5 Quirky Christmas Facts
3 min read. As Christmas comes around this year, let’s take a look at five quirky Christmas facts that you might not be aware about. 1) In China, apples are…
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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…
Chinese Internet Slangs of 2020: A Glimpse into China’s Changing Society
6 min read. The Chinese internet is an interesting world to navigate. It is often like a grapevine reserved for insiders who can crack secret codes that open the doors…
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…
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…
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…