The Fight Against Platform Capitalism: an Inquiry into the Global Struggles of the Gig Economy

Abstract

the history of tencent is also the history of China’s internet industry. tang’s work makes an important step in probing into the various roles of the state in tencent’s development that are both enabling and constraining. While this book has identified the many linkages between tencent and the domestic political and economic contexts, the geopolitical tensions and power relations at the global scale are playing a much bigger role in the integration not only of tencent but also of other China-born tech giants into the transnational capital system. topics on tencent can be further elaborated to open up more chances for interdisciplinary collaborations. tang has done an admirable job in laying the groundwork for future scholars interested in emerging China-born tech firms and their entanglements in the shifting domestic policies and in the intensifying geopolitical volatility. how Chinese firms like tencent adapt, compete, and prevail in the era of global digital capitalism remains an open, provocative, and contentious question.