Brian Wong

Brian Wong is an entrepreneur and innovator whose career has spanned e-commerce, education, and digital media. He was the first American and 52nd employee to join Alibaba Group in 1999; today, he is the founder and chairman of RADII ( ), a leading digital media company dedicated to bridging understanding between youth in the East and West. Show notes: 3:30 Third-generation American-born Chinese, whose family was among the earliest group of Chinese immigrants 5:10 The different periods and different types of Chinese people who immigrated to America 7:40 How policy and war shaped the future of immigrants 9:50 The experience of Chinese immigrants searching for their cultural roots 12:11 First impressions of the motherland 16:10 Different immigrant experiences and influences on identity 22:30 Early aspiration to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people possible 30:00 The first time meeting Jack Ma and Joe Tsai 33:00 How Alibaba started and became what it is today 41:54 Requirements of being special assistant to Jack Ma 45:20 Upcoming book ‘The Tao of Alibaba’ 47:200 Reasons for creating a media platform that covers China 51:50 The state of American media and the China threat narrative

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Brian Wong is an episode from CHINA FROM ALL ANGLES by WES CHEN.

This episode is 01:06:08 long.

This episode was published on Apr 11, 2022.

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