Conside - A Podcast about China's Tech Scene

Sorry for the long wait! But Conside is coming back with a whole new season! There will be many major improvements going on in Season 2 of Conside. So stay tuned and see what's really going on in China's tech scene.

Feature story: The Ups and Downs and Downs of Bike Sharing Pt.1

• A primitive coverage of the bike sharing scene in China by The Guardian
• The differences between Mobike and Ofo explained
• A summary of the crazy funding rounds of Mobike and Ofo
• The subsidy war and how it drove the rapid adoption of bike sharing in China

 

The website of Conside: https://www.conside.fm/

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* Intro music provided by Kano_Sound / Pond5

After weeks of reorganization, Conside is finally coming back. Don’t worry that me or the show would disappear. Starting from this episode, Conside will be regularly updated, and bring you the same value with the true insider view of China’s tech scene. Hope you can enjoy it!  

• A little promotion: The book I translated, the Chinese version of The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is finally available!

 

• News:
  • Netflix signed a content licensing deal with iqiyi (爱奇艺) as a move to enter China
  • Apple requires all kinds of apps with tipping feature to adopt IAP payment mechanism

 

• Feature story: Even Weibo has Revived, What about Twitter?
  • Weibo’s 2016 annual financial report
  • Fanfou (饭否) is one of the earliest imitator of Twitter in China
  • A screenshot of Weibo’s early web page
  • The Weibo page of the most followed celebrity Xie Na (谢娜), who has more than 90m followers
  • E-commerce promotion on Weibo that links to Taobao.com
  • Weibo is always good at ‘absorbing’ features from its foreign models, and the latest one is the ‘Stories’
  • An analysis of internet users in China

  The website of Conside: http://conside.fm   If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected]   or follow Conside on twitter: @considefm

• Follow up:
  • How an episode of Conside is produced and how paranoid the host is

• News of the week:
  • Under the pressure from Apple, WeChat closes its reader patronage feature

• Feature story: Chinese Fantasy Novels Are more Addictive than Cocaine?
  • An American guy gave up his cocaine addiction for the Chinese web novel he’s reading
  • An introduction of the largest translated Chinese web novel site: wuxiaworld.com
  • The Wuxia (武侠, Martial Arts Heros), Xianxia (仙侠, Daoist Heros) and Xuanhuan (玄幻, Chiese fantasy) genres
  • The web novel industry in China
  • Why Chinese web novels are so popular among foreign readers now? 
  • An interview video of RWX, the founder of Wuxiaworld

 

The sites you can find some translated Chinese web novels:

http://www.wuxiaworld.com/ http://www.xianxiaworld.net/ http://gravitytales.com/ http://www.arantranslations.com/ http://shiroyukitranslations.com/ http://www.radianttranslations.com/     The website of Conside: http://conside.fm   If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected]   or follow Conside on twitter: @considefm

• Follow up:
  • Conside has got featured in China’s iTunes Store, and ranked up to the 3rd of tech podcasts

 

• News of the week (fortnight):
  • Apple sells the ‘Chinese Red’ edition of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in China
  • Airbnb finally gets an official Chinese name ‘爱彼迎’ (Ai Bi Ying), but Chinese people don’t seem to like it

 

• Feature story: From Onmyoji to the Nijigen Culture in China
  • Onmyoji, what’s that?
  • A game named Onmoyji (阴阳师) goes viral in China
  • This game has exceptional graphics, character design, voice over and story
  • A gameplay video of Onmyoji
  • ACG and Nijigen (二次元) culture
  • Other popular Nijigen mobile games in China: Fate Grand Order (FGO) and Honkai Impact (崩坏3)
  • Gacha mechanic is the most common monetization method of nijigen mobile games
  • Onmyoji is declining because of its gacha system and character enhancement process
  • Onmyoji even goes back to its homeland Japan

The website of Conside: http://conside.fm

If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected]

or follow Conside on twitter: @considefm

This episode is going a little retrospective. I take a look back on uber’s journey to China in the view of a normal user. How Uber became one of the most successful foreign startups in China? How it fought with the local giant opponents and why it just left China afterwards? What is circumstance of China’s ride-sharing market after Uber’s withdrawal? You will find the answers in the feature story. Besides, I also talk about an unexpected new player in China’s ride-sharing market, and Victoria’s Secret’s first ever flagship store in China.    What to hear in this episode:  

• News of the week (fortnight):
  • China’s biggest group buying player Meituan (美团) pilots its ride-sharing service in Nanjing
  • Victoria’s Secret finally opens its first flagship store in Shanghai
• Feature Story: The Aftermath of Uber’s Withdrawal
  • The entrance of Uber and Uber China
  • How the original People’s Uber hooked people of China
  • The epic war between Uber China and Didi Kuaidi (滴滴快的)
  • Uber China’s lost under an unfair competition environment and unfavorable regulation
  • The aftermath of Uber’s withdrawal
  • Read more: Uber’s Battle for China by Financial Times

  The website of Conside: http://conside.fm   If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected] or follow Conside on twitter: @considefm

Sorry for the delay of the 2# episode of Conside, which is due to the Chinese New Year. So in this episode we have a very Chinese topic—how the Red Envelope gifting tradition was reproduced on mobile apps. You will hear how WeChat, Alipay and QQ tried to step in digital Red Envelope and how this evolved into an annual battle. Behind these battles, there is actually a war of offline payment going on. As for the news, I talk about the sudden hit of Meitu on social media, and the step down of Hugo Barra as the VP of Xiaomi Global.    What to hear in this episode:  

• News of the week (month)
• • Meitu, a Chinese photo-editing app has gone viral on western social media, and caused some controversies in terms of tracking issue.
  • Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s Global VP, has left for Facebook to take charge of its VR business.
• Feature story: The Red Envelope Battle of 2017
• • The tradition of Chinese Red Envelope explained
  • How digital Red Envelope came into being
  • The first Red Envelope battle between WeChat and Alipay
  • The war of offline payment behind
  • How WeChat, Alipay and QQ fight in this year’s Red Envelope battle
  • What should we learn from such battles

  The website of Conside: http://conside.fm   If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected] or find me on twitter: @consideray

Welcome to the first episode of Conside, an English podcast focuses on the booming tech scene of China. In this show, you will hear the true insider view of China's startups, innovations, tech trends and the stories behind them.

In this episode, I mainly talk about the annual Singles' Day (or 'Double 11') big sale of China. From how it came into being, to where it will go in the future, this episode covers a detailed introduction of the world's biggest online shopping sale. You can also grasp a basic understanding of the e-commerce development and landscape of China from it. In the news part, I discuss the overseas expansion of China's bike-sharing companies, a helpless Airbnb host in China, and the launch of Wechat's Mini Program feature. 

What to listen in this episode:

• Podcast introduction 
  • What Is Conside and Why I Started It?
  • About Page

• News of the week
  • Mobike and Ofo Bike both announce their overseas expansion plan coincidently
  • An Airbnb house in China was severely sabotaged by a shooting crew
  • Wechat finally launches its Mini Program feature

• Feature story: The 'Double 11' Shopping Festival of China
  • The origin of 'Singles' Day'
  • The early Singles' Day sales of Taobao
  • How Singles' Day was eaten by 'Double 11'
  • 'Double 12': a copy cat
  • The currently status and future development of Double 11
  • The significance and influence of Double 11

Conside's website: http://conside.fm

If you have any question or feedback. please kindly contact: [email protected] or find me on twitter: @consideray