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Despite their enormous size and power, few outside of China know of or understand these companies. Now, thanks to Influence Empire: Inside the Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition, that will finally change.' \u003cb\u003e-- Howard French, former NY Times Shanghai bureau chief and author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book that tells Tencent's story has been long overdue, and Lulu Chen's account is not only comprehensive, but also a gripping business narrative. 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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.' \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Stone, author of \u003ci\u003eAmazon Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Everything Store\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLulu Yilun Chen has written a sharply informed, smart and compelling account of the rise of some of the most powerful companies in China,\u003c\/b\u003e which also stand among the biggest and richest tech giants in the world. Foremost among them is the biggest behemoth of them all, Tencent, a Swiss Army Knife of a company that combines the services of a half dozen or more of the best-known internet giants in the West. The immense wealth and reach deep into every household in China of companies like these has recently placed them at the center of Beijing's regulatory and political attention. 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More than a corporate hagiography, Ms. Chen's book offers insight into the company via executive interviews and exclusive details.' \u003cb\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The company, China's largest internet giant, now has a massive portfolio of internet firms across a wide range of sectors, including social media, e-commerce, ride-hailing, gaming, and tutoring. But the future of Chinese Big Tech is very much in question, making the many fascinating stories in Chen's book essential reading for China watchers.' \u003cb\u003e-- Project Syndicate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government\u003c\/b\u003e ... With \u003ci\u003eInfluence Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Chen, a reporter for Bloomberg, seeks to tell the story of arguably China's greatest entrepreneurial success, expose the threads that link Xi Jinping's regime to your Snapchat account, and familiarise us with the company's reclusive, 50-year-old founder Ma Huateng, who goes by the incongruous English moniker \"Pony\"... The book's most interesting material explores the waxing and waning of the relationship between Tencent and the Chinese communist party, which is eager to, as Chen puts it, \"keep the rising class of tech-savvy moguls in place before their economic aspirations turn political.\"' \u003cb\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA book that tells Tencent's story has been long overdue, and Lulu Chen's account is not only comprehensive, but also a gripping business narrative. 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