“Wechat is the only super app out there”: conversation with a...
This interview was extracted from an interview with Freeman Ding during the Impulso Podcast E108 “From Dianping to RedNote: Shanghai’s role in breeding successful...
Cainiao Streamlines Focus and Reshapes Ties with Alibaba Platforms
In the last weeks of 2024, there were a number of rumours that Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics affiliate, would go through a “massive restructuring”. A...
From China to the world: Temu’s low price strategy decoded |...
What makes Pinduoduo one of the most disruptive forces in e-commerce?
In this episode, we explore the success story of Pinduoduo with Kaifei, a seasoned...
How China’s Chagee achieves explosive growth in a crowded F&B market
Below are selections of a sharing that Zhang Junjie, Founder of tea chain Chagee, recently made at an alumni gathering of Hundun - a...
Sam’s Club’s good days in China might be numbered!
This article was written by a friend of Momentum Works who has more than 25 years experience in retail and supply chain management in...
From Dianping to RedNote: Shanghai’s role in breeding successful consumer apps...
In this episode, we’re joined by Freeman Ding, a pioneer of China’s consumer internet boom who worked in Chinese tech giants like Baidu, and...
No Bullshit takeaways from China’s AI trenches: Why DeepSeek scares and...
Note: the title of this article is generated by DeepSeek R1. The article itself, though, is written by a real human.
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Why big techs didn’t use the DeepSeek approach
This article, originally published in Chinese, was excerpted from the notes of a discussion that took place in Beijing on Sunday 26 Jan 2025....
[Press Release] TikTok Shop in the U.S. Achieves Explosive Growth in...
SINGAPORE, 27 January 2025 – TikTok Shop’s global GMV surged to US$33.2 billion in 2024, more than doubling year-over-year. The United States emerged as...
What Rocket Internet and Prosus can teach Chinese companies expanding globally?
Friends of Momentum Works might already be familiar with the book Seeing the unseen: behind Chinese tech giants’ global venturing. The book, co-authored by...












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