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China Sports Insider PodcastUltimate influencers: Frisbee sees boom thanks to Chinese KOLsOn the show this week, Mark shares his experience on Patrick McEnroe’s podcast (1:02), plus watching live soccer for a change at a Taiwan Mulan Football League game — women’s pro soccer in Taiwan (1:41). Meanwhile, Tencent Sports has laid off 100 people given that there’s no original sporting content to produce these days (3:15), and Tencent’s big boss Pony Ma has been in the headlines for reposting a column critical of Covid Zero (5:17). Chongqing’s soccer team pulls the plug after 27 years in existence, leaving the Chinese Super League one team short just days before the start of the season. Repo...
2022-05-2547 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 83: Acquired crossover — 2021 China tech trendsThe Acquired podcast puts out some of the very best business and technology content out there, and is one of our co-hosts’ favorite listens. Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal are inspirations, and so we’re always flattered to be referenced as the “Acquired of China tech”! We had a lot of fun recording this episode together. Here at Tech Buzz, we typically write out our scripts ahead of time, and this was a rare chance to go unscripted. Let us know how we did! As Tech Buzz continues to broaden our content formats, you can follow us at techbu...
2021-05-081h 15Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 81: What it takes to win in China - Rui Ma with Karl UlrichEpisode 81 of Tech Buzz China continues our series of audio experiments, and features co-host Rui Ma in conversation with Wharton professor Karl Ulrich on his latest book, Winning in China. The book was co-authored with Wharton Global Fellow Lele Sang, and presents 8 carefully researched case studies of successes and failures, from Amazon to Sequoia Capital. The episode is a recording of a conversation that was broadcast live on the Clubhouse app on February 1. As Tech Buzz continues to broaden our content formats, you can follow us at techbuzzchina.com, subscribe to our YouTube channel, join us in t...
2021-02-1226 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 80: Community (grocery) group buying: The next must-win market in China?In episode 80 of Tech Buzz China, Rui and Ying talk about community group buying 社区团购 shèqū tuángòu, or CGB, which is the hottest thing in China tech right now. In addition to startups raising crazy funds — one just raised $700 million — the internet giants have all gone in with guns blazing, and investors are bullish. Listen and follow along with us as we explore what exactly CGB is, and what makes it so special — and controversial. Listeners will also hear from one of our favorite China tech writers, Lillian Li of the Chinese Characteristics newsletter, who just wrote two issu...
2020-12-2246 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 79: Yatsen Group: Cosmetics ecommerce superstar and China’s L’Oreal for the digital age?In Episode 79 of Tech Buzz China, Rui and Ying talk about a company that aspires to be “China’s L’Oréal” for the digital age: Yatsen Group, owner of smash hit cosmetics app Perfect Diary (完美日记) among other brands. Though we at Tech Buzz have never directly covered the company, we have mentioned it, including in Episode 70 with Lauren Hallanan; as well during last week’s Q3 Market Trends call (link available through Dec. 9) with BigOne Lab’s Mengyao Ren. Yatsen recently listed on the NYSE, and it’s got a nearly $12 billion market cap. Listen and follow along with us as...
2020-12-0838 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 77: The next thing in China ecommerce? Consumer to manufacturer (C2M)In episode 77 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu tackle a topic that has become the next big thing in China ecommerce: C2M, or consumer to manufacturer. Although the acronym itself is not new, the term has been redefined within the past two years, driven by the choices of a handful of key founders and companies. Listen to learn about why Rui and Ying think this new iteration is at once innovative and transformational, why both factories and brands stand to benefit, and what this all means for the future of manufacturing and commerce...
2020-10-3034 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 76: Lufax IPO and the end of P2P lending in ChinaIn episode 76 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu take advantage of the recent Lufax IPO filing (Chinese name: 陆金所 lùjīnsuǒ) to talk about the P2P lending industry in China, which has been an oft-requested topic! We get into China’s (lack of) regulation of the nontraditional form of financing, drivers behind the industry’s quick boom and bust, and some of the reasons Lufax is one of the few, and biggest, survivors. We have started uploading all of our past episodes onto the new Tech Buzz China YouTube channel and putting them together...
