Ranked #1
45: Tencent vs Alibaba - The battle for China’s offline retail with WSJ’s Liza Lin
45: Tencent vs Alibaba - The battle for China’s offline retail with WSJ’s Liza Lin
This week, John and Matt talk with Liza Lin, China technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the increasing... Read more
29 Apr 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #2
20: Alipay vs WeChat and why smile to pay matters
20: Alipay vs WeChat and why smile to pay matters
Matt and John start with Alipay's recent "smile to pay" demo and end with a discussion on why WeChat went into payments ... Read more
8 Sep 2017
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #3
57: The secret history of WeChat with Heatherm Huang
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... Read more
22 Aug 2018
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #4
70: WeChat vs TikTok: China's Stories
70: 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... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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56mins
Ranked #5
24: The water we swim in
24: The water we swim in
The first reference episode for China Tech Talk delves into the broader conditions enabling China speed, including: Eco... Read more
22 Oct 2017
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #6
43: The e-commerce platform becoming a threat to Alibaba with Thomas Graziani
43: The e-commerce platform becoming a threat to Alibaba with Thomas Graziani
This week, John and Matt talk with Thomas Graziani, founder and CEO of WalktheChat, a company that specializes in helpin... Read more
16 Apr 2018
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50mins
Ranked #7
83: Podcasting and why the open web is dead in China with Rio Zhan
83: Podcasting and why the open web is dead in China with Rio Zhan
At the end of 2018, Connie Chan of Andreesen Horowitz, wrote about how podcasts in China monetize. However, what she cal... Read more
11 Aug 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #8
53: The China that can be understood is not the real China
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 dif... Read more
23 Jul 2018
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58mins
Ranked #9
76: US vs China—AI asymmetries with Jeffrey Ding
76: US vs China—AI asymmetries with Jeffrey Ding
With the number of English speakers around the world, it's no surprise that Chinese AI experts and engineers are keeping... Read more
16 Apr 2019
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48mins
Ranked #10
31: China tech trends in 2017, part 1
31: China tech trends in 2017, part 1
This week, Matt and John discuss the top 5 trends (plus some honorable mentions) in China's tech for 2017. This is the f... Read more
24 Dec 2017
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42mins
Ranked #11
13: AT's Southeast Asia entrance with Bernard Leong
13: AT's Southeast Asia entrance with Bernard Leong
This week John and Matthew talk with Bernard Leong, host of the Analyse Asia podcast, about Alibaba and Tencent's activi... Read more
21 Jul 2017
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #12
66: The next Facebook will be Chinese
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... Read more
9 Dec 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #13
56: China coffee wars revisited: Luckin vs Starbaba
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/Ali... Read more
13 Aug 2018
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45mins
Ranked #14
12: China from Asia and China in Asia with Jon Russell
12: China from Asia and China in Asia with Jon Russell
This week John and Matt talk with Jon Russell, TechCrunch's man in Asia about covering China from the outside. We cover ... Read more
15 Jul 2017
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59mins
Ranked #15
16: ICO madness and China's bitcoin fever with Neil Woodfine
16: ICO madness and China's bitcoin fever with Neil Woodfine
This week Matt and John talk with Neil Woodfine, former COO at Remitsy about: What bitcoin and blockchain are What Ethe... Read more
11 Aug 2017
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #16
Episode 02: Mini-programs - WeChat's killer feature
Episode 02: Mini-programs - WeChat's killer feature
John and Matthew talk about WeChat's mini-programs. Introduced earlier this year, the full potential of mini-programs we... Read more
28 Apr 2017
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27mins
Ranked #17
35: A change in WeChat is a change in Chinese society
35: A change in WeChat is a change in Chinese society
Matt and John talk about recent developments in WeChat, including new insights from WeChat Open Class, the role of mini ... Read more
28 Jan 2018
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55mins
Ranked #18
68: The year that tech became political — 2018 in review, part 1
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, bl... Read more
22 Dec 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #19
71: The Chinese takeover of the Indian app ecosystem with Shadma Shaikh
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 targ... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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44mins
Ranked #20
81: The new new retail with Michael Norris
81: The new new retail with Michael Norris
In June, Carrefour sold 80% of its China operations to electronics retailer Suning. The news is representative of a much... Read more
17 Jul 2019
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54mins