The Influence Matters team looked into startups and tech trends making the news in China this week and selected five articles to summarize in English for our readers. This week, take away apps competition, virtual reality, a gym card for 99 RMB a month, LeTV and a new app trying to revolutionize airline ticket booking....

Influence Matters’ new PR Account Coordinator Kefei selected five articles about Chinese startups that caught her eye in Chinese press and summarized them shortly in English. They cover original content copyrights for WeChat, drone trends, Uber and Didi with an unexpected competitor, O2O veggie for students and characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurship. Due to rampant plagiarizing among WeChat Public Subscription...

Today Influence Matters is super happy to announce the expansion of the team with two bright talents joining us in Beijing! Lucie joins us as an Account Manager and comes with over 7 years’ experience in marketing, media relations, event and social media management with a particular focus on B2B and corporate communications. She has...

We had a blast! ChinaJoy was an intense couple of days full of meetings with great people representing companies and startups from all over the world, all looking to develop their business in the jungle that is the China gaming market. We are glad to see several of them ready to take their China presence...

More Uber news as Tencent “inadvertently” censored the word “Uber” for a couple hours last Thursday, the gaming market outlook for China is huge (We will be at ChinaJoy by the way, get in touch to set a meeting), MWC Shanghai closed another successful edition and Tsinghua’s bid on Micron shows China’s ambition to become...

Papp’s Tea, a new type of modern international tea experience in China, launched it’s Tea Lab in Beijing’s Sanlitun SOHO on July 15th with a short presentation and a tea blending workshop in front of a panel of Beijing lifestyle, F&B and expat press. Influence Matters is proud to have been by their side for...

Here are five articles the team at Influence Matters found interesting last week, covering China, tech, startups and communications. Alibaba Arm EyesMore Capital to Build China Finance Empire | Bloomberg Ant Financial is Alibaba’s financial arm, said to be valued at over $40 billion making it one of the largest private tech companies, is looking...

The temporary office that saw the birth of Influence Matters is already too small. Today we move in a larger and nicer space in Liangma Qiao area, close to the Kempinsky and Hilton hotels just outside the east 3rd ring road. Lots of windows, trees outside, rooftop for outdoor meetings… We love it already! We are...

Every week, Influence Matters selects five articles we found interesting about China tech, startups or PR. Visit our blog regularly for a short snapshot of what is going on in China. This week, Insight into the Chinese social media market, word wars between Chinese tech giants and more Shenzhen insight around the Maker Faire that...

 Job Description: Account Executive, Beijing Influence Matters, a new and fast growing Beijing based PR agency specialized in helping innovative startups and companies tell their story in and out of China, is looking for a creative, open-minded and passionate young professional to join as an Account Executive. As one of the first employees of the...

Influence Matters has selected five interesting articles about tech and China from last week, covering some of the biggest names: Huawei, Uber, Baidu and Qualcomm. Huawei’s PR fail highlights wrongheaded approach for China’s tech giants | Tech in Asia Huawei mad a bit of a PR mishap when they told foreign journalist not to take pictures...

Influence Matters has selected five interesting articles about tech and China from last week, two of these are about Xiaomi, definitely the hottest startup from China creating a brand for itself outside China. Xiaomi: Behind Closed Doors | EE Times International correspondent Junko Yoshida spend a bit of time with Xiaomi recently and give us a...

Yesterday was a milestone for our client Origins Technology. The Beijing based startup launched the Laser Egg, a smart, mobile, highly accurate and low cost air quality monitor. The small device is the company’s second product, the first is highly efficient air purifier, and real step forward for people who want to take control of...

Influence Matters is glad to announce a partnership with 48-Hour Start-up for the 3rd edition of their Startup competition weekend taking place from June 12-14 in Beijing. As the communications partner, Influence Matters will support the organizers, the French Junior Chamber International of Beijing and startup incubator Niwotata Future Hub, on strategic communications and media...

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