2020-10-1924 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 75: China ecommerce SaaS: Youzan, Weimob, and WeChat mini programsIn episode 75 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu talk about China ecommerce SaaS (software as a service), which currently primarily refers to WeChat ecommerce as it takes place through mini programs. Listen to learn about major players Youzan and Weimob, the difference between public and private traffic, and what Alibaba’s and Tencent’s future strategies might be given their actions up to this point. How accurate are the various players’ much-sought comparisons to Shopify, and how closely do the companies truly compare with that platform in their journeys to becoming China’s dominant ecommerce solution...
2020-10-0333 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 74: Ant Group: The biggest IPO…ever?In episode 74 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu talk in depth about Ant Group, Alibaba’s financial affiliate, ahead of its upcoming mega-IPO. Media reports that the company — which already holds the record for “largest-ever single private fundraise” for its $14 billion raise in 2018 — seeks to raise $30 billion. That figure would indeed make it the largest public offering the world has ever seen. We first covered Ant Group over two years ago in Episode 11, titled “After Alibaba, Team Jack Ma’s Newest Centacorn: Ant Financial.” At the time, Ant had said it planned to transition from t...
2020-09-1255 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 73: KE Holdings: China’s second largest platform?In episode 73 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying Lu return to the typical deep-dive format you’ve come to expect, with a timely look into recently listed real estate tech platform Beike 贝壳, or KE Holdings (BEKE). In addition to talking about the two-year-young company, we explore the realities of the Chinese real estate industry, which operates completely differently from (and is arguably messier than) the industry here in the U.S. We cover KE Holdings’ founder story, the company’s relationship to traditional real estate brokerage business Lianjia 链家, and the role of government policies in developing China’s real e...
2020-08-2835 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 72: What makes TikTok tick: A dialogue with Eugene WeiEpisode 72 of Tech Buzz China features product expert Eugene Wei in conversation with our co-host Rui Ma on the timely topic of TikTok and the mechanics of what makes the app so successful. Tune in to learn why Rui calls TikTok an “algorithmic entertainment platform” and why Eugene terms TikTok’s algorithm the “Sorting Hat.” You’ll also learn why the app was well situated in coming out of China, and what the future ownership and trajectory of TikTok in the U.S. might be. This is a special episode for Tech Buzz — so tune in! We recorded today’...
2020-08-141h 08Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 71: Industry trends in China’s COVID-19 recovery, with Mu ChenEpisode 71 of Tech Buzz China features Mu Chen in conversation with our co-hosts Ying Lu and Rui Ma, on the topic of digital and consumption trends in China. Mu is the founder and CEO of BigOne Lab (百观Lab), a data intelligence firm for investors. He discusses recent data and trends from key industries such as delivery, recruitment, logistics, travel, online spending, and gaming to illustrate how China’s economy is recovering from the downturn caused by COVID-19. This is the fourth in a series of experimental episodes that we will be releasing this summer. Today’s is a lightly...
2020-08-0529 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 70: Livestreaming ecommerce with Lauren HallananEpisode 70 of Tech Buzz China features Lauren Hallanan in conversation with our co-hosts Ying Lu and Rui Ma on the topic of livestreaming ecommerce. In addition to being a former China-based livestreamer herself, with over 400,000 followers, Lauren is a fellow SupChina podcaster at the China Marketing Podcast. Go check it out! Today, Lauren gives a fascinating overview of China’s livestreaming ecommerce industry, including its history, key traits and differentiators, common content formats, and product design and features. Throughout, she helps us answer these questions: Why has livestreaming, specifically in ecommerce, become so explosively popular in China? How...
2020-07-2040 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 69: China AI with Jeff DingEpisode 69 of Tech Buzz China features our co-host Rui Ma in dialogue with Jeff Ding, a Rhodes Scholar and D.Phil Researcher at Oxford in the Future of Humanity Institute. He is also the creator of a free weekly newsletter called China AI. For his talk, Jeff focuses on artificial intelligence in China, specifically, some of the “unsexy” technical applications of AI across several industries.This is the second in a series of experimental, non-scripted episodes that we will be releasing this summer. Today’s episode is a lightly edited version of a live webinar that Tech Buzz h...
