Ep. 80: Community (grocery) group buying: The next must-win market in China?

In episode 80 of Tech Buzz China , Rui and Ying talk about community group buying 社区团购 shèqū tuángòu, or CGB, which is the hottest thing in China tech right now. In addition to startups raising crazy funds — one just raised $700 million — the internet giants have all gone in with guns blazing, and investors are bullish. Listen and follow along with us as we explore what exactly CGB is, and what makes it so special — and controversial. Listeners will also hear from one of our favorite China tech writers, Lillian Li of the Chinese Characteristics newsletter, who just wrote two issues on this topic. Yup, Rui is still researching and writing on ByteDance for her ebook. You can get updates on it and our other work by subscribing to her newsletter, at techbuzzchina.com . Be sure to also check out the Tech Buzz China YouTube channel , which has some video-only content. Our transcripts are available on our website, as well as at pandaily.com and supchina.com . If you enjoy our work, please do let us know by leaving us an iTunes review (drop us a note saying you did, and we’ll send you an Extra Buzz newsletter subscription), and by tweeting at us at @techbuzzchina . We also read your emails, at rui@techbuzzchina.com and ying@techbuzzchina.com . Thank you to our teams at SupChina and Pandaily, and especially Caiwei Chen, Kaiser Kuo, and Jason MacRonald. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Ep. 80: Community (grocery) group buying: The next must-win market in China? is an episode from Tech Buzz China by Pandaily by SupChina.

This episode is 00:46:01 long.

This episode was published on Dec 22, 2020.

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