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Zheping Huang

@pingroma
99 posts
2025-02-19
Temu is shopping for sports. It's the result of a careful study of American consumer habits and AI systems for hyper-personalized product recommendations — along with a 72-hour workweek regime on the side https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2025-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

How PDD's Temu, the world's biggest online dollar store, got sucked into President Trump's trade war; eMarketer expects Temu to have $30B in US sales in 2025

along with a 72-hour workweek regime on the side https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingroma : Together, @spencersoper, @ClaireYChe & I take you to the Chinese factory ...

Millions of people love the Chinese shopping app Temu, but Trump is not one of them. In this @BW story, we uncover the secret recipe behind the rise of the world's biggest online dollar store, and how it got sucked into the US-China trade war https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2025-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

How PDD's Temu, the world's biggest online dollar store, got sucked into President Trump's trade war; eMarketer expects Temu to have $30B in US sales in 2025

along with a 72-hour workweek regime on the side https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingroma : Together, @spencersoper, @ClaireYChe & I take you to the Chinese factory ...

Together, @spencersoper, @ClaireYChe & I take you to the Chinese factory producing random items for Temu, the HQs of its parent PDD, and homes of American buyers. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
2025-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

How PDD's Temu, the world's biggest online dollar store, got sucked into President Trump's trade war; eMarketer expects Temu to have $30B in US sales in 2025

along with a 72-hour workweek regime on the side https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingroma : Together, @spencersoper, @ClaireYChe & I take you to the Chinese factory ...

2024-09-08
“Black Myth: Wukong” has achieved 18M copy sales in just two weeks and could reach 30M with an upcoming DLC. But in hindsight, its success was never a sure bet. Read my exclusive interview with the title's earliest and biggest investor (free link 🔗) https://www.shorturl.at/uuKBo [image]
2024-09-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies

one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zhe...

2024-07-23
SCOOP: TikTok is planning to launch its in-app shopping platform in Spain and Ireland as early as October, restarting a stalled campaign to expand its fastest-growing business in Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/... w/ @oliviapohtech
2024-07-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: TikTok plans to launch TikTok Shop in Spain and Ireland as early as October; the rollout will be smaller than previously envisioned amid EU scrutiny

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2024-06-26
Tencent had 4 out of the 5 top-grossing mobile games in China over the past month, while NetEase took the remaining spot. DnF Mobile is off to a strong start & it can be easily 5% of Tencent's domestic games sales this year. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
2024-06-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Sensor Tower: Nexon's Dungeon & Fighter Mobile generated $270M on iOS in China in the 30 days after its May 21 launch, marking Tencent's biggest release in 2024

- ‘Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’ is off to a hot start in China  — The Nexon-produced game is Tencent's biggest release this year

China has its own “Apple tax” issue, which is an even-worse 50% comission charged by local smartphone operators. And now it's finally getting a fix. Read my latest newsletter for @technology 📩 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-06-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Sensor Tower: Nexon's Dungeon & Fighter Mobile generated $270M on iOS in China in the 30 days after its May 21 launch, marking Tencent's biggest release in 2024

- ‘Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’ is off to a hot start in China  — The Nexon-produced game is Tencent's biggest release this year

China has its own “Apple tax” issue, which is an even-worse 50% comission charged by local smartphone operators. And now it's finally getting a fix. Read my latest newsletter for @technology 📩 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-06-26 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at Tencent removing hit game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile from Android app stores in China, some of which have a default sales split of 50% on games revenue

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :

2023-12-09
This is Tencent's most ambitious attempt at a AAA open-world game so far: “Last Sentinel,” features a female protagonist and sets the stage in a cyberpunk Tokyo. The title has been developed for four years by @LightspeedLAstu https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
2023-12-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Tencent's Lightspeed LA studio reveals Last Sentinel, an ambitious console game by GTA veteran Steve Martin and part of Tencent's push to create IP from scratch

- Lightspeed LA reveals ‘Last Sentinel’ at The Game Awards  — AAA game sets the stage in a futuristic, cyberpunk Tokyo

2023-09-04
China has its first AI chatbots🤖. Here's my review on all of them (tier list inside👇) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-09-04 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at AI chatbots from Baidu, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, rolled out publicly after China's approval, and how they deal with sensitive content

