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Lillian Li

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Lillian Li writes Chinese Characteristics, a personal blog at lillianli.substack.com about economics and business. Since 2020, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “Why Chinese tech giants struggle to make good B2B software”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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26mentions?
13HN people?
2020–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 18 in 2020

Chinese tech longform analysis.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why Chinese tech giants struggle to make good B2B software
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-11-12
  2. Things not being said about Chinese tech management
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-03-31
  3. Why are there no Chinese SaaS companies?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-09-02
  4. Ant Group – The Complete Explainer
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted The shadow investment wars of Alibaba and Tencent as a story · 89 points

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  2. Submitted Things not being said about Chinese tech management as a story · 31 points

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  3. Submitted Your Superapp Needs a Content Strategy as a story · 15 points

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  4. Submitted Why Chinese tech giants struggle to make good B2B software as a story · 6 points

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  5. Submitted The hottest and least understood e-commerce model: Community Group Buying as a story · 5 points

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  6. Submitted Chinese podcasting apps' interesting features as a story · 5 points

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  7. Submitted The Product Philosophy of Kuaishou as a story · 4 points

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  8. Submitted Why are there no Chinese SaaS companies? as a story · 4 points

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  9. Submitted An Introduction to Bilibili (゜-゜)つロ 干杯 as a story · 4 points

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  10. Submitted Things not being said about Chinese tech management as a story · 3 points

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  11. Submitted Why every Chinese consumer app is a game as a story · 3 points

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  12. Submitted Livestreaming monetisation: What do camgirls have in common with streamers? as a story · 3 points

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  13. Submitted A future history of China in the 2020s as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted China, Semiconductors, and the Push for Independence as a story · 2 points

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  15. Submitted Let the Bullets Fly for a While as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Ant Group moving towards being a SaaS company as a story · 2 points

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  17. Submitted Why Chinese tech giants struggle to make good B2B software as a story · 2 points

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  18. Submitted Why Chinese tech giants struggle to make good B2B software as a story · 2 points

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  19. Submitted What enterprise software sectors are Chinese VCs investing in? as a story · 2 points

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  20. Submitted Battle Royale, Time Machine Management: Copying in the Chinese Ecosystem as a story · 2 points

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  21. Submitted Things not being said about Chinese tech management culture as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted What's happening in Chinese tech? Here's a monthly news roundup as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted The Ant Group IPO – Part I as a story · 1 points

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  24. Submitted Ant Group – The Complete Explainer as a story · 1 points

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  25. Submitted Obligatory ByteDance Article as a story · 1 points

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  26. Submitted Why are there no Chinese SaaS companies? as a story · 1 points

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