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69: Restrictions and restructurings — 2018 in review, part 2 Jan 01, 2019

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This week, Matt and John take a look at the stories and trends of 2018, including gaming restrictions, Tencent's restructuring, the delivery and coffee wars, WeChat mini programs, and Bullet Messenger

68: The year that tech became political — 2018 in review, part 1 Dec 22, 2018

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This week, Matt and John take a look at the stories and trends of 2018, including ZTE/Huawei, AI in China, Bytedance, blockchain, and the death of bike rentals. This is the first of two parts.

67: IPOs in a bear market with Shai Oster Dec 16, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk with Shai Oster, Asia bureau chief for The Information, about the rash of Chinese IPOs in a down market, looking at Tencent Music, Xiaomi, Pinduoduo, Meituan Dianping. We also talk about the possibilities for Bytedance and Ant Financial IPOs in 2019.

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Shai Oster - The Information author page, @beijingscribe

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66: The next Facebook will be Chinese Dec 09, 2018

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Bytedance, formerly known as Jinri Toutiao, is on deck for discussion this week. Beginning from pure textual content and recommendation, Bytedance has seemingly found the key to human attention. While this makes for a great product, and compelling business, whether they can make it in the US market is still unclear.

Introducing China Tech Investors Dec 07, 2018

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China Tech Investors is the latest addition to the TechNode podcast network. Each week, the hosts look at publicly listed Chinese companies and have an interview with an expert to talk about companies and issues affecting the markets.

This week they talk G20 and China-US tensions with Chris Balding. Search in iTunes or your favorite podcast app for "China Tech Investor" to subscribe.

65: Walmart China: Ted Hopkins live from TechCrunch Shenzhen Dec 05, 2018

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Ted Hopkins, Senior Director of Walmart Ecommerce, joins us to talk about mini programs, eliminating lines in stores, and the future of retail in China.

64: China's VR market: Alvin Wang Graylin live from TechCrunch Shenzhen Nov 27, 2018

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Alvin Wang Graylin joins us this week from the sidelines of TechCrunch Shenzhen to talk about the broader potential of VR and the specific outlook for VR in China.

63: Mafengwo and fake numbers in China Nov 08, 2018

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Wang Boyuan is back! This time we're talking about Mafengwo and the curious case of extremely unreliable numbers in China. Not only Mafengwo, but also Alibaba, JD.com, and Dianping are mentioned in the discussion.

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Wang Boyuan – @thisboyuan

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John Artman, @knowsnothing
Matthew Brennan, @mbrennanchina

62: AI Superpowers with Kai-Fu Lee Oct 24, 2018

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Kai-Fu Lee joins us this week to talk about his new book, AI Superpowers, and the distinct advantages and differences between the US and China in this increasingly important technology.

61: How technology has changed music in China Oct 17, 2018

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Ahead of Tencent Music Entertainment's IPO, John and Matt are joined by Wang Boyuan, translator and editor of TechCrunch.cn, to take a look back at how the music industry has been influenced by tech as well as the evolving online music market, now dominated by Tencent.

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