Best RADII CHINA Podcasts (2024)

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LOUIS LUK 40:12

2y ago40:12

40:12

Louis Luk is founder and CEO of LAVA MUSIC, which was founded in 2013 by Louis in the campus of Musicians Institute Hollywood. It builds instruments and education services with the integration of software, hardware and humanity. LAVA released the world’s first unibody carbon fiber guitar LAVA ME in 2017, and reinvented it as the world’s first smart…

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KEV NISH AND JAMES ROH 41:08

2y ago41:08

41:08

Kev Nish and James Roh are members of Far East Movement, one of the earliest Asian American hip hop groups and the first Asian American group to earn a #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2010 with their hit ‘Like a G6’ and now work with artists in Asia and the West through their own agency Transparent Arts. Show notes: 3:00 The differences f…

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FRANK YAO 1:18:15

2y ago1:18:15

1:18:15

Frank Yao is CEO of Zrou, which is owned by YouKuai Group International of which Yao is also founder and CEO. Founded in Shanghai in 2019, Zrou is a plant-based protein company that aims to create a holistic plant-based food and beverage ecosystem in China. The brand often collaborates with famous chefs to create versions of traditional Chinese dis…

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TOM BRAY 54:29

2+ y ago54:29

54:29

Born in Hong Kong and based in Shanghai, Tom Bray (better known as Tom Yeti) has been a pivotal figure within Asia’s music landscape for the past decade. Joining the dots within all aspects of the industry from artist management, music event promotions, booking agent, radio host to DJ, he’s the co-founder of YETI OUT collective and subsidiary recor…

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BRIAN WONG 1:06:08

2+ y ago1:06:08

1:06:08

Brian Wong is an entrepreneur and innovator whose career has spanned e-commerce, education, and digital media. He was the first American and 52nd employee to join Alibaba Group in 1999; today, he is the founder and chairman of RADII (www.radiichina.com), a leading digital media company dedicated to bridging understanding between youth in the East a…

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RUBEN PAYAN JR. 53:57

2+ y ago53:57

53:57

Former US marine, seven summits climber, writer, actor, film producer, and fitness guru Ruben Payan Jr. talks with us about spending more than 10 years in China developing fitness programs and being a first-hand witness to the growth of MMA as a new sport in the region. He also speaks about eventually becoming the strength and conditioning coach fo…

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ZHENG CHONGBIN 1:11:54

2+ y ago1:11:54

1:11:54

Zheng Chongbin fuses Western abstraction with the Chinese calligraphic tradition in works of ink- and acrylic-on-paper, finding contemporary relevance in antiquated forms of Asian ink art. Having studied and split his time in both China and the U.S., Zheng reveals the influences of both places and artistic traditions in his work. He was educated as…

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QIUZI 1:26:45

2+ y ago1:26:45

1:26:45

Qiuzi, also known as Qz, is managing editor of i-D China and a true Third Culture Kid who has an amusing and bitter sense of humor. Being in the fashion world, she is not what you’d imagine her to be, and she has a lot to say about that. Show notes: 3:20 The concept of third culture kids 4:30 How having been educated early on in China, but then spe…

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MICHELE ABORO 1:09:05

2+ y ago1:09:05

1:09:05

Michele Aboro is a living legend in the history of Boxing & Kickboxing, Super Bantamweight Michele Aboro retired as undefeated world champion in Boxing with 21 wins (12 KO) & Kickboxing with 32 winning fights (23 KO). Michele was also voted Pound-for-Pound Best Female Boxer of the Year for four consecutive years. She is a two-time undefeated World …

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GRAEME KENNEDY 1:19:39

2+ y ago1:19:39

1:19:39

Graeme Kennedy is a Canadian photographer and videographer based in Shanghai, focusing on documenting the extraordinary everyday life of people across China and the economies that bring them together. You can check out some of his photo essays and a new video series he made for RADII in partnership with Peddler’s Gin for Chinese New Year at www.rad…

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CHINA FROM ALL ANGLES - Straight Fire Gang 41:08