2020-06-2230 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 68: Entertainment livestreaming outside of China with Shang Koo of M17.asiaEpisode 68 of Tech Buzz China features our co-host Rui Ma in dialogue with Shang Koo, the CFO of M17 Entertainment, or M17.asia, which is a livestreaming company popular in Taiwan and Japan. Listen to learn more about entertainment livestreaming and how the industry has developed throughout Asia. Shang goes into the dynamics of gifting, critiques of various business models, and the impacts of COVID-19 on the sector both within China and in markets that M17 serves.This is the first in a series of experimental, non-scripted episodes that we will be releasing this summer. The recording...
2020-06-0825 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 67: TikTok’s siblings: ByteDance’s other video appsIn episode 67 of Tech Buzz China, hosts Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu discuss the ByteDance family of video apps outside of TikTok, including Xigua, Huoshan, and Pipixia. Most listeners know by now that ByteDance is very good at video, and these other apps provide noteworthy — though not comprehensive — examples of just how good it is. Listen to learn about ByteDance’s extensive video portfolio. In particular, will Xigua win versus Bilibili for the title of China’s YouTube? Is ByteDance’s strategy too scattered and unfocused, or is it thoughtful and comprehensive? A reminder — check out Tech Buzz’s ongoin...
2020-05-2244 min
Ta for Ta: Women, Success, ChinaThe testimony of resilient women: Lan Yan on her mother, her family, and the Cultural RevolutionLan Yan is the vice chairman of investment banking at Lazard and the chairman and CEO of Lazard Greater China. She recently authored the book The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History. In this episode, Yan shares her story as a young woman growing up during the Cultural Revolution, managing cultural expectations and personal aspirations, and the importance of her mother as an inspirational female figure in her life. Like the podcasts at SupChina? Help us out by taking this brief survey. See Privacy Policy at https://a...
2020-05-1559 min
The Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 114This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: the United States Department of Homeland Security clamps down on Chinese journalists working in the U.S., the director of Shanghai’s COVID-19 clinical expert team says there is “no chance” that the coronavirus pandemic will end this summer, and online education companies in China see massive spikes in net revenues. In addition, we speak with Caixin Global managing editor Doug Young about China’s tech sector and which companies could be making a move toward an initial public offering in the coming months.Like the podcasts at SupChina...
2020-05-1215 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 113This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Automaker BYD swaps car production for face masks, ByteDance-owned short-video app TikTok’s downloads soar to over 2 billion, and Australia joins China and the European Union in calling for a new trade dispute system within the WTO. We also speak with Caixin Global managing editor Doug Young about plummeting smartphone shipments from China at a time when global supply chains and demand are being severely impacted by the coronavirus.Like the podcasts at SupChina? Help us out by taking this brief survey.See Privacy Policy at http...
2020-05-0414 minTa for Ta: Women, Success, ChinaMaking the case for pursuing your passion, with chef Jenny DorseyAfter beginning her career as a management consultant, Jenny Dorsey pivoted to a graduate program in business at Columbia. Still dissatisfied after a semester in school, she put her studies on hold and embarked on a personal and professional journey of self-discovery as a chef. This led to a string of gigs working in and around restaurants, and allowed her to pursue her own creative endeavors crafting not just meals but also experiences for her customers. In this episode, Jenny describes her arrival on the food scene in the United States and her work as the founder a...
2020-05-0454 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 66: Beyond TikTok: Bytedance’s ambitions in gaming and educationIn episode 66 of Tech Buzz China, co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu talk about Bytedance’s forays into gaming and education — moves that have been well covered and are eagerly anticipated by Chinese media. Notably, in multiple interviews, CEO Zhang Yiming says that he only wants to go into fields where he feels he is better than the incumbent. While Zhang believes, and we agree, that edtech has a lot of room for improvement, we wonder if Bytedance’s moves in gaming could be more effective if it defended itself against Tencent. What do you think? Thanks to some...
2020-05-0134 minTa for Ta: Women, Success, ChinaShared musical roots, with Wu Fei and Abigail WashburnThis week, we are joined by Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who recently released a self-titled debut album as a duo. Fei is a composer and a world-renowned player of the guzheng, a string instrument often featured in Chinese folk music. Abigail is a banjo player who has won a Grammy Award for her reinterpretations of traditional Appalachian music. In this episode, Abigail and Fei dive into their creative process behind making music and tell us about the origins of their friendship and newest album.Like the podcasts at SupChina? Help us out by t...
