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Rick Martin · · 9 min read

TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing Live Blog

disruptWe’ll be posting updates from TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing 2011 as the day goes on, as Charlie, Steven, and Willis are all reporting from the conference. But if you’d like to follow along live the stream is above. Click here for the rest of our TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 event coverage.

Pony Ma of Tencent

#09:50: “One week after you write an article on TechCrunch you will discover a hundred startups doing the same in China.”

Post: Tech Entrepreneurship in China: Life, Death and Tencent?

#10:16: Pony Ma pictures

Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio

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Peter Vesterbacka

#10:20: “Angry Birds is the most copied brand in China. . . We get a lot of inspiration from the copies.”

#10:22: “We have over 50 million downloads in China. The target is to get to 100 (million) this year.” ”

#10:30: “We are not a games company, we are building an entertainment brand. We are more like a Disney than an Electronic Arts. . . Animation is very important.”

#12:56: Finally connected, in the middle of the discussion with Youtube/Delicious’s Steve Chen. Sorry for the delay in updates, the wireless internet here is seriously terrible. [CC]

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Rick Martin

Rick Martin lives in Tokyo where he writes about technology in Japan, China, and around Asia. After writing full-time for TechInAsia from 2011 to January 2013, he moved on to pastures new at The Bridge. He can be reached via his website, 1Rick.com