Influence Empire - Lulu Yilun Chen

*REVISED AND UPDATED**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022**A TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARS 2022**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BUSINESS BOOK 2022*''A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government'' - Guardian''Vital . . . More than a corporate hagiography, Ms. Chen''s book offers insight into the company via executive interviews and exclusive details.'' -- New York Times''Influence Empire by Lulu Yilun Chen is so much more than the long-awaited story of Tencent and its vital everything app, WeChat, the messaging tool used by 1.3 billion people. It''s also the sobering account of an entire generation of high-flying Chinese tech entrepreneurs, whose wings were clipped by the omnipotent hand of their own government.'' -- Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound and The Everything StorePRE-ORDER NOW: the definitive look at Tencent, one of the world''s largest tech companies.__________In 2017, a company known as 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.Founded by the enigmatic billionaire Pony Ma, the firm that began life as a simple text-message operator invested in and created some of China''s
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