2020-04-1656 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 65 (Extra Buzz Special): Luckin’s luck ran outEpisode 65 of Tech Buzz China is a special one — a reading of the seventh issue of Extra Buzz, our new biweekly newsletter written by co-host Rui Ma. Listen (and read along) to follow Rui’s thoughts on the biggest story in China tech last week: the alleged fraud of China’s on-demand coffee company, Luckin Coffee 瑞幸咖啡. At its core, we at Tech Buzz believe Luckin is a story of information asymmetry, with voices on either side of the Pacific at times seeming to be telling different stories altogether. Rui explains why investors and other observers who did the proper digging would...
2020-04-1329 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 62: Real pain for Chinese real estate startupsEpisode 62 of Tech Buzz China is on co-living and co-working, two of the formerly hottest — and now possibly coldest — sectors in China tech. Co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu discuss how real estate startups have been hit hard by the coronavirus against a backdrop of how the real estate sector is big business in China. From rental startup companies Danke and Ziroom to co-working giant Ucommune, which failed to list last year, listeners will join a whirlwind tour of the biggest players and must-know trends in the space (pun intended). Listen to find out: How accurate are the c...
2020-03-0736 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 61: Getting educated on China K-12 tutoring edtechEpisode 61 of Tech Buzz China is on K-12 edtech entrepreneurs, who are seeing their businesses grow instead of shrink in the wake of the coronavirus. Co-hosts Rui Ma and Ying-Ying Lu discuss top trends and the key players before the virus hit, and how they are responding now. In 2018, the raging headline was that half of the venture capital deployed in edtech that year went to Chinese companies. In the past three years alone, 25 Chinese education companies have gone public. It’s a massive market, but what are the common misconceptions held by Western investors? Listen to hea...
2020-02-2135 min
Tech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 56: Not just TikTok: A short history of Chinese short video abroadEpisode 56 of TechBuzz China is all about short video, which our co-hosts comment should by now be considered one of China’s “New Four Great Inventions.” It’s sweeping the world, and has become an arena in which Chinese companies’ battle for users and revenue is extending abroad. Most of our listeners will have heard of Bytedance’s product TikTok, and likely even of Kuaishou (see TechBuzz #55), but what about other players such as Likee — what is their story? Short videos shot in China, or on apps made in China, are increasingly common sights on social media feeds around th...
2019-11-2333 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 51: Overview of China Tech: Rui Ma on SupChina AccessEpisode 51 of TechBuzz China is our second consecutive show that is in a unique format. It features a replay of TechBuzz co-host Rui Ma’s recorded call on SupChina Access, which was originally aired live on July 23. The conversation is moderated by Jeremy Goldkorn, editor-in-chief of SupChina. As longtime listeners know, we are proudly one of the most long-standing podcasts within SupChina’s Sinica Podcast Network. In this episode, Jeremy prompts Rui to speak on some of the hottest topics, trends, and companies covered in past TechBuzz episodes: Luckin Coffee, e-cigarettes, Baidu, Bytedance, EV carmakers, real estate platforms, and 996 work...
2019-08-3051 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 44: So young, more beautiful — the allure of China's plastic surgery marketIn episode 44 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about So-Young, an internet company that markets and facilitates plastic surgery and other medical cosmetic procedures to Chinese customers. The six-year-old company has a stated mission of bringing “health and beauty” to everyone, and its stock priced at $13.80 per American depositary share (ADS) last week but is now trading at about $20. Prior to listing, So-Young had raised over $250 million in venture capital funding, including some from Tencent. Last year, it claimed to have made $8 million in net income, plus a market share of 82 percent based on user time spen...
2019-05-1032 minTech Buzz China by PandailyEp. 32: Luckin Coffee: Starbucks Challenger or a New Breed of F&B for the 21st Century?In episode 32 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about Luckin Coffee, the hybrid online-offline coffee chain unicorn startup that’s turning heads in China with its rapid expansion and innovative business model. In fact, immediately after we completed recording this episode, news broke that the year-old company has raised another $200 million in fresh funding, upping its valuation to $2.2 billion. Throughout Luckin’s existence, Western media has had a habit of comparing Luckin to Starbucks, and describing Luckin as the “Starbucks challenger.” But just how accurate is this juxtaposition? Additionally, how has now-celebrity CEO Qian Zhiya, or Jenny, be...
