This week we look at the X factor behind Alibaba's Singles Day and Tencent's partner conference showing just how different they are from other companies.
This week we look at the Double 11/Singles Day shopping orgy, follow Bluegogo and Coolqi as they implode, and look at a gay WeChat KOL going to Taiwan for Gay Pride
Rita explains Bilibili, the #1 site for young anime lovers; Masha tells us about how one company is collecting data and using it to simulate consumers.
Masha talks about O2O applications for blockchain (finally something more than finance!); Frank talks about left behind kids in Guizhou and the tech solution the government there have found to keep them out of trouble.
This week we take a look at the swift and harsh reaction from the media to Qudian's $900 million IPO in the US and China vs US in artificial intelligence.
This week we talk about the "startup capital winter," a trend seeing fewer and fewer quality startups as well as Alibaba's Computing Conference where they put the future of the Ali ecosystem on display.