ZTE’s debacle might lead to its rebirth, not death
After six years of effort, Huawei has achieved a fairly good level of self-dependence. We think ZTE can do the same, with imposed, rather than self-imposed, urgency.
Southeast Asians and Chinese are different, good or bad?
While there are similarities in culture and food - these modern day Chinese are seen as aggressive, ruthless and mostly ignorant.
An overview of Rocket Internet’s 2017 results
Worthy also to note that Rocket Internet’s price to earnings ratio is hovering around 1,800 to 1.
Vietnam’s unique supply chain advantage in ecommerce
During my last few trips back to Vietnam, the optimism of people there has been phenomenal. Finally Vietnam is not only a box to...
Good startups of SEA: Showcase yourself at MWC 2018!
This is not a normal roadshow or pitch competition.
Qutoutiao: a startup hitting 1.6B USD valuation in less than 2...
Qutoutiao has successfully survived in the highly competitive news aggregator market in China, where it is competing with Toutiao and Tencent News. After merely founded less than two years, it is valued at over 1.6 billion US dollars regarding its valuation after this round of investment.
iflix now treading deep waters
Becoming the Netflix of a smaller market is not as easy as it might sound
Amazon has this key advantage over Alibaba (for now)
Amazon, as a company, is much more international in terms of working language, talent and culture.
Can WeChat Pay and Alipay replicate their successes in Southeast Asia?
China has rapidly developed into the definite global leader in mobile payments. Every time when we go on business trips in China, our foreign...
Grab’s monopoly – first signs of trouble
Of late, we have been receiving reports of not only higher prices for rides, but also relative lack of driver supply




















