the legacy of this day.

In episode 301, Matthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a conversation to discuss Tencent's Q1 2019 earnings and how the latest version of Wechat app is now evolving with the consumers and enterprise.  We discuss the recent Q1 earnings of Tencent and how the company is moving ahead with the obstacle of getting games approved in China. Then we dive deep into Wechat 7.0, the super app's latest iteration, the new features and why the Wechat enterprise is not given a serious look from observers outside China. Here are the interesting show notes and links to the discussion (with time-stamps included): Matthew Brennan, Co-founder of China Channel and host of China Tech Talk podcast (chinachannel.co, @mbrennanchina , Linkedin, Wechat:Yowdy-CQ) [0:23] Since our last conversation, what have you been up to? [0:35] You have just been to a Tencent conference (Thursday May 23) in Kunming, what are the interesting things that have popped up there? [1:07] Who is the intended audience for this conference which you are attending? [2:50] Just a quick one: What are your thoughts on Google and ARM cutting access to Huawei? What is the long term implications given that Huawei is now banned in the US? [5:58] How long does it take for Huawei to start having problems in China with the current ban? Matthew also examined the impact on Huawei in Europe. [8:33] Tencent Q1 2019 Earnings and Wechat 7.0 Release [10:44] Tencent has recently released their Q1 earnings for 2019, what are the key highlights for the company? [11:15] Moving forward, it’s a weak quarter, how will Tencent move forward in the next few quarters, particularly on issues relating to gaming where they are at the mercy of the regulators in getting approvals?  [12:58] There has been an re-organization in Tencent, what are the key personnel changes? [14:55] During this year’s conference, Allen Zhang, the person in charge of Wechat gave a 4 hour keynote, and you did an excellent summary of the event, what are the key messages that he has delivered? [16:40] What is Wechat 7.0 and what are the biggest changes for the app as compared to the past versions? [19:36] Does the philosophy of Wechat app has an impact to how it has evolved differently from the other social media apps in China? [23:17] Do Wechat starts incorporating AI and other infrastructure upgrades for this 7.0 version? [25:12] How is Wechat 7.0 responding to their potential competition in different types of usage whether it’s ByteDance or Alibaba? [27:46] Why is the Wechat app for enterprise not get talked about in the Western media given the deployment of the app has been quite impressive? [29:45] Does Wechat 7.0 foreshadow a shift in business models for the messaging app? [34:28] Is the narrative of Wechat killers over-hyped in the market? [36:35] Matthew's thoughtful comments on the possibility of Tencent being caught in the US and China trade war [39:00] Closing[41:49] Can you recommend a book or movie or podcast or anything which recently made an impact to your work and personal life? [41:50] Matt's recommendation: Crazy Capital, a chinese podcast by 2 Chinese VCs. BL's recommendation: Xu Dong's "Empire of Silver" (Chinese book) How can my audience find you? [44:10] Podcast Information: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Himalaya Spotify Libsyn Google Play Overcast FM SoundCloud Luminary Twitter Facebook Video Facebook Page Linkedin Stitcher Castbox RadioPublic Acast PodBean ListenNotes TuneIn The show is hosted by Bernard Leong (@bernardleong & weibo) and are sponsored by Ideal Workspace (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn) with their new Altizen Desk (Twitter, Facebook, Medium). Sound credits for the intro music: Taro Iwashiro, "The Beginning" from Red Cliff Soundtrack and this episode is both hosted and edited by Carol Yin, and co-produced by Carol Yin and Bernard Leong.

