China’s Anti-Trust Move: Impact on the Chinese Internet Economy
7 min read. The BAT1 of China is the equivalent of FAANG2 in the United States (US) — what the acronyms really mean is that the technology and internet industries…
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5 Sustainability Trends in China
5 min read. In 2018, China was reported to be the largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). With 10.06 billion metric tonnes, and a share of nearly 30 percent…
Five Chinese Non-Healthcare Corona-Tech Startups
7 min read. Since late 2018, venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments in China have slowed sharply, marking a deep “capital winter”, which has been exacerbated by the…
The 996 of Alibaba’s Growing Pains
6 min read. When the National Bureau of Statistics reported on the average daily ‘free time’ that Chinese employees have recently, the post went viral on Weibo. Compared to last…
An Introduction to Alibaba’s Employee Ranking System
6 min read. LinkedIn published its own list of “top companies in China that employees want to work for” in 2019 based on a survey of its 40 million users.…
E-Commerce is Social In China’s Small Cities
6 min read. Over the past year, e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD, have been aggressively expanding their influence on China’s “lower tier cities”, in a bid to capture this largely…
What Will A Biden Administration Look Like For China?
6 min read. After a gruelling election, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were declared the 46th Presidential and Vice Presidential elections respectively by major news outlets in the United States…
The Success of Live Commerce in China: Will it be a Hit in the West?
4 min read. Live commerce, also known as the combination of live video streaming and ecommerce to sell actual products, truly began in China in 2016 with the launch of…