Episode 278: State of China and SoftBank in 2018 with Shai Oster by analyseasia published on 2018-12-26T03:29:03Z Shai Oster, Asia Bureau Chief from The Information, joins us to conclude the state of China and SoftBank in 2018 and offer his predictions in 2019. We discussed the five major events: one, ByteDance's success with Douyin (or Tik Tok) globally and the upcoming war with Facebook; two, the SoftBank Vision Fund and its impact to startups and venture capital globally; three, pending trade war between US and China with a short discussion on Google's Project Dragonfly; four, the large merger and acquisitions in China and last but not least, the bearish market happening now for China technology giants. We end with Shai's five predictions on China next year and what it will mean for the rest of the world. Genre Business Comment by Bernard Chung Wei Leong Thank you for the comments on this episode. We will do a better job with Japan and Korea next year. :) 2018-12-26T03:47:20Z Comment by bujingyun Great review on China and SoftBank in 2018. The discussion on how M&As will become fire sales in 2019 is fascinating. 2018-12-26T03:45:51Z Comment by Rick Lee Great episode and wonder what will happen to SoftBank Vision Fund in 2019. But Shai is an awesome guest with insightful comments. 2018-12-26T03:43:19Z Comment by screwtape Great way to close the year with a review on China and SoftBank. But you guys should cover Japan and Korea for next year. 2018-12-26T03:40:28Z Comment by whitewarlord Great to hear Shai again on Analyse Asia and his 5 predictions are really interesting for 2019 to come. 2018-12-26T03:39:17Z