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Baidu – Headache of state.

Reply to this post           Chinese regulatory risk laid bare in Baidu’s latest earnings report.  Baidu reported a difficult set of results where increasing government regulation...

Chinese Autos – Handsets on wheels.

Reply to this post           Chinese automakers give away a crown jewel.  The willingness of the Chinese automakers to give away digital differentiation to the BATmen...

Mobile Gaming – Pokemon went.

Reply to this post           Tencent and Activision can breathe a sigh of relief.  Pokemon Go is already showing all the hallmarks of being a craze...

Cyanogen – Call for vultures.

Reply to this post           Software asset worth buying from a dying Cyanogen.  Although, Cyanogen appears to be on its last legs, I think that the...

Lenovo Q1 17A – Heavy weather.

Reply to this post           I see opportunity but not without risk.  Lenovo is hanging on in the difficult markets that it serves, but I think...

Tencent Q2 16A – Stairway to heaven?

Reply to this post           Tencent remains a few steps away from greatness.  Tencent followed Alibaba in reporting a mighty set of numbers driven not by...

Xiaomi – Reality check pt V.

Reply to this post           Falling revenues reduces valuation to $3.6bn (92% below last raise).  Xiaomi has slipped to number 3 in its home market which combined...

Alibaba FYQ1 16A – Monetisation magic

Reply to this post           Improving monetisation underpins mighty numbers.  Alibaba reported very strong FYQ1 16A results as a very good performance in e-commerce was enhanced...

LeEco – Join the dots

Reply to this post           LeEco looks more like Samsung than Apple.  LeEco is rapidly assembling the pieces that it needs to create a global digital...

Uber and Didi – There can be only one

Reply to this post           Uber exits China. Didi will become the one.    Hot on the heels of the legalization of ride hailing in China,...