Chinese tech companies have thrived thanks to government incentives that allowed them to grow, but government ties can also prove problematic as they go global (Mara Hvistendahl/MIT Technology Review)

Mara Hvistendahl / MIT Technology Review:
Chinese tech companies have thrived thanks to government incentives that allowed them to grow, but government ties can also prove problematic as they go global  —  Multibillion-dollar companies like Alibaba and Tencent have thrived thanks to a government that provided incentives but otherwise let them grow.

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