Kevin Zhou, Author at Pandaily

Apple will build the second data center in China

Apple will build the second data center in China, located in Ulanchap, Inner Mongolia. The new data center has been named as iCloud Northern Data Center. As the host, Bu Xiaolin, Deputy Director and Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region met with Isabel Ge Mahe (Ge Yue), Apple’s Vice President and Managing Director of Greater […]

Mobike Just Landed Washington, D.C.

On September 20, Mobike made its way to Washington, D.C., officially landing on the North American market. It also marks that Mobike featured Chinese creativity has entered the eighth country, which is a milestone in Mobike’s international expansion and leads Chinese innovation sail abroad. Washington D.C. welcomes the arrival of Mobike. The two sides worked […]

Miss Fresh Completed $230 Million Financing, focusing on the “Cloud Refrigerator” Strategy

Introduction: From IYIOU.com on September 20. Miss Fresh(每日优鲜), an e-commerce fresh product company, announced that it had completed $230 million dollars C+ round financing in March this year, with Tiger Global and Genesis Capital as leading investors and Time Capital as joint investor. This round of financing is mainly used for the expansion of storehouses […]

More splendid than Mix 2, Xiaomi’s Mi 7 will have the high-end all-screen display

This year Xiaomi launched Mi 6 and Mix 2 which enjoys good reputation and outperforms last year’s products both in sales and product features. Xiaomi’s flagship products launch event is about to end, next, Xiaomi will put its R&D focus on Xiaomi Mi 7, which will be released at the beginning of next year. Recently, […]

JD.com Officially Enters the Real Estate E-Commerce Business

On September 18, Zeng Fuhu, former VP of Sohu net and GM of Sohu Focus, confirmed to All Whether TMT that he officially joined JD.com at the end of July and served as GM of JD.com real estate department. The department, which was recently formed, is now hiring staff. Jd.com will also add a new […]

Apple’s core chip tech is in the hands of an 86-year-old Chinese

Apple unveiled the new iPhone X at the Steve Jobs Theater at 1am on September 13. When it comes to Apple, the vast majority only know new products, Jobs, but few know that Apple’s “core chip” technology is in the hands of an 86-year-old Chinese American. On Apple’s website, the iPhone X introduced its processor […]

The patent disputes won’t trouble Mobike too much

On September 14, 2017, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court issued the first instance judgement on Hu Tao’s prosecution on Mobike (Beijing) Information Technology co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the Mobike) for its infringement of the invention patents. Mobike’s bike lock control system is out of the scope of patent protection and thus it doesn’t infringe […]

Beijing Tobacco Control Association Applauded Weibo’s Withdrawal of Smoking Emoji

Weibo withdrew the emoji that represents “cool” from the emoji stickers of its international version, indicating the phase-out of “smoking emoji” from Weibo’s mobile client and PC client. Beijing Tobacco Control Association (BTCA) applauded this act and urged Tencent to follow suit as soon as possible. “Ku” originated from “cool” of foreign culture, meaning “awesome, […]

The National Internet Finance Association of China says Bitcoin becomes tools in criminal activities

In recent years, the so-called virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, and various forms of tokens, have been traded in a centralized manner on several internet platforms. As such trading attracts more participants, related financial and social risks have reached to a level that cannot be ignored. In order to help the public correctly know about […]

Tencent and Alibaba Announces a Music Copyright Cooperation

Tencent and Alibaba reached an agreement on music copyright cooperation and granting exclusive music licensing rights to each other. This cooperation casts a massive shadow on another popular music streaming app in China—NetEase Music. With its IPO drawing near and the recent news of its new round of financing (worth about 300 million USD), Tencent […]

News of Bitcoin ban leads to underselling and bargain-hunting

After the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) was banned, Bitcoin receives another blow. On the evening of September 8th, news came that the supervisory authority decided to shut down the virtual currency trading platforms in China, which involves all the platforms between the virtual currency and legal tender represented by OKCoin, HUOBI and Bitcoin China. As […]

Pony Ma Says Tencent Will Invest Vigorously in Cloud Computing, AI and Big Data

Outline: Anything linked to cloud computing and AI will be involved with big data. The development of these technologies are undoubtedly where the future is headed towards. On September 8th, the Chairman and CEO of Tencent, Pony Ma, delivered a speech at the Tsinghua University Insight Forum. On the topic of the integration of business […]

China has new Internet regulations

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Regulations on the Administration of Internet Group Information Services, which will be implemented on October 8, 2017. With the rapid development of mobile Internet, the Internet group has facilitated people’s work and life and enhanced the spiritual and cultural exchanges. At the same time, however, some obscene […]

Beijing’s First Unstaffed Coffee Shop Open for Business But Faces Several Challenges

An unstaffed coffee shop named Youhuan Bar (lit. Friends Bar) opened at the University of International Business and Economics. A reporter from Beijing Business Today (BBT) happened upon the coffee shop on the first floor of a building not far from the fields. The shop is about 10 square meters in area, and is equipped […]

Alibaba will establish their own shopping mall—“More Mall”

Jack Ma marked the year 2017 as the first year of Alibaba’s retail business. From 2017, Alibaba business empire expands its territory—involved in the convenience stores with Lingshoutong (零售通), supermarkets with Hema Xiansheng (盒马鲜生) and Bailian (百联), department stores with the privatized Yintai (银泰), and local life service platform with Koubei (口碑). In the whole […]

ICO is banned for allegedly illegal financing in China

On September 5, after PBOC (The People’s Bank of China) and six other administrations jointly issued Statements on Guarding against Risks of Initial Coin Offerings, a number of platforms suspended new businesses of ICOs and some even halted token withdrawal services. According to incomplete statistics, up till now, many ICO platforms, including birengou, vdpax.com, 91ICO, […]

Xiaomi sued a supermarket for trademark infringement

With higher and higher brand awareness of MI, increasing products copycat MI brand. Recently, MI’s registered trademark has been unauthorizedly used by a supermarket in Beijing. MI sued it to the court and claimed 100,000 RMB for compensation. MI company claims that all products authorized to use its registered trademarks “Xiaomi” and “MI” (original trademark […]

KFC supports facial recognition payment in China now

On September 1, Yum China announced it opened launched a new restaurant concept—KPRO in Hangzhou. KPRO, a subsidiary brand of KFC, provides a younger generation with seasonal menus and modern and immersive dining experience through digital technology. “KPRO prepares innovative, made-to-order, seasonal menus for China’s fast-rising white collars. Meanwhile, tech savvy consumers who are keen […]

China removed long-distance call charges and roaming charges

Long-distance call charges and roaming charges are removed today on September 1, 2017. From September 1, the three operators move all domestic long-distance call charges and roaming charges, which is a good move for 2G and part of 3G users. But in the Internet era, social platforms based on data has occupied the market of […]

How can takeout delivery riders slow down?

Recently, a figure shows that in Shanghai 76 traffic accidents related with takeout delivery happened in the first half of 2017, with one food-delivery rider injured or dead per 2.5 days on average. Riders involved in such accidents from Ele.me and Meituan both account for 26%. After the media reported this news, safety of food-delivery […]

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