2+ y ago41:08

41:08

CHINA FROM ALL ANGLES - Straight Fire GangIn this podcast we invite guests from different backgrounds, in various industries, each who have their own story, in hope to challenge some of our own perspectives by seeing things through a different angle.Straight Fire Gang 直火帮 is a Hip Hop group based in Shanghai whose three members XZT, Feezy and Chuck…

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STRAIGHT FIRE GANG 41:08

2+ y ago41:08

41:08

Straight Fire Gang 直火帮 is a Hip Hop group based in Shanghai whose three members XZT, Feezy and Chuck ZIgga, attended university in the US and after graduating returned to China to pursue their love for music. This episode was recorded in the fall of 2021. Show notes: 1:35 Group members share their background and influences 4:45 Learning English and…

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BRB (and What’s to Come on Season 2) 10:48

4+ y ago10:48

10:48

We need your help to create Season 2 of Digitally China! Just got a few short questions for you here:https://radiichina.com/digitally-china-2019-wrap/ As many of our loyal listeners might have felt, Digitally China has been taking a short break. But don't worry, we'll be coming back with Season 2 in no time. Throughout the 26 episodes of Season 1 w…

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BRB (and what's to Come on Season 2) 10:48

4+ y ago10:48

10:48

We need your help to create Season 2 of Digitally China! Just got a few short questions for you here: https://radiichina.com/digitally-china-2019-wrap/ As many of our loyal listeners might have felt, Digitally China has been taking a short break. But don’t worry, we’ll be coming back with Season 2 in no time. Throughout the 26 episodes of Season 1 …

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From 8 to 800 million internet users - An Inside View with Brian Wong 43:09

5y ago43:09

43:09

This episode of Digitally China is about Brian Wong, his experiences from being part of the early days of Alibaba but at the same time also a story about how it was to first-hand be part of how China grew from almost nothing to the largest internet market in the world. The location is a hotel in San Francisco, the year is 1999. The internet hype is…

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The War of a Thousand Groupons 45:17

5y ago45:17

45:17

In the latest Digitally China we’re looking back on history. Meituan-Dianping is China’s clear market leader within group buying, offline discovery and online-offline services today. But it wasn’t that clear a few years back. In fact, the opposite was true, with the American giant Groupon entering China backed by a powerful partner in Tencent. In a…

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The War of a Thousand Groupons 45:19

5y ago45:19

45:19

In the latest Digitally China we’re looking back on history. Meituan-Dianping is China’s clear market leader within group buying, offline discovery and online-offline services today. But it wasn’t that clear a few years back. In fact, the opposite was true, with the American giant Groupon entering China backed by a powerful partner in Tencent. In a…

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Buying fake followers in China’s “like” economy 23:29

5y ago23:29

23:29

The business of selling clicks and fake accounts is the scourge of social media today, where anyone from wannabe influencers to political saboteurs can purchase likes, followers, and even comments. In China, the issue is so severe that nearly a third of the country’s internet traffic last year was rated “abnormal”, according to third-party advertis…

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Interview: Diversity and entrepreneurship with Jill Tang 28:30

5y ago28:30

28:30

In the latest episode of Digitally China, Tom is joined by Jill Tang, co-founder of Ladies Who Tech, an influential Chinese organization focusing on entrepreneurship and gender diversity in China. As someone who works in the unique cross-section of tech, diversity, multinational companies, and market-entry in China, Jill shares her observations and…

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RED: The ups and downs of social commerce 30:28

5y ago30:28

30:28

Companies around the world are latching onto social commerce, but in China, where mobile payments are ubiquitous and consumers are extra wary of fake goods, the integration between social media and online shopping has been especially fast. That doesn’t mean it’s a silver bullet for brands though -- or even the multi-billion dollar internet celebrit…

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So You Want to Work in Chinese Tech 40:24

5y ago40:24

40:24

In China’s fast-growing tech industry, it’s easy to focus on exciting new products and businesses while overlooking one of the most important elements of any company: the talent. Inthis episode, we look at how the recruiting process at Chinese tech firms does -- and doesn’t -- differ from that of multinational firms, and how China's new wave of tec…