2023-09-03
China has its first AI chatbots🤖. Here's my review on all of them (tier list inside👇) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-09-03 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at AI chatbots from Baidu, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, rolled out publicly after China's approval, and how they deal with sensitive content

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :

2023-06-28
Sogou founder Wang Xiaochun sold his search engine company to Tencent 2 years ago. Now he's back with a generative AI startup, up against archrival Baidu once more. Great story on who's who in China's ChatGPT gold rush by @JaneZ901 & @_szheng https://www.shorturl.at/cdyGV [image]
2023-06-28 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: the US is considering new AI chip export restrictions to China as soon as July, which could even ban the sales of Nvidia's A800 chip without a license

Restrictions come amid concerns that China could use AI chips from Nvidia and others for weapon development and hacking

Sogou founder Wang Xiaochun sold his search engine company to Tencent 2 years ago. Now he's back with a generative AI startup, up against archrival Baidu once more. Great story on who's who in China's ChatGPT gold rush by @JaneZ901 & @_szheng https://www.shorturl.at/cdyGV [image]
2023-06-28 View on X
Bloomberg

China is racing the US in AI, but demos show Chinese companies have far to go; Preqin: US AI investments were $26.6B in the year to mid-June, vs. China's $4B

Bloomberg :

2023-06-20
The owner of Brooklyn Nets is now the top boss of China's largest e-commerce company https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
2023-06-20 View on X
Bloomberg

In a surprise move, Alibaba names Eddie Wu as CEO, replacing Daniel Zhang, and Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai as Chairman; Zhang will continue as Cloud CEO

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is replacing eight-year veteran chief Daniel Zhang at the helm of a Chinese e-commerce leader bleeding market share …

2023-06-15
My latest story for @BW looks at how Douyin is morphing to become China's next do-everything app by adding features like e-commerce, and real-world, on-demand services. ByteDance could export this model to other markets through TikTok. https://www.shorturl.at/kluY7
2023-06-15 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at ByteDance's efforts to turn Douyin into a super app; ByteDance says Douyin's 700M users increased their spending on its on-demand services 7x in 2022

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :

2023-06-08
SCOOP: TikTok wants to quadruple the size of its e-commerce business to as much as $20 billion this year, despite the risk of getting banned by the US https://www.bloomberg.com/... w/ @oliviapohtech & @AlexBarinka
2023-06-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: TikTok is aiming for $20B in global e-commerce GMV in 2023, more than quadruple the $4.4B in 2022, after TikTok Shop's rapid growth in Southeast Asia

but it faces big challenges PYMNTS.com : Report: TikTok Plans to Quadruple Its eCommerce Network Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia : TikTok Shop bets on SEA to reach $20b revenue target ...

2023-05-23
The SFC said in its conclusions that licensed platforms should “comply with a range of robust investor protection measures covering onboarding, governance, disclosure and token due diligence and admission, before providing trading services to retail investors.”
2023-05-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Hong Kong outlines crypto trading rules for bitcoin, ether, and other large coins, letting retail investors trade them on licensed exchanges starting on June 1

Bloomberg :

2023-05-08
I spoke with six @binance Chinese users who say their accounts were suspended. Four of them live in mainland China and passed KYC using Chinese IDs. This shows China's crypto ban is either ineffective or loosely enforced. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-05-08 View on X
Bloomberg

After China banned crypto in September 2021, FTX's creditor lists, citizens, and industry insiders suggest Chinese residents continue to trade digital assets

Nineteen months after China banned crypto, more signs have emerged that its citizens continue to buy and sell digital assets.

There's also this murky area of How Binance works with law enforcement in a country it says it doesn't operate from. @SiliconDavid says he has $8 million frozen on Binance since July at the behest of police in Chongqing. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-05-08 View on X
Bloomberg

After China banned crypto in September 2021, FTX's creditor lists, citizens, and industry insiders suggest Chinese residents continue to trade digital assets

Nineteen months after China banned crypto, more signs have emerged that its citizens continue to buy and sell digital assets.

2023-01-30
Here's what ChatGPT has to say about this: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-01-30 View on X
Bloomberg

Source: Chinese search giant Baidu plans to launch an AI chatbot, similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT, in March 2023, initially embedded into its main search services

Baidu Inc. is planning to roll out an artificial intelligence chatbot service similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to a person familiar …