Comments on: Watch Jack Ma http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/11/watch_jack_ma.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch_jack_ma Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gary Newman http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/11/watch_jack_ma.php#comment-19212 Gary Newman Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:04:16 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/11/watch_jack_ma.php#comment-19212 <p>Jack Ma gave the Chinese government the information they needed to track down a political dissident who was sent to prison for 10 years. This is Yahoo at it's best. I for one will no longer use Yahoo as my search engine.</p> Jack Ma gave the Chinese government the information they needed to track down a political dissident who was sent to prison for 10 years. This is Yahoo at it’s best. I for one will no longer use Yahoo as my search engine.

]]> By: jerry chen http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/11/watch_jack_ma.php#comment-19211 jerry chen Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:15:06 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/11/watch_jack_ma.php#comment-19211 <p>in america, you need good PR with the tech elite to win the market. in china, you need good PR with the politicians. anything shy of $$, gifts, and women will surely be frowned upon. that is one thing american entrepreneurs will never understand.</p> <p>the secret to winning the Chinese market is to win over the young people. the secret to winning over young people is to offer the best damn dating service the world has ever seen. Chinese people are especially interested in scandals in the movie bizz, tabloids, and petty stuff that happens in society. anyone interested in understanding the Chinese psyche should definitely look into the wild success that is the Apple Daily.</p> <p><a href="http://www.appledaily.com.tw/News/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.appledaily.com.tw/News/index.cfm</a></p> <p>taiwan's MSN Match.com and MSN Today surely understand this much. i'm sure Ma does too.</p> in america, you need good PR with the tech elite to win the market. in china, you need good PR with the politicians. anything shy of $$, gifts, and women will surely be frowned upon. that is one thing american entrepreneurs will never understand.

the secret to winning the Chinese market is to win over the young people. the secret to winning over young people is to offer the best damn dating service the world has ever seen. Chinese people are especially interested in scandals in the movie bizz, tabloids, and petty stuff that happens in society. anyone interested in understanding the Chinese psyche should definitely look into the wild success that is the Apple Daily.

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/News/index.cfm

taiwan’s MSN Match.com and MSN Today surely understand this much. i’m sure Ma does too.

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