China apps going global: Empires on hold
China’s data-driven consumer apps are having a harder time keeping politics out of business as they become increasingly competitive in global markets. Lessons are plentiful; solutions are not
Last year, social networking and dating service Grindr seemed a prime example of how the politics of an ever bipolar world have complicated cross-border expansions for Chinese apps. Now, the episode seems...
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