Ep. 1: Toutiao's Apology and Mobike's Acquisition by Meituan




TechBuzz China by Pandaily show

Summary: TechBuzz China is a weekly technology podcast powered by Pandaily.com that is all about China's Innovation. TechBuzz China is co-hosted by Rui Ma who is an angel investor and entrepreneur, and Ying-Ying Lu who is also an entrepreneur. The two hosts are both China experts who lived and worked in the technology space in China for many years. This week on TechBuzz China, Rui and Ying-Ying talked about the recent news involving two Chinese unicorns: Toutiao and Meituan. Toutiao was recently under fire for posting fake ads on their flagship news app, but their punishment came in the form of a permanent ban on their jokes app, Neihan Duanzi. Rui compared Toutiao CEO's open apology with Facebook CEO's congressional hearing happening concurrently in the U.S. Ying-Ying shared her thoughts and a personal story related to the recently acquisition of Chinese bike-sharing giant, Mobike, by the unicorn Meituan-Dianping. Interested in knowing more about what's happening in China's technology sector? Visit Pandaily.com, follow us on Twitter and like our podcast on Facebook by searching TechBuzz China. See you next week!