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60 (updated): How to make a billion dollar company in China with Fritz Demopoulos Oct 11, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk Fritz Demopoulos, founding partner of Queens Capital, about his journey at Qunar, how the company was founded, challenges they faced building the company, and advice for entrepreneurs in China today.

59: China's cybersecurity law: GDPR for the Middle Kingdom with Samm Sacks Sep 25, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk with Samm Sacks, Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, about China's cybersecurity law and how it relates to the social credit system as well as the future of data regulation in China.

58: Is Bullet Messenger a WeChat killer? Sep 12, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk about the messaging app that's shot like a bullet (pun intended) to top of app store charts as well as brief discussion of shady PR and persuasion practices in China.

57: The secret history of WeChat with Heatherm Huang Aug 22, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk with Heatherm Huang, a founding member of TalkBox, one of the first chat apps with push-to-talk functionality, about the history of chat message apps in China.

56: China coffee wars revisited: Luckin vs Starbaba Aug 13, 2018

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This week, John and Matt look at the recent developments in China's emerging coffee conflict and examine the Tencent/Alibaba turf war, whether the Starbaba tie-up will be a game changer, and the power of rethinking business models for the mobile age.

55: Huawei's wolf culture: Kill or be killed, part 2 Aug 06, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk with Elliot Zaagman, writer, executive coach, and corporate trainer, about the intense internal culture at Huawei. We even sneak in a surprise interview with an insider at the end.

This is the second of two parts.

54: Huawei's wolf culture: Kill or be killed, part 1 Jul 30, 2018

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This is the first of two parts.

53: The China that can be understood is not the real China Jul 23, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk about how to understand China from a macro-level, including its role in the world, the different cultural values, and the difficulty in explicating a nuanced understanding of the Middle Kingdom.

52: The globalization of the Chinese traveler with Victor Tseng, CCO of Ctrip Jul 02, 2018

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This week, John and Matt talk with Victor Tseng, Chief Communications Officer for Ctrip, about Chinese travelers, Ctrip's globalization strategy, and the challenges of going abroad.

51: The best of China Tech Talk's first year, part 2 Jun 17, 2018

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This week, John and Matt take a look back at 1 year of podcasting and pull out the best part of the best episodes. This is part 2 of 2.

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