Newsletter: Is Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Ready to Retire?

Newsletter: Is Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Ready to Retire?

Published:September 14, 2018
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Here are the hot trending topics in China last week: Editor's Pick Q&A on Bullet Messenger and its “Non-impactful Innovations” Is the new messagi...

Here are the hot trending topics in China last week:

Editor's Pick

Q&A on Bullet Messenger and its “Non-impactful Innovations” Is the new messaging app "Bullet Messenger" really a strong challenger of WeChat? What Can We Learn From China New Media Village? How did a group of rural villagers in China become viral content providers...

Top Stories

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Market Briefings

Tesla-Shanghai Tesla Shanghai’s Registered Capital Rose to 4.67 Billion RMB China’s Coffee War Escalates as Tencent Joins Hands With Luckin blockchain-technology China Academy of Information and Communication Technology Releases Blockchain White Paper Fresh Produce E-Commerce Unicorn MissFresh Raises $450 Million in Series D Funding Xiaomi and Huawei Among Top Five Wearable Companies According to IDC

New Releases

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Podcast

In this episode, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about the new messaging app, Bullet Messenger, which took the Chinese internet by storm. The key question is: is the app a true challenger to WeChat?