Masha talks about O2O applications for blockchain (finally something more than finance!); Frank talks about left behind kids in Guizhou and the tech solution the government there have found to keep them out of trouble. Links  Masha Borak:&nbsp;Blockchain is shaking up O2O in China and turning cryptocurrency into Pokémon Go   NEO—China's Ethereum—is building a smart economy on blockchain   Frank Hersey:&nbsp;Smartwatches are being used to track thousands of left-behind children  Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music

07: O2O blockchain and smartwatches for China's left behind children

Rita explains Bilibili, the #1 site for young anime lovers; Masha tells us about how one company is collecting data and using it to simulate consumers. Links  Rita Liao:&nbsp;  Bilibili and regulation: How one video company is thriving on youth-generated content Chinese youngsters' favorite streaming site Bilibili plans for IPO   Emma Lee:&nbsp;China's underground anime fan culture is changing how brands market in China  Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music

08: China's youth-generated content and creating customer simulations

This week we look at the X factor behind Alibaba's Singles Day and Tencent's partner conference showing just how different they are from other companies. Links  Masha Borak:&nbsp;Debt: The secret sauce of Alibaba's Singles Day success Hugh Son:&nbsp;Consumers Want Tech Firms to Take On the Banks Frank Hersey   The Tencent economy: partners building their businesses via Tencent's open platform  With “3 x 10 billion” open platform, Tencent is transforming into a big content company    Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music  &nbsp; &nbsp;

10: Alibaba's debt secret sauce and Tencent's partner economy

This week we look back at the recent TechCrunch Shanghai. Links  What you missed at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017 Linda Lew  NIO is putting users first, selling cars second  Live blog: 24 hours at TechCrunch Shanghai hackathon Announcing the winners from 2017 TechCrunch Shanghai hackathon   Rita Liao  Tantan wants to solve China’s singles problem    Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music  &nbsp;

11: China's internet car and China's singles problem

This week we look back at Frank's recent Toutiao experience Links  Frank Hersey   Toutiao and beyond: How Bytedance will keep making global headlines Toutiao is making fake news to train its anti-fake news AI    Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music

12: Toutiao's global ambitions

This week we talk about youth entertainment in small cities and the need to switch to IPv6 Links  Rita Liao: Free time in smaller cities behind rapid growth in China's entertainment market Masha Borak:&nbsp;China’s big IPv6 push is not just about faster internet, it’s about mass industrial and IoT upgrade  Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music

13: Small town youth and China's IPv6 push

This week we talk about most impactful internet policies of 2017 and the growing unmanned vertical Links  Rita Liao:&nbsp;The 4 policies that most affected China's internet in 2017 Emma Lee:&nbsp;Top 10 Chinese unmanned stores in 2017  Podcast information   iTunes RSS feed Music: "Taking the Day Off" by&nbsp;Lee Rosevere, Hold Music

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