Tencent: The Secretive, Chinese Tech Giant That Can Rival Facebook and Amazon. China's most powerful Internet company is headquartered in a bland, glassy tower in southern Shenzhen. Unlike Silicon Valley's funky campuses, there is nothing to reveal that this might be a hub of creativity. An insurance company, perhaps? In the middle of its nondescript, corporate lobby, an information desk stands next to the only sign of personality: a pair of giant plush penguins, the Tencent mascot times two. Nearby, an iPad displays stats on the company's messaging services.
I'm here for a "tour" of the company, but am only allowed entrance to a museum-like exhibit of Tencent products. And that's the tour. This is all still fairly common in China, a country where public relations is often equivalent to stonewalling. True, Chinese Internet companies have some inherent advantages: Facebook is banned in the country, and Google retreated from it. And now it's expanding beyond China. Business Competition and Government Cooperation After graduation, Ma worked at a telecom company.
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