Matthew Brennan

@mbrennanchina

WeChat Expert | Speaker | Writer | China Tech. Speaking availability & media inquiries: info@chinachannel.co

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Aug 26

    's investment team gave a rare public interview last week. "There is a disciplined logic behind everything we do. / Tencent is NOT an investment bank. / Took us a year to land Supercell." I translated the entire transcript here:

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Seems WeChat team have been testing stories internally for at least 8 months. Really been iterating this last update for a long while. 🤔 Screenshot from the official version notes:

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  3. Dec 24

    just opened their 2,000th store

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  4. Dec 23

    updated their logo 2 days back. I doubt many users even noticed. Does anyone have a convincing explanation as to why so many messaging apps are green? – at New York Penn Station

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  5. Dec 23

    "Sometimes you don't do anything wrong but you get it wrong because you're OLD. 1st time we saw Snapchat.. our executives tried it. We thought it was stupid & boring. They were valued 20 mill. We didn’t invest... grew to be worth billions. Big regrets." - Pony Ma, CEO

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  6. Dec 22

    China Tech Talk 68: The year that tech became political — 2018 in review, part 1

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  7. Dec 21

    Gaming license approvals resume + launches big new feature + Richard Liu no longer going to jail. All in the space of 48 hrs. Early Christmas for .

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  8. Dec 21

    Everything you need to know about the big update. Link:

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  9. Dec 21

    Ah, the big change seems to be kind of hidden a bit at the moment. They sneaked in stories style full-screen short video sharing. Thx to for pointing it out and the video.

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  10. Dec 21

    just released version 7.0 It's been over 4 years since version 6.0! Have to say I'm underwhelmed so far though, new UI update is nice but there seems to only be relatively minor changes otherwise.

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    Dec 21

    Big news for China's gaming market- 1. After 9 months, game license approvals are set to resume in China. 2. New Gaming Regulator has completed reforms and improved approval process. 3. First batch of games has been reviewed and licenses will be issued shortly.

    Niko Partners: Chinese regulators have resumed certifying mobile games by
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  12. Dec 19

    registered trademarks for earlier this month. Who could possibly have seen that coming? 🤔

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  13. Dec 17

    Got a shout out on the latest episode about . Woohoo! 🥳

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  14. Dec 16

    China Tech Talk 67: IPOs in a bear market with Shai Oster

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  15. Dec 16

    founder dissing “Most products are deceiving users. You make various filters. You say "Record a beautiful life" (Douyin's slogan), but life is actually not beautiful." Notes from annual staff meeting. Link:

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  16. Dec 15

    How to get a copy of your - New article. Thxs to for help with screenshots/testing. Link:

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  17. Dec 15

    has applied for a new trademark , 'Tencent '. Business scope includes transportation, cargo storage, express delivery services and parcel delivery. Company claims trademark for internal use only.

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  18. Dec 13

    "The Top Mobile Apps for November 2018: TikTok Reached a New High" Link:

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  19. Dec 11

    "Anyone who buys a phone can get reimbursed 20%. Anyone who buys no more raises and no annual bonus." Vid with 200K+ Likes. Starting to think this whole thing is a beautifully executed Huawei marketing campaign.🤔

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  20. Dec 10

    I never tire of looking at videos of Chinese click farms. It's just so surreal to see hundreds of phones playing the same video for the purposes of fake engagment.

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  21. Dec 10

    A surprising number of countries now accept WeChat Pay or Alipay Link:

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