As the twentieth century drew to a close, Hong Kong, recently transformed into a Special Administrative Region of the PRC, seemed a city totally unlike any of its neighbors. Many observers were surprised by how light a touch Beijing seemed to be exerting in the wake of the 1997 handover, and the striking contrast between what could be said, done, and published in Hong Kong, compared to mainland metropolitan cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen. Since the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in 2017, controls have tightened dramatically amid fears of tighter political censorship and enhanced self-censorship. However, with the anniversary of the June 4th Massacre approaching, Hong Kong is still the only place on PRC soil where it can be discussed and marked in public. In 2019, what was once a chasm between civic life in Hong Kong and cities such as Guangzhou and Beijing is rapidly closing. What does the future hold for Hong Kong? Will it become just another Chinese city that makes up the Greater Bay Area? The speakers, who have been tracking issues relating to higher education, journalism, protest, and the arts, address Hong Kong's future under Chinese rule. Denise Y. Ho is assistant professor of twentieth-century Chinese history at Yale University. She is an historian of modern China, with a particular focus on the social and cultural history of the Mao period (1949-1976). Her first book, Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao’s China, appeared with Cambridge University Press in 2018. She is also co-editing a volume with Jennifer Altehenger of King’s College London on the material culture of the Mao period. Dr. Ho is currently at work on a new research project on Hong Kong and China, entitled Cross-Border Relations. Louisa Lim is an award-winning journalist who grew up in Hong Kong and reported from China for a decade for NPR and the BBC. She is a senior lecturer in audiovisual journalism at the University of Melbourne, and is currently a visiting fellow at the University of Hong Kong. She also co-hosts The Little Red Podcast, a podcast about China beyond the Beijing beltway, which won the News & Current Affairs award at the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. Her writing about Hong Kong has appeared in the anthology Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections from a Borrowed Place, as well as The New York Times and The New Yorker, and she is the author of The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited (Oxford University Press, 2014), which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine. His most recent book is the third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2018), which he coauthored with Maura Cunningham. In addition to contributing to academic venues, he has written many reviews and commentaries for newspapers, magazines, and journals of opinion, including pieces on Hong Kong that have appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is on the editorial board of Dissent magazine, serves as an academic editor for the China Channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Matthew Brennan, co-founder of China Channel and host of China Tech Talk, closes the Bytedance trilogy of Toutiao and Douyin with the Bytedance Group. We discuss the mission and vision of the Bytedance Group, an artificial intelligence technology company and where they are after raising US$3B from SoftBank recently. We discuss the product portfolio of Bytedance beyond Toutiao and Douyin, their business model of advertising which drives high profitability and why they are poised to take on Facebook in a global scale.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel joins us to discuss the coffee wars in China between the upstart, Luckin Coffee and Starbucks Cafe. We discuss the origins of the company and the strong management team led by Jenny Qian which brought the startup to its current stage. We discuss how Chinese consumers are now using Luckin Coffee and why they are different and poised to give Starbucks a ride of their lives in China. Last but not least, we discuss the coffee wars in China as part of the proxy war between Alibaba and Tencent and why it will likely to catapult Luckin Coffee outside China for regional expansion.

Elliott and James are joined by Matt Brennan, co-founder of China Channel and one of the world's foremost experts on Tencent and WeChat. Elliott and James begin discussing some topics from the 9th Caixin Summit’s open-door events: fintech and financial policy; benefits of China’s WTO membership; and US-China relations. In the watchlist segment, they discuss some highlights from Tencent’s Q3’2018 earnings call. Finally, they chat with Matt about Tencent’s strategic upgrade to the Industrial Inte

Matthew Brennan from China Channel and co-host of China Tech Talk joined us to discuss the mobile app Douyin aka Tik Tok (for the rest of the world) by Bytedance and why they are poised to be one of the new leading social media platform not just for China but for the rest of the world. We discussed the mechanics in how Douyin work for content creators and consumers and the monetisation model for the app, and how Douyin are now navigating the regulatory environment in China with their user generated content. Last but not least, we also discussed their ongoing feud with Tencent.  

Matthew Brennan, co-founder of China Channel and host of China Tech Talk, joined us to discuss Pinduoduo, the three year old social ecommerce company backed by Tencent slated for an IPO this year. We discussed the origins of Pinduoduo and why they labelled themselves as the amalgamation of Costco and Disney, their products and services on the mobile app and the business model that powered their rise. We also discussed the backers of the company together with the upcoming IPO of Pinduoduo in NASDAQ.

