Productive Lazy Sundays

Usually, when people talk about streaming they think about gaming. I don't blame them, it is the bread and butter of major platforms such as Twitch. However, there is so much more to streaming than just gaming. In China, at least, there is a huge economy revolving around the platform that is live-streaming. Anything from e-commerce to educational stream, it is a booming industry. In this episode, we want to share our experience with the medium and the industry as a whole. 

PS : The mentioned platform to which I couldn't remember the name of in the podcast is Periscope. 

It is that time of the decade again ... What is next for China and where are the new areas of focus? 

When you think of the richest man of a country you usually think founder (or founding family) of big conglomerates or advanced tech companies. You know like Elon Musk or Jack Ma. This was true as well in China for a number of years, last year Zhong ShanShan replaced Jack Ma as the richest man in China. We wanted to explore the company he founded - Nong Fu Shan Quan - and how it came to be the success that it is today. 

Who is Faraday Future? You might have heard of them a few years back and then they disappeared ... but they are back...? This EV company packs a punch of turbulent history and we wanted to explore a little bit more especially in the days were EV seems to be at the forefront of everyone's mind. 

Zhang Nan in an interview given to Geekpark （极客公园） (wechat ID : geekpark) stated that we shouldn't limit our imagination to what Tiktok is and what it can be. In this interview, she stated the importance of connecting with people through the platform - is that a sign of the future ambitions of ByteDance? We wanted to take this interview as an opportunity to discuss the potential future of TikTok ... but somehow ended up talking a lot about food...?

Did you get an invite? Are you hanging out with Elon Musk? Are you part of the hype? Clubhouse seems to be the (emphasis) hot topic - but the tech or the idea doesn't seem to be revolutionary. Today we wanted to talk about DiZhua, an app that similarly to Clubhouse uses voice chat rooms as the backbone of a social platform. However, DiZhua launched a bit earlier than Clubhouse and also took different routes in many aspects. The Product Manager of DiZhua himself gave an interview to GeekPark (WeChat ID: geekpark) on the topic and we wanted to leverage that to brainstorm a bit on what could be the future of social platforms. 

With a rumored IPO, Didi is back in the headlines. On the menu as always is profitability, business model, and all of that. However, we wanted to take a step back and discuss a specific turning point for Didi: How it won the war against Uber?

At this point, most people have heard of TikTok - But unless you live in Asia - KuaiShou or Kwai (International Name) might be more foreign to you. However, they have had a remarkable IPO this year and we wanted to dig into the company and do a quick comparison to the more familiar TikTok. 

Happy Niu Year!! It's the year of the Ox (Niu in Chinese thus the Pun), and we all hope that the bullish stock market continues (Yes I will continue with the puns).

Yes the title is clickbait, but in the aftermath of an explosive increase in stock price, one cannot help but observe the similarities in the hype. Strong brand loyalty, charismatic leadership, and with an output of 40K+ cars, is NIO going to be the King of EV in China?