Tag Archives: Tencent

How to Pave a Digital Silk Road

Pieter-Paul Walraven | 31 March 2009, 10:17 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

If somebody would have told me 1 year ago that as a result of my New Media Master’s thesis research on the Internet industry in China I would be moving to Beijing, I would have reacted: ‘Right, and I am the father of Steve Jobs!’ Now, as I am writing this I have been…

Tangos Chan on the Chinese Internet (Beijing 05/13/2008)

Pieter-Paul Walraven | 03 August 2008, 5:04 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

bund-shanghaiThis post contains parts of a 2 hour interview I did with Tangos Chan from China Web2.0 Review. Among others I asked him about his views on the globalization of Chinese Internet companies, the future of the Chinese Internet market, and the influence of VCs on innovation in China.

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Getting the Most Out of My China Trip

Pieter-Paul Walraven | 09 May 2008, 1:36 pm | 5 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Stockmarket: live in tha HutongIt has been a while since I wrote my first post on international expansion of Chinese Internet companies and my experiences here in China. I wrote the post during a train ride from Guangzhou to Shanghai. A lot has happened after that. I have met so many interesting people, visited companies, and when there was time I also tried to…

China Internet Experiences

Pieter-Paul Walraven | 20 April 2008, 2:33 pm | 8 comments | tags: , , , ,

Restaurant/sleeping compartmentFinally, after a 24 hour delay due to an annual trade fair in Guangzhou I am on my way to Shanghai. While listening to the snoring of my opposite bunk bed neighbor, smelling the noodles of the next door restaurant compartment and watching the rice fields blended with factories pass by, I will summarize some of my experiences and findings…

Chinese Internet companies expanding overseas

Pieter-Paul Walraven | 05 April 2008, 6:28 pm | 6 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A nice cup of cha in ChenduThis Friday it is finally happening; I will head off to China for my research! After months of stalking people with interview requests and reading everything I could about Internet in China, I am going to visit some of the most innovative and prominent Chinese Internet companies. I am really looking forward to traveling through China, finally meeting all the…