Episode 258: Meituan Dianping with Liza Lin by analyseasia published on 2018-07-28T06:41:22Z Liza Lin from Wall Street Journal joined us to discuss one of the upstart Internet giants from China: Meituan Dianping with their upcoming IPO and described her recent interview with their charismatic founder, Wang Xin and where the company is heading. We discussed the backstory of the company, Meituan till its merger with Dianping, their focus as the "Amazon of Services" in China, their recent foray into ride-hailing taking on Didi and their shifting alliances from Alibaba to Tencent. Genre Business Comment by screwtape Interesting conversation on Meituan Dianping in China and how they switched allegiances from Alibaba to Tencent. 2018-07-28T15:17:10Z Comment by bujingyun Timely interview and both Liza and the host did a good job on the back history of Wang Xin, the founder of Meituan Dianping who cloned both Facebook and Twitter in China and then got third time lucky. 2018-07-28T15:13:30Z Comment by whitewarlord Interesting discussion on Meituan Dianping and why they are poised to be one of the major China tech IPOs this year 2018-07-28T15:12:47Z