Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition

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Influence Empire explores the meteoric rise of Tencent, the Chinese tech giant that surpassed Facebook in value to become one of the most powerful companies on earth. Lulu Yilun Chen provides an inside look at how a simple paging service evolved into a global titan through the creation of WeChat, a super-app that functions as a digital Swiss Army knife for over a billion users. The narrative foll…

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