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Announcing Interconnected Japanese (Alpha)

In lieu of our usual weekly news commentary from both the English and Chinese language worlds, I would like to make a product announcement: Interconnected Japanese (Interconnected 日本語版)! When I wrote about Interconnected’s tech stack in “Open Source, Open Stats, Open Development [https:

Topics: Meta• IPO• Blockchain•

Alibaba and Antitrust with Chinese Characteristics

I had planned to take time off during this Christmas week and enjoy the rustic island of Moloka‘i. But the announcement of an antitrust probe on Alibaba, dropped on Christmas Eve (and consequently dropped Alibaba’s stock price by 13%), is too interesting

Topics: Alibaba• Jack Ma• Regulation•

Jack Ma, P2P Lending, Responsibility, Legacy

When I was in my 20s, I dreamed of becoming a presidential speech writer. I’d stay up reading books, like Ted Sorensen’s memoir “Counselor [https://www.amazon.com/COUNSELOR-Life-at-Edge-History/dp/0060798718/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3D8HHRP3NCZ3O&dchild=1&keywords=

Topics: Jack Ma• Alibaba• IPO•

Jack Ma's Bund Finance Summit Speech

Below is my unofficial translation of Jack Ma’s speech on October 24 at the Bund Finance Summit in Shanghai based on a Chinese transcript [https://sfl.global/news_post/mayunshanghaiwaitanjinrongluntanyanjiangquanwenwushanjian/] , with minor edits for clarity and speechification. To read some of my deep

Topics: Open Source• China• Gitee•

Can You "Nationalize" Open Source?

The impending ban or acquisition of TikTok and ByteDance’s lawsuit against the Trump administration have sucked up all the oxygen in the US-China tech zeitgeist. A gigantic IPO, possibly the largest in the world, by Ant Financials is also looming on the horizon.

A collection of 6 posts

Announcing Interconnected Japanese (Alpha)

Top 10 Posts of 2020; Five Themes for 2021

Alibaba and Antitrust with Chinese Characteristics

Jack Ma, P2P Lending, Responsibility, Legacy

Jack Ma's Bund Finance Summit Speech

Can You "Nationalize" Open Source?