Tencent: The Art of Boring Brilliance

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Tencent has become so predictable, so relentlessly competent, that it’s almost dull to analyze them quarter after quarter. But in China, where management missteps are a national sport and regulatory tripwires are everywhere, that kind of dullness is a superpower.

As always, I’m not here to dissect every revenue line or margin delta. I try to focus on what genuinely stood out to me—especially things that, in my view, are under-articulated or buried beneath the usual surface-level commentary.