2018-12-1331 min
The Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 70Welcome to the 70th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We analyze a report from Moody’s, which shows that China’s massive, murky lending to sub-Saharan countries, though good for growth, increases their credit risks and can obstruct alternative sources of loans. We dive into the controversy surrounding China’s drive to get ahea...
2018-11-1913 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 69Welcome to the 69th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out that Li Yang 李扬, head of the National Institution for Finance & Development, has forecast that China’s economic expansion may be entering a long-term “downward spiral” as all three engines of growth — investment, exports, and consumption — slow down. We report that car sales in Chi...
2018-11-1217 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 68Welcome to the 68th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out that stocks jumped and the yuan strengthened on Friday after presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump had what Trump called “a long and very good conversation” about trade. We report that Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai says the company’s controv...
2018-11-0513 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 67Welcome to the 67th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that a full-blown trade war with the United States will bring “substantial impacts” to the Chinese economy, dragging down growth for 15 manufacturing-related sectors, according to a top government think tank in China. We discuss the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge in Zhu...
2018-10-2921 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 66Welcome to the 66th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out that China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly a decade in the third quarter, as top officials sent a slew of rarely seen coordinated messages to stem a stock-market sell-off driven by worries over a deepening trade war...
2018-10-2219 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 65Welcome to the 65th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out that Chinese stocks fell to four-year lows last week, following a sharp decline in the U.S. We hear that two years after becoming one of the world’s 10 most valuable public companies, social networking giant Tencent has passed a less...
2018-10-1518 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 64 Welcome to the 64th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that China stocks went for a wild ride last week, with the benchmark index hitting it lowest level in years Monday, then rebounding with its best weekly performance since 2016. We discuss how Nur Bekri (努尔·白克力), director of the National Energy Administration and a vice chairma...
2018-09-2412 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 63Welcome to the 63rd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that China’s largest ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing said it will resume late-night ride-hailing service after upgrading its safety measures. We explore the effects of the disappearance of Fan Bingbing, China’s biggest female film star, and how the Communist Party of Chi...
2018-09-1818 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 62Welcome to the 62nd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We discuss how China said it will control the total number of online games and new titles in operation, explore establishing an age-reminder system, and take measures to restrict the amount of time that minors spend on the games. We note that top pla...
2018-09-1018 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 61Welcome to the 61st installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that China is confronting claims that its overseas investment is saddling developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt, as Beijing hosts a major gathering of African leaders to discuss development priorities for the next few years. We learn that Money-losing iQiyi, wh...
2018-09-0519 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 60Welcome to the 60th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that smartphone maker Xiaomi’s Hong Kong-listed shares fell last week, despite revealing in its first earnings report since its July listing that it had made a profit in the second quarter. We discuss the downfall of Chinese celebrity monk Shi Xuec...
2018-08-2718 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 59Welcome to the 59th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that China’s central bank is set to appoint two new deputy governors in an effort to bring in more expertise to tackle systemic financial risks. We learn that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is preparing to revise rules to crack down...
2018-08-0620 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 58Welcome to the 58th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We discuss the strong debut of Chinese discount shopping site Pinduoduo on the Nasdaq last week, following a $1.6 billion IPO — one of the biggest listings by a Chinese company this year. We hear that a man set off a homemade explosive device outside the U...
2018-07-3018 min
Ta for Ta: Women, Success, ChinaEpisode 8: Anla ChengOur episode today features Anla Cheng, Founder and CEO of SupChina - the premier digital news platform about China which aims to inform and educate an English speaking audience. What struck me about Anla is that she has such an incredible poise and presence, certainly acquired from much wisdom in both finance and journalism. We really dig into the importance of portraying China genuinely through the media, what it means to break through the "bamboo ceiling", and how resilience and courage key to a sustainable career.
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2018-07-2538 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 57Welcome to the 57th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We hear that China’s currency continued weakening last week and hit its lowest level in a year as escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S. eroded market sentiment. We analyze a new report that shows that China’s currency grew more i...
2018-07-2318 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 56Welcome to the 56th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We hear that a majority of American companies don’t support their president’s use of retaliatory tariffs to achieve U.S. trade goals. We analyze new data that shows that new-energy vehicle sales in China during the first half of the year double...
