Influence Empire The Story of Tencen..., Lulu Yilun Chen
Influence Empire The Story of Tencen..., Lulu Yilun Chen
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Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022

Author: Lulu Yilun Chen

Narrator: Lulu Yilun Chen, Richard Burnip

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2022


Synopsis

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

Author Bio

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.

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