Special: 2021 China Tech Trends (with Tech Buzz China)

We team up with two of the very best English-language analysts covering China tech today, Rui Ma and Ying Lu from the Tech Buzz China podcast, to talk about the big trends happening on the ground in China right now. We've had Rui and Ying's episodes on repeat in our own podcast players for many years as we researched our Meituan, PDD, Tencent and Alibaba episodes, and we're so excited to have them finally join us live. We had a blast and learned much more about what's actually happening in the world's largest market than the relative trickle of news Western audiences normally receive. Tune in!

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Topics and trends covered:

• How Rui and Ying stay on top of trends in China tech remotely from the US
• The rise of “tech company like” CPG and other consumer brands in China and extremely fast product development and iteration: e.g., Genki Forest, Perfect Diary and Shein
• Community group buying and the reinvention of commerce in rural China (along with an eye-opening discussion of what qualifies as “rural” in China... which is very different from the West!)
• Autonomous and electric vehicle design and production in China (which is the world's largest car market), and the government's push for China to become a global leader in both
• The current state of anti-trust in China and why investors and operators on the ground in China are optimistic about recent developments

Links:

• Tech Buzz China: https://www.techbuzzchina.com
• TBC's fantastic Insider community for investors and operators: https://www.techbuzzchina.com/insider