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Journey to the West: How China's online retailers are taking the battle to the rural front

Journey to the West: How China's online retailers are taking the battle to the rural front

Five years ago, Ji Yongtao left Shenzhen - China's coastal metropolis that recently became the country's thir…

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China has a problem with Toutiao

China has a problem with Toutiao

As Chinese investors and entrepreneurs bet on artificial intelligence, the government is also busy plowing mo…

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Bilibili and regulation: How one video company is thriving on youth-generated content · TechNode

Bilibili and regulation: How one video company is thriving on youth-generated content · TechNode

On the morning of July 13, users woke up to find that the majority of foreign TV shows and films had disappea…

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China hits roadblocks as it spends billions to help farmers sell online

China hits roadblocks as it spends billions to help farmers sell online

Last summer, 27-year-old Huang Dehuai quit his US$1,600-a-month job selling fertilizers across China and move…

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Chinese co-working unicorn URWork raises $30M from healthcare firm Aikang

Chinese co-working unicorn URWork raises $30M from healthcare firm Aikang

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on TechNode, an editorial partner of TechCrunch based in China. …

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Chinese Video Giants Are Becoming Production Powerhouses | China Film Insider

Chinese Video Giants Are Becoming Production Powerhouses | China Film Insider

"When it comes to quality of reality shows, internet companies are really closing in on or have even surpasse…

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DeepSeek And China v The World... Who Wins?

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By Luiza Jarovsky Verified, Rita Liao
| Content Is Not King
What’s the fuss about DeepSeek? Why is Trump positive? How has the tech and AI community reacted, after they freaked out? What GenZ got to do with DeepSeek? Everybody seems to have an opinion on DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence app that took the world by storm, topping downloads on the app stores. It’s China’s response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and AI platforms developed by American tech giants.
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How My China Tech Beat Fell Apart

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By Rita Liao
| ChinaTalk Substack
The following is a guest column from ,a longtime reporter formerly at TechCrunch. Recently, I met a Chinese entrepreneur pitching his AI startup to TechCrunch. As the only writer focused on China at the site for five years, I’ve been the go-to for all China-related stories.
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✍️ The never-ending China-shedding game

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By Rita Liao
| Substack
I host Leapfrog, a podcast about global entrepreneurs outside the American-centric bubble, and I sometimes write a few things about China. Chinese founders seeking Western customers and capital have been in limbo in recent years as geopolitical tensions rise. Now new measures from the US government threaten to soon make their journey to the West even more precarious, but they will also provide the much-needed direction on how “China-shedding” needs to play out.
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