A real coup when announced in May, Mayer´s departure from ByteDance after less than 100 days leaves damage behind by Alexander Kremer When ByteDance announced in May, that it would hire the former Disney CEO-contender Mayer as the CEO of TikTok and COO of ByteDance, it was considered a clever…

The stars are aligned, as Ant Group aims for largest IPO in history Ant Group has a sexy business story which primary markets love to hear: a trillion size payment market, a solid leading market share, and an impressive vision with its technology innovation. However, secondary markets investors look beyond…

The stars are aligned, as Ant Group aims for largest IPO in history “If not now, when? If not me, who?” has always meant more than a tagline in Alibaba’s first job advertisement. It is a call of duty. Jack Ma’s proverb epitomizes the sense of ownership that each employee…

ByteDance successfully reached an astonishing 100 billion USD valuation in private markets by achieving a leading position in China´s advertising market. But for how long can the fast growth continue? And will it be enough to join Alibaba and Tencent? by Cedric Jaeger and Alexander Kremer In this two-part series…

ByteDance successfully reached an astonishing 100 billion USD valuation in private markets by achieving a leading position in China´s advertising market. But as growth slows at home, ByteDance has to find new avenues of growth. Will it be enough to break into the ranks of Alibaba and Tencent? — by Cedric Jaeger and Alexander Kremer In the first part of this series, we investigated how ByteDance was able to reach a leading position in the Chinese advertising market within just 8 years, justifying its high valuation as one of the world´s highest valued pre-IPO companies. Simultaneously, we identified the…

by Marco Beba 马智 Within the last 15 years, high-speed trains have drastically improved the connectivity between China’s urban centers. But the country does not stop there. In January 2021, researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University unveiled a prototype for a new super-fast magnetic-levitation (Maglev) train that will be able…

by Marco 马智 Within the last 15 years, high-speed trains have drastically improved the connectivity between China’s urban centers. But the country does not stop there. In January 2021, researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University unveiled a prototype for a new super-fast magnetic-levitation (Maglev) train that will be able to…

{{{Gian Marco Brizzolara}} Without a doubt, the book “AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order”, published by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee two years ago, represents one of the most read and commented books about China tech in the Western world. …

by Nathaniel Sher In November, 2018, at the inaugural China International Import Expo (CIIE), Xi Jinping gave a keynote address announcing the launch of a new “science and technology innovation board” at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Just over two years later, the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, also known as the STAR…