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The recent proposal to remove presidential term limits in China has prompted questions about the country’s future development, and the historical legacy of China’s past authoritarian leaders seems relevant once again. How should we understand the current direction of China’s political culture? In a newly revised and updated book, modern China historians Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Maura Cunningham review the key historical trends that have shaped China’s development in the 21st century. From Confucian thought to U.S.-China relations under Trump and Xi, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, third edition, provides essential knowledge for understanding the world’s emerging superpower. Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Wasserstrom discussed their book and how to understand contemporary China in historical perspective with the National Committee on March 27, 2018.    Maura Elizabeth Cunningham is a writer and historian of modern China. She is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University (B.A.), Yale University (M.A.), the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies (graduate certificate), and the University of California, Irvine (Ph.D.), as well as of Chinese language programs in Beijing and Hangzhou. Dr. Cunningham’s dissertation was a social and cultural history of child welfare in 20th-century Shanghai; she is currently working on a book about children’s cartoonist Zhang Leping. In 2016, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to become the digital media manager at the Association for Asian Studies. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications.    Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine, where he edits the Journal of Asian Studies; he also holds courtesy affiliations in the Law School and the Literary Journalism Program. Dr. Wasserstrom holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz, a master’s from Harvard, and a doctorate from Berkeley, and has written five books and edited or coedited several others. His most recent books as author and editor include, Eight Juxtapositions: China through Imperfect Analogies from Mark Twain to Manchukuoand the Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China. He was a co-founder of The China Beat blog (2008-2012) and is now an academic editor for the LARB’s China Channel.    

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In this week’s episode we chat with Matt Brennan, co-founder of China Channel, creator of the Chat conference, and a well-known speaker and expert on all things WeChat. I realized we hadn’t covered WeChat that much so far on the podcast so I wanted to have Matt on to give us the rundown.   We cover: How brands and influencers can be using mini programs WeChat’s improved search features What is the Brand Zone? Will WeChat start to monetize influencer campaigns like Weibo and Meipai have? How foreign brands and tourism boards can be better utilizing WeChat WeChat saturation and how to grow an audience on a mature platform     Guest: Matthew Brennan Website: https://chinachannel.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brennan/ Podcast: http://chinatechtalk.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina   Host: Lauren Hallanan Website: laurenhallanan.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-hallanan/ Instagram: @laurenleren   Mentioned in the Episode: Mini Program Creation: Youzan Becky Li Mini Program Case Study More Mini Program Case Studies Brand Zone Podcast w/Elijah Whaley on Weibo Monetization WeChat CityExperiences   Thanks to our sponsor PARKLU: www.parklu.com   For additional information and show notes head over to www.chinainfluencermarketing.com     If you like this podcast and know someone who might find it interesting, please share! 

