63: Mafengwo and fake numbers in China

China Tech Talk by TechNode

Nov 8, 201854:09Technology

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. Links...

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