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Alibaba – The empire breaks up

State oversight is the driver. Shareholder value has little to do with Alibaba’s decision to reorganize and much more to do with providing the state with better visibility and control...

TikTok – Chewed up.

Judged guilty before proceedings started. TikTok has been eviscerated by both sides of the house in what was a pretty unfair hearing that looks likely to end in an outright...

Tencent Q4 2022 – Somewhat green

Chinese tech remains hostage to the economy. Tencent reported mediocre results and said that it was well positioned for an economic recovery but signs of this recovery and action from...

USA vs. China – The Netherlands

The Dutch are unlikely to go nearly as far. The Netherlands has said that it is going to place more restrictions on exports to China but I suspect that these...

Semiconductors – More cash please!

Geopolitics and subsidies in the driving seat. Intel is asking Germany to increase the level of subsidy that it is providing to incentivize leading-edge manufacturing in Germany which indicates both...

MWC 2023 Day 1 – Back in business

Floor report – China returns Mobile World Congress 2023 is finally pretty much back where we left it in 2019 and, although footfall and exhibitors are still clearly lower than...

Lucid Q4 22 & Alibaba FQ3 23 – Rough ride

Lucid Q4 2022 – Cash conservation. Lucid has moved into cash conservation mode as it is clearly concerned about demand and cash burn but ironically, all is likely to remain...

Research Publication – Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans Vol. V.I

Radio Free Mobile and Alavan Independent update their view on China and Technology with the publication of Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans Vol. V.I RFM research subscribers will...

Apple, Amazon, Alphabet – A is for awful

Bad numbers for expensive stocks   Apple, Amazon and Alphabet all reported disappointing results and promptly gave up the gain they enjoyed yesterday thanks to the Fed’s more dovish tone...

Semiconductor Equipment – Geopolitics

China makes all the difference. The ideological struggle between the USA and China is making itself felt especially in the semiconductor industry where it has hit Lam Research hard but,...