Matthew Brennan, co-founder of China Channel and host of China Tech Talk joined us in a conversation to discuss Tencent's gaming empire worldwide and their third killer app after QQ & Wechat: Honor of Kings. We discussed the recent major happenings from Tencent in their purchase of stock from Snap in the US and bypassing Facebook's market capitalisation temporarily, and how they assembled their gaming portfolio and assets, particularly Honor of Kings, in a strategy as the top gaming company now in the world and mitigate against the concerns of the Chinese government in mobile gaming addiction. Episode 225: Tencent’s Gaming Empire & Honor of Kings with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Laura y Santiago hablan de cómo Laura se ve muy cool publicando desde NY en Instagram (aunque no sea el caso) y discuten comentarios de la audiencia, lo que los lleva a hablar de la influencia gringa en el podcast y en la vida de cada uno. El tema grueso es WeChat y cómo esta aplicación muestra el futuro hiperintegrado que se viene. Finalmente, tienen una larga conversación cargada de spoilers sobre S-Town, el podcast.  www.cosasdeinternet.fm Con el apoyo de: ▸Oyentes como tú en Patreon Notas del episodio: Instagram de Laura. Podcayork. Laura en China.  Por qué duramos tanto tiempo sin publicar. El episodio «Moderadores de contenido» que menciona Gloria Susana. Episodio «La puerta del baño». Hello Internet. Resulta que «retroalimentación» ni siquiera está en el diccionario de la Real academia española, en cambio aparece «realimentación». Trade-off Si quieren seguir a Linda (la amiga china), ella sube fotos muy bonitas a su Instagram. Acá hay un ejemplo de cómo se escribe en chino «Feliz cumpleaños» (incluye letras romanas y caracteres). Video del New York Times: «How China Is Changing Your Internet». Esta vlogger habla de las mil cosas que se pueden hacer en WeChat, incluída la opción de conocer gente agitando el celular. Reporte de China Channel sobre el comportamiento de los usuarios de WeChat. El artículo con mucha información que prometió Laura sobre WeChat: «Bots won't replace apps. Better apps will replace apps». «Why Apps Won't Matter in the Future» (el video de TechAltar). Stop trying to make Bixby happen. El asistente personal de Windows se llama Cortana. S-Town. Las dos temporadas de Serial. Missing Richard Simmons.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel & host of China Tech Talk podcast joined us on a discussion on Sina Weibo and why it is not the “Twitter” of China. We discussed the origins, the products, revenue & business models in Weibo, and how it was spun off from its parent company, Sina. Matthew also explained The post Episode 203: Weibo is not Twitter of China with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Before the special episode 200, we have a special episode from China Tech Talk hosted by John Artman from Technode & Matthew Brennan from China Channel where our host Bernard Leong was recently chatting about the entrance of Baidu, Alibaba & Tencent in Southeast Asia. In the conversation, we discussed the chronology to how the The post Special Episode: BAT in Southeast Asia with Bernard Leong on China Tech Talk appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a fascinating conversation on Toutiao, one of the new emerging mobile apps focused on AI and their applications in news and information. We discussed the chronology, product & services and business models behind Toutiao’s rise among the 2nd wave of technology giants (Toutiao, Meituan-Dianping & Didi) in The post Episode 187: Toutiao with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a conversation on the evolution of the Wechat ecosystem. In the second part of our conversation, we discussed their international strategy, the competition for the attention of wechat users by brands and businesses, the progress of the mini-programs and what to expect this year in their product The post Episode 178: The Evolution of Wechat Ecosystem with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel joined us in a two part conversation on the evolution of the Wechat ecosystem. In the first part of our conversation, we discussed the potential slowdown of Wechat users growth, their main revenue drivers, advertising and payment products with advertising and payments with a huge growth in their market share The post Episode 177: The Wechat Ecosystem – Growth, Ads & Payments with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Matthew Brennan from China Channel and a well-known expert on Wechat joined us for an in-depth discussion on the recent launch of the Wechat mini-apps or programs, the philosophy behind them with interpretations on Allen Zhang, the founder of Wechat and their impact to the Wechat developers, businesses & brands living within the ecosystem. He The post Episode 158: Wechat Mini Apps with Matthew Brennan appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Living China comes hand-in-hand with having Wechat -one does not function without it. With payment solutions, business accounts, taxi services and more, Wechat's efficient utility services are far surpassing the likes of Whatsapp and Facebook messenger. This week, we podcast Live! From the Chat conference -China's largest Wechat conference for the international community, hosted in Shanghai by China Channel and Walk the Chat. From the leafy rooftops of the conference, we caught up with Andrew Schorr, Co-Founder of Grata, and Edaan Getzel, Co-Founder of Rikai Labs after their speeches on stage, to share their thoughts on why we shouldn't celebrate too myopically the successes of Wechat, how chatbots can be built with personalities, and also contrary to it's name, why artificial intelligence actually lacks intelligence. Thanks as always to our sponsors Chinaccelerator, People-Squared, and our syndication partner Technode. A huge thanks to our Producer, Vivian Law and Production Editor David Xu, and finally our listeners –Thank You!

This week we are talking - wechat! The king of Chinese internet - how can small businesses tap into it? We have Matt Brennan from China Channel giving us some tips and insights on today’s show.Episode Content:How a Small Business Can Leverage Wechat for a Chinese Business Kick StartIntro Matt and China ChannelEarly beginnings of China ChannelWhere are we with Wechat now in Summer 2016, in terms of numbers? So let’s talk to the listeners today who are outside of China, they have an SME, maybe doing a few hundred thousand dollars a year in sales in their home country. Can they do business in the Chinese market? Some say get bigger first - you think they have a chance to do something here at this stage?Wechat is making life for businesses and people much easier - so what can some of these overseas businesses do?But for an overseas business, an official account - can’t reach local chinese right? What should they do? Even bother with an official account?Is it all about official accounts? Or leveraging personal accounts, groups, and other elements of Wechat?How about your own Wechat channel how is it going? How did you get yours up to the level it is ? How to build up that important initial following? Ways to stand out from the crowd - as there is so much noise today in WechatHow to reach out? Best ways to get in touch.Episode Mentions:Startup WeekendTencent - wechat companyWechat hacking appChina Channel websiteQianhai Free Trade Zone Business trip with Global From AsiaStartup Noodle blog is 4 years oldDownload and SubscribeDownload this episode: right click on this link and choose "save as"Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunesOr check out the full list on subscription options Periscope Live broadcasting of the recordings follow @StartupNoodle (open link on mobile)