Agnes Xueer Lu

Agnes Xueer Lu is a multimedia journalist covering stories in business, technology, and public policies. She loves reporting through words, data-visualization, photographs and videos. Agnes also cares about marginalized groups and communities in society, empathizes with them and has passion to tell their stories and help them air their voices. Agnes graduated from Nanjing University with a B.A. degree in English in 2020.

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Didi Chuxing Upgrades Taxi Service Unit, Renames it “Kuaidi New Taxi”

Didi Chuxing, China’s leading mobile transportation platform, on Sep. 1 announced to upgrade its taxi business to "Kuaidi New Taxi" and invest 100 million yuan as special subsidies to issue taxi tickets for passengers.

GOME Retail Releases Unaudited Interim Results, Parent Company Experiences Net Loss of 2.6B Yuan

GOME Retail on Monday released its unaudited interim results for the six-month period ended Jun. 30, 2020, showing its parent company experienced a loss of 2.623 billion yuan for the period.

Huawei’s Smartphone Market Share Under Threat, Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo Predicts

Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Huawei’s competitiveness and smartphone market share will drop regardless of if the company gets its components.

Didi Chuxing’s Global Daily Trips Reach 50 Million on Chinese Valentine’s Day

Leading Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing announced that its global daily trips reached a record of more than 50 million on Aug. 25, which was Chinese Valentine’s Day.

Ant Group Files to Go Public in Shanghai STAR Market and HKEX

China’s biggest fintech unicorn Ant Group filed paperwork on Tuesday to dual-list in the Shanghai STAR Market and Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

Didi Chuxing Launches Express Services in Kazan, Russia

Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading mobile transportation and convenience platform, today offered its ride-hailing services in Russia, its first Eurasian market.

Ant Group Completes Pre-listing Tutoring, Senior Personnel List Published

China Securities Co., Ltd. (CSC) and China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) finished pre-listing tutoring Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Group, which is shooting for an IPO later this year.

Management Rights Change in Ant Group’s Employee Stock Ownership Platform, Jack Ma Remains Actual Controller

Jack Ma evenly transferred his 66% equity of Hangzhou Yunbo Investment Consulting, now his total equity reduced to 34% while the other three holders now each holds 22%.

After Making Strategic Investment in GOME, Pinduoduo Starts Livestreaming in GOME Offline Store

On Aug. 3, Pinduoduo’s official live studio "Limited Time Flash Sale" entered Hong Kong-listed electrical appliance retailer GOME’s largest flagship store in Shanghai.

OPPO Launches New Reno 4 Pro in India

Leading Chinese smartphone brand OPPO today launched the OPPO Reno 4 Pro in India at the price of 34,990 Rupees with a livestreamed AR event.

China’s Revived Yet Fierce 5G Smartphone Market Landscape Post-COVID-19

China’s smartphone market experienced a 17% year-on-year decrease in 2020 Q2 but saw a 9% month-on-month increase in the post-COVID19 period.

Tencent Music Celebrates Three Years of Achievements of Its Indie Musician Support Program Tencent Musician

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) celebrated three years of achievements in artist support by its indie musician program Tencent Musician on July 24.

China’s First IKEA City Store Opens in Downtown Shanghai on July 23

Scandinavian home furnishing retailer IKEA will open its first city store in Jing’an District in Shanghai on July 23, aiming to get closer to its customers.

OPPO Launches New Flash Charge Lineup

OPPO announced on July 15 the official release of a new flash charge lineup with new high-power wired and wireless charging technologies as well as high-power ultra-small charger.

Baidu CEO: AI-Driven “New Infrastructure” and Three Stages for AI

Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu Inc., gave a keynote speech themed “New Infrastructure, The New Starting Point of Artificial Intelligence” at the WAIC cloud summit on July 9.

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