Tencent needs all its regulatory expertise. Tencent’s regulatory woes look set to continue for some time to come, meaning that the outlook for the next few quarters remains difficult. Tencent...
Ofo’s travails will put it in Didi clutches. Ofo is facing another angry creditor, which combined with the seemingly endless bicycle graveyards in China, clearly indicates that the consolidation phase...
Short-term pain for long-term gain. While the move by the Chinese regulator is hurting Tencent badly right now, greater regulation will, in the end, work in Tencent’s favour by keeping...
Didi has its Baidu and Facebook moment. Chinese technology companies have a culture of moving fast and breaking things, and while Didi got a free pass from the regulator for...
Gross margin of 6.7% is all one needs to know. Xiaomi reported what is being received as a reasonable set of results, but in my opinion, these results further highlight...
Way too early to go public. Most metrics for Qutoutiao are pointing in the wrong direction, leaving only its relatively low penetration of the Chinese market as a positive. Qutoutiao...
The returns from bike sharing will be made from the data. Now that Mobike has a strong backer, it is opening the spending spigot that looks certain to crush...
Leadership unconnected with past is needed. Faraday Future has secured a life line that ushers it back into the increasingly crowded electric vehicle start-up space, but I have concerns...
Reply to this post A better shot at the $100bn club. Meituan has filed for an IPO which, in my opinion, has much better fundamental reasons to justify a $100bn...
Tencent – Golden opportunity.
A quiet integration should be going on in the background. In light of recent issues, Tencent has announced a re-organisation that I think offers a golden opportunity to fix a...