BAT, Bilibili, Kuaishou and Tik Tok: Big Tech competing in China’s online education market
China’s online education market has seen expansion since 2014, especially during the COVID-19 crisis, driven by distance learning’s increasing demands. The Chinese government’s policies to encourage the development of the online education market and the massive jump of the capital inflows propel the expansion. In recent years, information technology has improved, including in lower-tier cities. […]
The venture capital market in China: Could the Coronavirus eventually revive startup investments?
From the late 80s, China has demonstrated success in transforming its economy from being factory-driven into innovative-driven. This has been occurring together with the government’s strong financial support to position the country at the forefront of technological innovation. The ‘Torch Program’ represents the keystone of this strategy, being the catalyst for startup investments in China. […]
O2O business in China: Domestic Monopoly?
China counts 618 million Internet users, double the total population of the United States. The Chinese internet ecosystem is the largest in the world but also one of the most isolated. Barriers between the Chinese internet and the rest of the world isn’t just a result of Chinese censorship of many foreign sites and services, […]