This week we talk about more Western tech companies pulling out of China, this time a big and successful one; Microsoft's LinkedIn.

We go deep into the real industry of fake virtual celebrities, talk about Alibaba's waning eCommerce dominance, and end with impending regulation to open up content for search engines which would be a great boon to Baidu, the once massive Google-like search engine which has struggled to remain relevant the past half decade.

1) MSFT pulls the plug on LinkedIn China

2) The growing synthetic media business (like the 2013 movie "The Congress")

• https://www.36kr.com/p/1456252888033415
• Porsche invests in iMaker 
• Virtual human start-up Next Gen raises $5 million in round A 
• More on the industry in China 
• Lil Maquela
• Extra: Deep fakes of celebs

3) $BABA is losing e-comm market share - and it's not just regulations

4) Beijing may force tech companies to share data for search