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Can TikTok Beat Spotify and Apple Music? 34:57

5y ago34:57

34:57

Together with Jonas Leijonhufvud and Sven Carlsson, the authors of a new book telling the inside story about Spotify and the fight for global dominance in music streaming we are discussing if ByteDance actually have a shot at beating the giants. ByteDance, the company behind the huge International success TikTok, or Douyin as its called in China is…

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The Rise of Chinese Brands 50:26

5y ago50:26

50:26

In this special episode of Digitally China Tom is joined by Emmy Teo, co-founder of the New Retail startup FUSE and advisor to up & coming consumer brands in fashion and furniture. Chinese companies have for a long time had access to the best supply chain in the world, enabling scalable production of a wide range of products. But only in the recent…

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Why Foreign Brands Entering China Should Learn from this Indian Startup 27:25

5y ago27:25

27:25

With the recent news of Amazon exiting China with their e-commerce business combined with the departure of Uber a few years ago, many observers' have questioned if a foreign tech company can be successful in China. But then we heard about OYO, an Indian startup having recent success in China hosting thousands of rooms in what is in theory a very ha…

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China's tech slowdown 30:40

5y ago30:40

30:40

Over the past five years, China’s internet industry has seen dizzying growth, with each year hitting record-levels of funding. In the second quarter of 2018, Chinese startups raised more venture capital than startups in North America for the first time. But at the end of last year, the industry started winding down -- fast. Rumors started about mas…

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"Live" Special: Can Chinese Innovation Disrupt Amazon? 23:18

5y ago23:18

23:18

This latest episode of Digitally China has a special format, partly recorded live from D-Congress, one of the largest e-commerce conferences in Europe where co-host Tom Xiong and producer Jacob Lovén moderated panels with Chinese e-commerce experts. In this episode we’ll listen to excerpts from Shenyi Wu (former CFO of Pinduoduo and RED) and Julie …

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David and Goliath: Bytedance takes on WeChat 28:35

5y ago28:35

28:35

In a country where WeChat rules supreme, Bytedance is attempting the impossible. Last month,the Beijing-based startup launched its own social networking app called Duoshan. It wouldn’t be the first time Bytedance has made larger, more established tech companies nervous. It runs TikTok, a video-sharing app that has quickly grown popular worldwide --…

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Will Next Enron Come From China Tech? 32:29

5y ago32:29

32:29

With DJI's recent 150 million USD embezzlement scandal we are investigating what happens when Chinese tech companies grow too fast. What compromises are made to enable a fast growth that also increases the risk of embezzlement and internal fraud? Together with our external guest Alex with in-depth experience from both Accenture and large Chinese e-…

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Are we already enslaved to AI? With Nicholas Young 33:56

5y ago33:56

33:56

One of the most hyped up words of 2018, AI or Artificial Intelligence has lately been portrayed as something that can enslave the human kind by everything from tech founders (Elon Musk) to tv shows (Black Mirror). This week’s episode we have a special guest, Nicholas Young, to talk about this topic. Understanding what AI actually is, what it is use…

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Tencent Music vs. Spotify - friend or foe? 29:48

5y ago29:48

29:48

A few weeks ago, in December 2018, Tencent Music did their highly anticipated IPO on the New York Stock Exchange valuing the company to $21.3 billion. Often being described as the "Spotify of China", we're looking into what Tencent Music actually is and what they might represent for the future of music, globally. With a user base of more than 800 m…

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The unsexy part of new retail 26:49

5y ago26:49

26:49

When it comes to buzzwords in the tech industry, "new retail" ranks high on the list. For the past few years, Alibaba has popularized the catchphrase to describe smarter, more high-tech ways of serving customers in brick-and-mortar shops -- by linking online and offline data -- from facial recognition-powered payments to smart mirrors that lets cus…

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TikTok and the rise of new social 33:59

