Li Yuan

Columnist Li Yuan writes that Tencent’s WeChat messaging platform wants to become a one-stop app that users would rarely have to leave to use other mobile apps.

China’s internet companies struggle to come up with products and strategies that can make them competitive overseas.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that the global success that has helped make the smartphone company a subject of suspicion in the U.S. is proving to be a significant marketing advantage in China.

The Chinese venture-capital firm closed two funds aimed at deals as the environment for funding in the country cools.

China’s technology startups were red-hot for years. Today, writes Li Yuan, some in the industry describe the funding environment as “deep winter.”

Columnist Li Yuan writes that national outrage in China over reports of a phone swindle is focusing new attention on lax privacy protections.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that the biggest buzz in China’s internet industry is about competing head-to-head with the U.S. and other tech powerhouses in the hottest area of technological innovation: artificial intelligence.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that numerous financial forces shaped Monday’s deal between Uber Technologies and Didi Chuxing Technology. For one, China’s internet is increasingly a game of giants.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that the transformation of Chinese social-media company Weibo illustrates how discussion today is stifled by a surplus of trivial information and a dearth of critical commentary.

When China Vanke went looking for a strategic shareholder to stave off takeover bids, chairman Wang Shi chose a government-owned company as a protector. Now that decision is haunting him.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that fiction websites are becoming a force in shaping China’s popular culture—and attractive assets for internet companies that own film studios and video sites.

Chinese internet companies increasingly need to work more closely with the state in order to grow, writes columnist Li Yuan.

A top aide to Robin Li, chief executive of China’s dominant search engine Baidu, is stepping aside, as the company tries to reduce its dependence on search-related revenue.

Columnist Li Yuan says many Chinese journalists are leaving the trade as the state tightens media control and a tech boom opens new opportunities.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that online video in China is starting to look more like Netflix and less like YouTube, as more users agree to pay for subscriptions.

The battle between Uber Technologies’ Chinese affiliate and Didi Chuxing Technology of China has been so bruising that some investors say the companies ultimately could have to join forces.

Columnist Li Yuan writes that sky-high housing prices in Shenzhen threaten to undermine efforts to help the city transition from a manufacturing center to an innovation hub.

China Circuit columnist Li Yuan writes that Chinese entrepreneurs and investors fear that the government is now less open to startups going public domestically than it was a year ago.

A new reality-show industry is flourishing in China, where regular people use smartphones to live stream whatever suits their whims, writes Li Yuan.

Jia Yueting, founder and chairman of LeEco, has used unorthodox funding methods to further his tech visions. Last month the Chinese entrepreneur unveiled a driverless electric concept car, and his grand dream is for a hardware-content ecosystem.