Liza Shashenkova’s Reviews > House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company > Status Update
Liza Shashenkova
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I have to say, I understand the suspicion that surrounds unicorn companies from countries like China. However, coming from a former communist country, I wonder whether many aspiring entrepreneurs were simply trying to tread carefully within a political system that was not particularly conducive to building businesses, rather than being covertly controlled by the state?
— May 31, 2026 09:34AM
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Liza Shashenkova
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The book can serve a prime example of China’s deep desire to be taken seriously, shaped by a history of feeling overlooked and humiliated by foreign powers.
— Jun 25, 2026 03:21AM
Liza Shashenkova
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This is a pretty good read for anyone interested in the internal mechanics of a Chinese blue-chip company in its formative years or how China experimented with adapting capitalist structures in the 1990s whilst making its own rules.
— Jun 08, 2026 07:39AM
Liza Shashenkova
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I was not a fan of the dense jargon surrounding Huawei’s early relationship with the Chinese government (writing style is quite information and data rich). What I found far more interesting was the extraordinary loyalty of its senior employees, many of whom seemed to view the company’s success as a mission that transcended their own personal interests and careers.
— Jun 05, 2026 02:03AM
Liza Shashenkova
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Since becoming a mum I have had to (rather unfortunately) move to audiobooks such as this one until the little one is ready for daycare. I am currently obsessed with good meaty investigative journalism as I need a break from the parenting genre.
— May 27, 2026 05:30AM
