TWIA Episode 14: Don’t Give Up on China
January 25, 2010 by SGE
George Codula, the co-founder of Web2Asia, joined the TWIA crew this week to tell us the other perspective behind the Great Firewall on the recent Google showdown with the Chinese government, and examined the implications on Yahoo! and consequences on Google products if they departed. The group also chatted about the new apps store by TaoBao and the social gaming trends in China. The crew and their guest then moved back to talk about Rais Yatim, a minister from Malaysia on banning Facebook and Twitter and finally, the ruling from the South Korean supreme court on virtual and real currency. You can listen to the podcast directly here in SGEntrepreneurs or go to the TWIA site.
From This Week in Asia
- Chinese E-Commerce Platform TaoBao launches App Store: The company TaoBao has opened up their APIs and we discuss how this is in comparison to other Chinese companies such as RenRen (formerly Xiaonei) in implementation and engagement with developers.
- The Aftermath of Google Showdown: We heard that Google China is back to business. George Codula offer a different perspective from the Great Firewall on the matter and how the Chinese are viewing the whole affair. We also examine the implications on Google’s possible departure on their products and the fate of other foreign companies like Yahoo!.
- 5 Predictions for China Social Games in 2010: We discuss about the predictions made on social games and ponder if most of them will happen.
- Malaysia’s Minister, Rais Yatim wants to ban Facebook and Twitter in Malaysia: Of course, it led an uproar from the social media and got the hashtag #yorais on the third most trending topic in Twitter. We also wonder whether the Malaysian government is taking a leaf from the Chinese government.
- Virtual money is Real money in South Korea according to supreme court: A ruling from the South Korean Supreme Court on virtual is now real currency leads to interesting implications on financial transactions in Korea. We also compare how this ruling differs from how virtual currency is regulated in China.
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