{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/6a1ef1e8d610a774038ad760?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can anything stop ByteDance? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/1780412793973-36e3737e-f0a0-400b-87bb-8f34962c6c97.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>More than a third of the world’s population have used a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/03/23/bytedance-is-swallowing-the-internet-in-china-and-beyond?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ByteDance</a> app. But following a deal to sell 80% of the US arm of its most famous creation, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2025/10/02/bytedance-will-be-better-off-without-tiktok-us?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a>, regulators abroad have continued to hamper the company’s international growth. At home, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/05/17/ai-super-apps-are-remaking-chinas-internet?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">competitors are challenging its dominance</a> in a cut-throat domestic market. Can China’s tech behemoth still be everything, everywhere, all at once?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests and hosts:</strong></p><ul><li>Sarah Wu, co-host of “Drum Tower”&nbsp;</li><li>Don Weinland, <em>The Economist</em>’s China business and finance editor</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Topics:</strong></p><ul><li>ByteDance</li><li>China’s tech industry</li><li>America’s TikTok deal</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via </em><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>economist.com/podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch our </em><a href=\"http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}