2018-07-1620 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 55Welcome to the 55th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We analyze the threat of a trade war between the United States and China, as it has become a reality. We explore how Chinese stocks were unfazed by the trade tensions. We learn that several prominent banks and private investors have been left in...
2018-07-0917 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 54Welcome to the 54th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We explore how China’s solar industry will suffer after the government decided to cut a series of subsidies that have fueled the industry’s boom for nearly a decade. We note that China plans to impose restrictions on the pay of film and te...
2018-07-0215 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 53Welcome to the 53rd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out how, in a surprising reversal, smartphone maker Xiaomi said over the weekend there is no timetable for its mainland share offering, and that it will first complete its listing in Hong Kong. We learn that China’s big three national wire...
2018-06-2517 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 52Welcome to the 52nd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We find out about an additional 25 percent duty imposed by the Trump administration on about $50 billion of Chinese imports that contain “industrially significant technologies.” We note that China’s economic growth showed signs of losing steam in May as fixed-asset investment, industrial output, and retai...
2018-06-1816 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 51Welcome to the 51st installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that Chinese telecom company ZTE has reached a deal with the U.S. to pay a $1 billion fine to end crippling American sanctions. We hear the news that Foxconn Industrial Internet has become China’s most valuable tech company after its shar...
2018-06-1116 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 50Welcome to the 50th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We acknowledge a new report that found out that the cost of living in Beijing and Shanghai has become relatively cheaper in the last three years compared with other major cities around the globe. We analyze some new data that suggests that while Am...
2018-06-0516 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 49Welcome to the 49th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We analyze internet company Sina’s plan to launch a secondary listing in Hong Kong. We note that U.S. electric car startup Tesla has received tentative approval from the Shanghai government to manufacture cars in the city. We learn that the Trump admi...
2018-05-2915 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 48Welcome to the 48th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note social networking giant Twitter’s first-ever client event in China to expand its footprint in the country. We learn that a resurgent and refocused Baidu was the big winner among China’s top internet companies in the first quarter of the year...
2018-05-2115 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 47Welcome to the 47th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We analyze the two-day meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in northeastern China’s port city of Dalian, where the two leaders voiced support for the easing of tensions and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. We note...
2018-05-1415 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 46Welcome to the 46th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that a North Korean nuclear test site near the border with China has collapsed, leaving it vulnerable to radiation leaks. We analyze President Donald Trump’s new remarks on U.S.-China relationships, which indicated that the two countries would have a “v...
2018-04-3016 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 45Welcome to the 45th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We note that Hainan Province is flinging open its doors to international tourists, granting visa-free stays to 59 nationalities amid a push to transform itself into “China’s Hawaii.” We find out about digital payments leader Alipay’s launch of its service on buses. We learn t...
2018-04-2317 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 44Welcome to the 44th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We analyze China’s trade deficit number in March, which reached nearly $5 billion, marking the first monthly deficit since January 2017. We discuss Xi Jinping’s reiterated promises to open up the country’s economy to foreign investors at the opening ceremony of the Boao For...
2018-04-1616 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 43Welcome to the 43rd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week: We pay attention to the return of Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, which was launched in September 2011 and has been at the center of several milestones for China’s space program. We delve into a recent report published by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool Universi...
2018-04-0214 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 42Welcome to the 42nd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we note that China’s legislature elected Yang Xiaodu 杨晓渡, a veteran leader of a Party-based anti-graft organ, as the first chief of the country’s newly formed anti-corruption agency created under President Xi Jinping's effort to extend his battle against corruption. We explore the launch o...
2018-03-2620 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 41Welcome to the 41st installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we learn about a sweeping plan approved by the National People’s Congress of China, the country’s legislature, to tackle a series of issues such as slow economic growth, environmental degradation, and market volatility. We discuss a recent study that found that 90 percen...
2018-03-1919 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 40Welcome to the 40th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we learn about the latest data on China’s exports, which hit a three-year high in February, greatly surpassing market expectations. We note China’s determination to take “powerful” measures to defend its interests against the tariffs on imported steel and foreign-made aluminum issued by T...
2018-03-1214 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 39Welcome to the 39th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we learn about how one of the biggest donkey-hide supplement makers in China lost millions of dollars due to a dustup over the potency of the traditional Chinese medicine. We discuss the news that the Chinese government has suspended the distant-water fishing activity of...
