So what does a place of origin signify? The different market conditions, political context and imo most importantly, the development stage of the country.
1) Let's talk about the question of 'how should we think about Chinese tech'
What do we talk about when we talk about Chinese tech? Who is 'we' here? How do you pronounce Elema?
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So what does a place of origin signify? The different market conditions, political context and imo most importantly, the development stage of the country.
China's different market conditions and political context often means a parallel tech world
- Copy is not wrong, in fact, it shows you've picked a de-risked business model
- There are no unscalable resources, esp when labour is cheap
https://t.co/TeWzeTV2Wm
What happens when a developing country is innovating?
A lot of phenomenons of Chinese tech makes more sense once you consider it through a developmental lens on institution creation.
Chinese Mobile payments happened not just because credit card didn't take off, but because governments never created the institutions called credit agencies
I think China's also more upfront about the fact that tech giants are institutions and should therefore be held accountable to the same level.
Whether it's Grab or SEA in south-east Asia or Rappi in South America
In the West, you'll just be getting Substack 10 years after paid WeChat official accounts
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- @TechBuzzChina - great primer
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