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Tiktok’s superpower – a nightmare for Xi Jinping

January 7, 2022
by Björn Jeffery
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This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on September 16th, 2021. While the Chinese authorities are pushing their tech companies hard, a silent revolution is taking place at the same time. Tiktok, Shein and Tencent pose a serious challenge to American tech giants – but their success is perhaps also their biggest Achilles heel. “I think we should talk to them. If nothing else to make it more expensive for Yahoo.” It’s entertaining […]

Tech giants just the first to get aligned in China

August 25, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
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This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 20th, 2021. Contribute to the state’s goals – or suffer the consequences. This is the message that the Chinese state has recently sent to the country’s tech companies. Fears are now being raised that the same harsh stance will spread to more sectors. 50 billion yuan – about 7,75 billion dollars – will be invested to revive the countryside and raise wages for Chinese […]

China to the tech giants: Contribute or be punished

August 25, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
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This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 6th, 2021. China’s attacks on the country’s own tech giants look like attacks on an entire sector, but behind it is a more conceived idea, writes SvD’s tech analyst Björn Jeffery. If companies do not contribute to China’s national goals, they are in a risky position. “To get rich is glorious.” That quote is often attributed to Deng Xiaoping, the man who was China’s […]

China’s pressure makes tech companies think twice

April 26, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
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This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 10th, 2021. The stock market rise for the American tech companies has reached new heights. In China, the exact opposite is happening – an involuntary power struggle has flared up with politicians. It has made the stock market debutants tune in to the assembly line. China Nasdaq. That’s how the new tech exchange Star Market was introduced when it started in Shanghai in the […]