The 2 Best Inside China Tech Podcast Episodes
1) TikTok vs Douyin: why does China have its own TikTok?
We're digging deep into China's version of TikTok called Douyin. How different is Douyin from its international version TikTok? Why are there two almost-identical apps out there? And how are Chinese p...Show More
2) What on earth is TikTok? We spent a day with a TikTok star
To better understand how TikTok works in domestic and international markets, our producer Yang Yang went to visit TikTok stars with millions of followers - one is a 16-year-old who initially moved to ...Show More
3) Post-Covid-19 world: are online services set to take over?
The world is witnessing an unprecedented growth and transformation of online services and consumption as a result of the Covid-19 crisis – are online services taking over the globe completely, and wha...Show More
4) How technology has changed the way we die and mourn
People around the world are adapting how they mourn their loved ones amid the coronavirus pandemic. Live-streaming funerals are being organised, while social media accounts of the dead are being trans...Show More
5) Why Huawei has found itself at the epicentre of the US-China tech war
SCMP reporters dissect why Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has found itself in Washington's cross-hairs and where matters might go from here. You can read more about Huawei in a series of in-depth artic...Show More
6) Online learning: Has the pandemic democratised education in China?
In China, one way or another, at least 260 million students and 15 million teachers had to migrate their entire offline learning and teaching activities online. Digital educational centres, applicatio...Show More
7) How China has turned to tech like never before to combat the coronavirus
The impact of the countrywide lockdown on the economy has the potential to cut China’s GDP growth in the first quarter from 6 to 4.5 per cent. However, new tech opportunities and markets are emerging ...Show More
8) Life under coronavirus lockdown: personal accounts from two tech reporters
Two of the Post's tech reporters are among the hundreds of millions of people whose lives have been directly affected by the coronavirus lockdown. Reporter Celia Chen, who’s based in Shenzhen, China, ...Show More
Life under coronavirus lockdown: personal accounts from two tech reporters
18:21 | Feb 11th, 2020
9) How to (re)introduce plant-based meat to China
China is no stranger to vegetarian food. If anything, the Chinese have invented countless vegetarian dishes that imitate meat throughout their centuries-old history of Buddhism. In this episode, we t...Show More
10) Leaders in Tech: Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang on what's trending and what's next
E-commerce giant Alibaba started trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on November 26, 2019. The company raised a whopping US$13 billion, making it the largest share launch of the year, beating out ...Show More
Leaders in Tech: Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang on what's trending and what's next
18:21 | Dec 9th, 2019