Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition: Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022
Lulu Yilun Chen
Jul 2022 · Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Lulu Yilun Chen and Richard Burnip
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A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the worlds biggest tech companies.
In 2019, a Chinese entity called Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth-largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft.
Yet to many of the two billion-plus people who live just across the Pacific Ocean, it came as no surprise at all.
Tencent's ambition to be an essential part of digital daily life means it holds a dizzyingly diverse range of products - music, gaming, messaging, and film. In this fascinating narrative - crammed with insider interviews, exclusive details about the company's culture - tech reporter Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world and asks what the consequences will be for us all.
(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
In 2019, a Chinese entity called Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth-largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft.
Yet to many of the two billion-plus people who live just across the Pacific Ocean, it came as no surprise at all.
Tencent's ambition to be an essential part of digital daily life means it holds a dizzyingly diverse range of products - music, gaming, messaging, and film. In this fascinating narrative - crammed with insider interviews, exclusive details about the company's culture - tech reporter Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world and asks what the consequences will be for us all.
(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Lulu Yilun Chen has covered China and its technology landscape for more than a decade, for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. She's a multiple-time co-winner of The Society of Publishers in Asia Award.
In 2022, her book, Influence Empire, was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
In 2022, her book, Influence Empire, was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
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