Clash of the titans: Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets
Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets
Business | Clash of the titansColossi such as Facebook and Tencent have never competed directly. Until now Jul 7th 2018|MUMBAITWO contests are under way in which titans holding billions in their thrall vie for global domination. One is unfolding on Russian football pitches and features the likes of Neymar and Harry Kane. The other is playing out on the smartphone screens of consumers in India, Indonesia, Brazil and other emerging economies. There, American online superstars such as Google, Facebook and Amazon are pitted against a Chinese dream team led by Alibaba and Tencent.This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Clash of the titans”Business July 7th 2018Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging marketsThe fashion for agile management is spreadingChina’s new $15bn tech fund emulates SoftBank’s Vision FundShortages of carbon dioxide in Europe may get worseNew auto tariffs would batter German carmakersCanada’s cannabis firms plot world dominationAmazon takes a big step into online pharmaGlencore faces a DoJ probe stretching from Africa to the AmericasFrom the July 7th 2018 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the editionReuse this content