Jan 26, 2021
In this week’s episode: TikTok sister app steps up competition
against Wechat and Alipay by introducing its own
e-wallet; Hong Kong imposes its first COVID-19 lockdown; and
Shenzhen will hand out roughly $3.1 million to migrant workers to
discourage travel during the upcoming Lunar New Year.
In addition, we speak with Caixin Global managing editor Doug
Young, who shares with us the story of Lín Qí 林奇, the head of a
popular Chinese game studio, who was poisoned and tragically died
on Christmas Day last year.