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What's Next For Tencent?

Lulu Yilun Chen, Author, Influence Empire: Inside the Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition

25-Jan-23 08:00

What's Next For Tencent?

The past two years have been cruel for the China Tech companies and while most of the spotlight was focused on Jack Ma and Ali Baba, there was another behemoth that for many epitomizes perhaps the best and worst of this industry. We speak to Lulu Yilun Chen, an editor at Bloomberg and author of Influence Empire which highlights the story of Tencent and China’s Tech ambitions.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Philip See


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Categories:  economy,  international,  technology

Tags:  china tech industry,  tencent,  chinese government, 


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