2018-03-0513 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 38Welcome to the 38th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we learn that Chinese shares posted their worst weekly performance in two years, falling nearly 10 percent, as markets in both the mainland and Hong Kong plunged following a similar correction in the U.S. and other global markets. We explore the latest trade num...
2018-02-1214 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 37Welcome to the 37th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we learn about a man in China who was awarded 1.9 million yuan ($301,796) in compensation last week after being wrongfully convicted of molesting dozens of women last year. We explore some new data released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), which suggests th...
2018-02-0514 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 36Welcome to the 36th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we hear about the news that 630,000 fewer babies were born in China in 2017 than the year before, despite the government’s efforts to encourage couples to have a second child. We explore the resilience of China’s economy, which accelerated for the first time i...
2018-01-2215 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 35Welcome to the 35th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we look at China’s new economic data, which suggests that the 2017 rate of the country’s economic growth was around 6.9 percent, marking the first acceleration in seven years. We learn that an ambitious deal between Dalian Wanda and IBM to join forces in China’...
2018-01-1516 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 34Welcome to the 34th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we discuss how China is strengthening oversight of preschools with measures including a requirement for more cameras in classrooms, following several highly publicized child abuse scandals in recent months. We analyze reports that China will roll out a list next year outlining which are...
2017-12-1812 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 33Welcome to the 33rd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we analyze how Twitter is flitting around the edges of the world’s largest internet market, although it’s blocked in China. We explore why Ford and Alibaba initiated a major strategic collaboration in online car-related services. We examine Alipay’s latest move to sign a...
2017-12-1221 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 32Welcome to the 32nd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we explore China’s manufacturing data for November, which shows that domestic investment momentum has remained intact, while external demand recovered further. We learn about the news that China’s banking regulator fined China Minsheng Bank, the country’s largest privately owned bank, for selli...
2017-12-0414 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 31Welcome to the 31st installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we analyze why China plans to grant overseas investors greater access to the country’s financial market. We look at Apple’s removal of the popular Skype voice and instant messaging service from its China app store after being informed it violated local rules...
2017-11-2714 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 30Welcome to the 30th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we look at the new regulations issued by the China Banking Regulatory Commission, which were specially designed for the nation’s three state-owned policy banks, clarifying their business positions and enhancing oversight of risk control. We learn the news that Panama opened its first...
2017-11-2012 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 29Welcome to the 29th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we take a look at China’s trade figures for October, which remained strong in both exports and imports. We hear good news from China’s Twitter-like microblogging platform Weibo, whose profit tripled to a record $101.1 million in the third quarter. We learn the lat...
2017-11-1314 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 28Welcome to the 28th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we discuss how sales of the latest iPhone helped Apple post its first China growth in almost two years. We analyze two news items about Alibaba — that its co-founder Joe Tsai is buying a 49 percent stake in the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, and that th...
2017-11-0620 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 27Welcome to the 27th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we hear about the death of Lu Guanqiu 鲁冠球, founder and chairman of Wanxiang Group Corporation, the largest automotive parts firm by revenue in China. We take a look at a new report that shows that the Chinese mainland added an average of two new billi...
2017-10-3020 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 26Welcome to the 26th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we take a look at China’s latest economic data on GDP growth in the July-September period. We delve into the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party, which kicked off last week with a three-hour, 23-minute speech by Party chief Xi Jinping. We le...
2017-10-2314 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 25Welcome to the 25th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we explore how China’s tech giant Tencent secured a new license to sell insurance products on its popular messaging apps WeChat and QQ. We analyze the latest move by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to implement more than two dozen research programs on ai...
2017-10-1617 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 24Welcome to the 24th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we analyze S&P’s decision to cut the long-term sovereign credit rating on China by one notch to A+ from AA-, the fifth-highest level, and change the outlook to stable from negative. We take a look at China’s high-speed trains, which are get...
2017-09-2521 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 23Welcome to the 23rd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we look into the new China-backed plan to build a high-speed railroad between the Russian cities of Moscow and Kazan. We analyze why U.S. high-tech chipmaker Lattice Semiconductor decided to terminate its plan to be purchased by a China-backed buyer. We examine how...
2017-09-1824 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 22Welcome to the 22nd installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we tell you how the deaths of over 100 goats that ate spring onions exposed to a highly toxic pesticide have sparked public outcry over the lack of regulations curbing the overuse of such chemicals in China. We look at the news that a bab...
