Episode 282: Numbers and Narratives China Edition with John Artman by analyseasia published on 2019-01-22T09:45:07Z John Artman, editor in chief from Technode of host of China Tech Talk, joined us in a conversation to discuss three different and interesting stories from China entrepreneurial space and align them in the underlying theme of explaining what numbers and narratives can mean in China. We began with the bike rental startups collapse, followed by the Mafengwo scandal and finally the recent leaked financials from Luckin Coffee into the open. Through the lenses of these three stories, we discuss how we need to understand and adjust our expectations to the future of China's economic growth. Genre Business Comment by prodigal Great episode on China, and this shows that we really can't trust their numbers and the Chinese VCs are full of shit and FOMOs like their Silicon Valley counterparts. 2019-01-22T10:07:03Z Comment by wangwu Think the stories are well covered by the different podcasts but sticking it under one common theme is interesting. Great analysis by John. 2019-01-22T09:54:55Z Comment by whitewarlord Great episode with John Artman as you guys put together three stories into one common theme about what we can trust about numbers in China. 2019-01-22T09:53:43Z