5y ago33:59

33:59

A "new social" is on the rise led by TikTok. But despite soaring user numbers, will they survive the competition from giants like Facebook and Tencent? In this episode, we look into TikToks journey from startup to half a billion users. Hosts: Eva Xiao and Tom Xiong. Production: Jacob Loven. Digitally China is a subjective but independent depiction …

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Weishang - The WeChat Hustle 33:04

5y ago33:04

33:04

When you think of ecommerce in China, Alibaba is probably the first name that comes to mind. And no wonder - the internet giant has built a multibillion dollar empire off a sophisticated ecommerce, logistics, and payments trifecta. But WeChat, China's most ubiquitous and popular messaging app, often goes unnoticed. Thanks to built-in payments, the …

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The Pilot - Luckin Coffee 22:45

5y ago22:45

22:45

In this pilot episode we are checking out the business model of Luckin Coffee. Is the "digitalisation of coffee" just a hype or actually something that has value? With guest expert Greg Savarese. Thoughts on the episode? Do not hesitate to give us your feedback podcast@digitallychina.com Hosts: Eva Xiao and Tom Xiong. Production: Jacob Loven. Digit…

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So You Want to Work in Chinese Tech 39:30

5y ago39:30

39:30

In China’s fast-growing tech industry, it’s easy to focus on exciting new products and businesses while overlooking one of the most important elements of any company: the talent. Inthis episode, we look at how the recruiting process at Chinese tech firms does -- and doesn’t -- differ from that of multinational firms, and how China's new wave of tec…

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Making Sense of Chinese Tech’s IPO Craze 29:08

5y ago29:08

29:08

Corporate offerings such as secondary listings and IPO’s from Chinese tech companies are accelerating. This year alone we have seen 161 such events, which is already 72% of entire last year. Why do Chinese tech companies turn to public markets to raise capital? Why are the Hong Kong stock exchange increasingly popular? And how does the domestic Chi…

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[Fixed Full version] Inside Huawei’s ‘wolf’ culture 39:18

5y ago39:18

39:18

(The previous publication was not the full version due to a technical bug. This is an upload of the full episode - sorry for that!) Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is one of China’s largest success stories in tech. No other domestic tech firm has been able to grow its business overseas around the world and beat the competition the way the Shenzhen-ba…

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Inside Huawei’s ‘wolf’ culture 39:18

5y ago39:18

39:18

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is one of China’s largest success stories in tech. No other domestic tech firm has been able to grow its business overseas around the world and beat the competition the way the Shenzhen-based company has, despite keeping a relatively low profile. But over the past six months, Huawei has found itself increasingly in the…

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Can TikTok Beat Spotify and Apple Music? 33:53

5y ago33:53

33:53

Together with Jonas Leijonhufvud and Sven Carlsson, the authors of a new book telling the inside story about Spotify and the fight for global dominance in music streaming we are discussing if ByteDance actually have a shot at beating the giants. ByteDance, the company behind the huge International success TikTok, or Douyin as its called in China is…

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Hope and despair in the world’s largest gaming market 29:02

5y ago29:02

29:02

Gaming is one of the most profitable industries in China’s tech sector. It’s the cash cow powering the rise of Tencent, the multi-billion dollar firm behind WeChat. It's also an industry with some of the most notorious examples of copying, but also the most stringent rules -- which Chinese game developers and gamers tirelessly find creative workaro…

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The Inside Story of China's Viral 996 Protests 37:49

5+ y ago37:49

37:49

Recently a leaked e-mail from JD.com have been widely spread, being probably the most concrete example of the 996 culture from certain tech companies in China. Among many things, the leaked e-mail indicates that people working less overtime should be fired. In this episode of Digitally China we are trying to figure out how widely spread 996 is, how…

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"Live" Special: Can Chinese Innovation Disrupt Amazon? 23:17

5+ y ago23:17

23:17

This latest episode of Digitally China has a special format, partly recorded live from D-Congress, one of the largest e-commerce conferences in Europe where co-host Tom Xiong and producer Jacob Lovén moderated panels with Chinese e-commerce experts. In this episode we’ll listen to excerpts from Shenyi Wu (former CFO of Pinduoduo and RED) and Julie …

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