Deep Dive: The race to become China’s top super app

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chinese mobile payment app Alipay recently incorporated the features of several apps from Alibaba’s ecosystem to expand its lifestyle service offerings.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This move was prompted by the escalating competition with fellow super apps WeChat and Meituan-Dianping, whose recent forays into fintech signal that they also want a share of China’s payments pie.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What led to the heightened tension among these players and how will it all play out?</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tech in Asia</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> journalist Nicole Jao breaks down the who’s who of China’s super-app race and discusses its impact on the tech ecosystem.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More information on this week's episode here: <a href= "https://www.techinasia.com/deep-dive-race-chinas-top-super-app">https://www.techinasia.com/deep-dive-race-chinas-top-super-app</a></span></p> <p><strong>Episode Sponsor:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DigitalOcean is on a mission to simplify cloud computing so developers and their teams can spend more time building software that changes the world. Get started with cloud hosting for free with DigitalOcean at <a href= "https://do.co/deepdive">https://do.co/deepdive</a>.</span></p>