Risk-averse Chinese mobile tech firms are suddenly going all-in on global, but why?

Apr17

by Sindy Cator on April 17, 2014 at 9:43 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Asia

Si Shen is the founder and CEO of PapayaMobile, a global mobile company. This article originally appeared on LinkedIn and was republished with permission. As the founder and CEO of PapayaMobile, headquartered in the rapidly growing technology scene from what some call the Silicon Valley of China – also known as Zhongguancun – I’ve been living and breathing China’s tech industry, which at face value has been a rabidly risk-averse Chinese tech culture. Then, in 2013, a sudden mad dash among these Chinese companies began, each jockeying to be recognized and taken seriously as a global company. As early as 2012…