2017-09-1128 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 21Welcome to the 21st installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it features a business news roundup, plus conversations with Caixin reporters and editors. This week, we examine how Haidilao 海底捞, one of the most popular hotpot restaurants in China, is in hot water after a media exposé, which allegedly showed rats and all sorts of other sanitation problems in it, went viral. We analyze the news that Wanda Group’s shares plum...
2017-09-0521 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 20Welcome to the 20th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we learn about a high-speed railway linking China and Thailand, whose construction is set to begin in October after two years of setbacks and delays...
2017-08-2822 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 19Welcome to the 19th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we explore how China’s cyberspace regulator is now faulting Alibaba’s popular online shopping site for selling goods that have already been banned. We learn a...
2017-08-2118 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 18Welcome to the 18th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we discuss how Alibaba teamed up with its hometown Hangzhou to boost the city’s rental market by establishing an online property rental platform. We exp...
2017-08-1421 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 17Welcome to the 17th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we learn about how China’s new regulations on overseas investment by state-owned enterprises serve as part of the government’s ongoing fight against capital out...
2017-08-0733 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 16Welcome to the 16th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how a recent study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that two in five migrant laborers returning home fail to find work b...
2017-07-3129 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 15Welcome to the 15th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how R&F Properties replaced rival Sunac China Holdings to purchase over 70 Wanda Group hotels. We examine the news of the Chaoyang Distric...
2017-07-2428 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 14Welcome to the 14th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how Apple will build its first data center in China by partnering with the provincial government in southwestern Guizhou Province. We examine how a...
2017-07-1726 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 13Welcome to the 13th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how the National Financial Work Conference, the long-awaited quinquennial meeting on financial reform, is slated for mid-July. We examine how the Asian Infras...
2017-07-1022 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 12Welcome to the 12th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how a flight from Shanghai was delayed for almost six hours due to a passenger tossing coins at the engine for good luck —...
2017-07-0324 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 11Welcome to the 11th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how Ford — and possibly Tesla — plan on building production factories in China. We cover the news that China’s banking regulator has asked lender...
2017-06-2621 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 10Welcome to the 10th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank approved its first equity investment, for infrastructure development in India. We examine the news that China has appr...
2017-06-1933 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 9Welcome to the ninth installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we hear how Alibaba has overtaken its rival Tencent to become the most valuable company in China by market cap. We look into how Chinese banking regu...
2017-06-1222 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 8Welcome to the eighth installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we look at the corruption case of Wang Bao'an 王保安, the former head of the statistics bureau who received a life sentence for 153 million yuan ($22.5 million) in ill-gotten...
2017-06-0330 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 7Welcome to the seventh installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we look at the crackdown on "fake equity, real debt" by China's financial regulators, at the downgrade by Moody's of China's sovereign credit rating, and at the u...
2017-05-2741 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 6Welcome to the sixth installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we look at some of the big numbers from the Belt and Road Forum, which concluded after two days of clear skies in Beijing. We hear abo...
2017-05-2030 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 5Welcome to the fifth installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news. This week, we look at the Belt and Road summit being held in Beijing on May 13-14, and at the new trade deal between the U.S. and China — part of the "100-day plan" proposed by Xi Jinpi...
2017-05-1224 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 4Welcome to the fourth installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the news. This week, we look at China’s slumping PMI numbers, Apple’s sagging sales in China, and the biggest dust storm in Beijing in recent years. We also feature four stories from Caixin: An IPO by popular hotpot...
2017-05-0731 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 3Welcome to the third weekly installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news. On this week's Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, Chinese ride-hailing champ Didi Chuxing raises a huge round, insurer Anbang bleeds cash, another financial watchdog falls to the anti-corruption campaign, and Netflix finally enters China. Plus, Coco Feng c...
2017-04-2927 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 2Welcome to the second weekly installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news. This week, we cover the China-made passenger jet that is set to take off, the lawsuit of a fish farmer from a “cancer village” over his dead daughter, anti-corruption moves, popular TV shows, and more. We’...
2017-04-2138 minThe Caixin-Sinica Business BriefThe Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 1Today, SupChina introduces the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China’s top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week’s news. We’d love to hear your feedback on this new product. Please send any comments and suggestions to sinica@supchina.com.
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