71: The Chinese takeover of the Indian app ecosystem with Shadma Shaikh
While everyone is talking about China's expansion into Southeast Asia, China's largest neighbor has become the real target for China's tech...
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China Tech Talk
China Tech Talk is a weekly podcast about what's happening on the ground in China's tech and startup ecosystems. It is hosted by John Artman, Editor-in-Chief of TechNode English, and Matthew...
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20 of 74 episodes70: WeChat vs TikTok: China's Stories
This week saw a multitude of messaging app announcements. First was WeChat's Open Class PRO featuring a four-hour speech from Allen Zhang. T...
69: Restrictions and restructurings — 2018 in review, part 2
This week, Matt and John take a look at the stories and trends of 2018, including gaming restrictions, Tencent's restructuring, the delivery...
68: The year that tech became political — 2018 in review, part 1
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 de...
67: IPOs in a bear market with Shai Oster
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, looki...
66: The next Facebook will be Chinese
Bytedance, formerly known as Jinri Toutiao, is on deck for discussion this week. Beginning from pure textual content and recommendation, Byt...
Introducing China Tech Investors
China Tech Investors is the latest addition to the TechNode podcast network. Each week, the hosts look at publicly listed Chinese companies...
65: Walmart China: Ted Hopkins live from TechCrunch Shenzhen
Ted Hopkins, Senior Director of Walmart Ecommerce, joins us to talk about mini programs, eliminating lines in stores, and the future of reta...
64: China's VR market: Alvin Wang Graylin live from TechCrunch Shenzhen
Alvin Wang Graylin, China Regional President at HTC, joins us this week from the sidelines of TechCrunch Shenzhen to talk about the broader...
63: Mafengwo and fake numbers in China
Wang Boyuan is back! This time we're talking about Mafengwo and the curious case of extremely unreliable numbers in China. Not only Mafengwo...
62: AI Superpowers with Kai-Fu Lee
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 Chi...
61: How technology has changed music in China
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...
60 (updated): How to make a billion dollar company in China with Fritz Demopoulos
This week, John and Matt talk Fritz Demopoulos, founding partner of Queens Capital, about his journey at Qunar, how the company was founded,...
59: China's cybersecurity law: GDPR for the Middle Kingdom with Samm Sacks
This week, John and Matt talk with Samm Sacks, Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies,...
58: Is Bullet Messenger a WeChat killer?
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 d...
57: The secret history of WeChat with Heatherm Huang
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,...
56: China coffee wars revisited: Luckin vs Starbaba
This week, John and Matt look at the recent developments in China's emerging coffee conflict and examine the Tencent/Alibaba turf war, wheth...
55: Huawei's wolf culture: Kill or be killed, part 2
This week, John and Matt talk with Elliot Zaagman, writer, executive coach, and corporate trainer, and Samin Sha, co-founder of ChinaChannel...
54: Huawei's wolf culture: Kill or be killed, part 1
This week, John and Matt talk with Elliot Zaagman, writer, executive coach, and corporate trainer, about the intense internal culture at Hua...
53: The China that can be understood is not the real China
This week, John and Matt talk about how to understand China from a macro-level, including its role in the world, the different cultural valu...