What China Has Done Right For Payments
6 min read. China’s mobile payment market has grown to become the largest in the world. In 2018 alone, it handled approximately $532.8 billion mobile payment transactions, amounting to $66.6…
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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…
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…
Introduction to E-Commerce
5 min read. In 2013, China overtook the United States (US) to become the world’s largest market for e-commerce. E-Marketer predicts Chinese consumer spending on retail e-commerce to reach USD…
Kuaishou vs Bigo Live
5 min read. As the world comes to a standstill and the global economy plunges into the worst recession since World War II, the magnitude of disruption to millions of…
China’s Healthcare in the New Normal
4 min read. No doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged economies and strained healthcare systems around the world. China was one of them, being the first country to face the deadly…
86insider Explores: How 5G Benefits Industries in China
5 min read. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is projected to occur over the next few years, with 5G leading the way. Being what Harvard Business School Professor……
What’s Next for ByteDance?
5 min read. There is a possibility for ByteDance to be the new “B” in BAT—which stands for Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, the three most renowned tech companies in China.…