This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Lulu Chen, who has reported on tech in China for over a decade and is the author of the book Influence Empire: The Inside Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition. It's a fascinating look at not only Tencent but at the overall internet sector in China, focusing on the travails and the triumphs of some of the most consequential Chinese internet entrepreneurs.
5:31 – Motivation for and background of Influence Empire
10:15 – Ma Huateng and Martin Lau at Tencent
19:56 – How the Chinese internet sector went from copying to innovating
30:59 – Cutthroat company cultures
33:20 – What made Allen Zhang successful?
37:25 – The Tencent-Meituan food delivery coup
45:21 – Tencent’s position in the online game industry
51:58 – Understanding China’s 2020-2022 tech crackdown
A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.
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