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IDC: Xiaomi and Samsung Tie for India’s No. 1 Handset Maker

Xiaomi and Samsung both shipped 9.2 million mobile phones, each accounting 23.5 percent of the Indian smartphone market during Q3, IDC reported on November 14. The two are now tied for India’s top mobile phone brand. The news marks the first time Xiaomi has caught up with Samsung to become the top smartphone in India.

Lei Jun Leaps to Celebrate Xiaomi’s Single’s Day Success

Beijing Capital Airport and Beijing South Railway Station welcomes a mass of “refugees” from the field of media and public relations. Most hadn’t changed clothes for two or three days and had greasy hair and bags under their eyes.

Samsung Phone Sales Fall in China, Market Share Plummets to 1.6% in Q4

An army of Chinese brands led by Xiaomi has come to dominate the domestic smartphone market. SONY, Samsung, Blackberry and a large number of overseas brands have become its victims. Foreign media reported that Samsung’s smartphone market share in China fell to 2 percent in Q3, putting it in ninth place.

Xiaomi Releases Crowd-Funded Product: Microcrystalline Titanium Wok

Xiaomi released its 132th crowd-funded new product, the Yi Wu Yi Shi Microcrystalline Titanium Wok, priced at 449 yuan.

China’s Home-sharing Platform Xiaozhu Completed $120 million E-round Financing

Xiaozhu announced it raised $120 million during its E-round financing on November 1. YF Capital led the round, and existing shareholders, such as JOY Capital, Morningside Venture Capital and Capital Today, increased their stake. TH Capital is Xiaozhu’s only financial adviser.

Meituan Completed a New Round $4 Billion Financing and Its Valuation Reached $30 Billion

On October 19, Meituan, China’s largest Internet + life service platform, announced that it had completed a new round of financing worth $4 billion and its valuation is expected to reach $30 billion.

Lei Jun says Xiaomi’s monthly smartphone shipment in Q4 will exceed 10 million

Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s founder and CEO, said in Weibo that the global shipment of Xiaomi’s smartphones exceeded 10 million and that the company aims at 10 million-odd smartphones shipment each month in the fourth quarter. “It is the first time Xiaomi shipped over 10 million smartphones in a month, which is a milestone for our […]

A Chinese Startup Argued Alibaba’s Taobao Plagiarized

On September 29, a netizen called Wu Liang released an article titled In Today’s Version of Alibaba Baba and Forty Thieves, Alibaba itself is Forty Thieves on Zhihu, claiming “Alibaba unexpectedly took our technical proposal in the name of the cooperation and completely copied our app.” According to ‘Wu Liang’, the “smart skin quality measurement”（智能测肤） […]

Rap of China Brings About Marriage Between Culture and Capital

The average seasonal production cost for a network variety show in China is between 20 and 60 million yuan under the current market conditions. By investing 200 million yuan into a music talent show, iQiyi is taking quite a gamble. Why exactly did iQiyi set its eyes on such a non-mainstream reality show? A guitar […]

Wechat Pay is Available in App Store and Apple Music

Since August 29, Wechat Pay is available for users in Chinese mainland to purchase in the App Store or subscribe in Apple Music. Users can choose to bind and to use Wechat Pay in related account settings in the App Store or the Apple Music, and choose password-free payment. Users could also set in iTunes […]

Entrepreneur Bashed by Industry for Receiving Financing by Hacking

On August 15th, an article titled, “Receive Financing from Angel Investor Charles Xue after Hacking into his Accounts, Creating Fair Trade for 1.5 Million Gamers Online” was published on Pencilnews.cn, sparking extensive discussions across the industry. Pencilnews disclosed in the article how Zhu Pan, the founder of the online trading platform for gamers—4931.com, was able […]

Robot delivery a reality for the future

The future will be an era of robot deliveries and it will be unnecessary for couriers to work no matter rain or shine, according to Richard Liu, founder and CEO of JD.com Group. JD.com and Lenovo on July 20 announced a big data strategic collaboration, but did not disclose any details at the Lenovo Global […]

ofo Raises 700 Million US Dollar Series E, Led by Alibaba

On July 6, Chinese bike-sharing start-up ofo announced a 700 million dollar funding round. The Series E funding was led by Alibaba, Hony Capital, and CITIC Private Equity, with additional investment from current investors Didi Chuxing and DST Global. CEC Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor to ofo in the transaction. This news is […]

CAR cooperates with Hertz to explore the global car rental market

On 4 July, China Auto Renting Inc. (CAR), the largest car rental company in Asia, announced they would open the international car rental business. Customers can book auto rentals in over 150 countries through the APP and website. Also, customers can have 10% discount of rental charge and free translation service for Chinese driver’s license, […]

The new trends of sharing economy in China

Anything is possible in business. The “Sharing economy” has penetrated into every aspect of life: sharing bicycle, sharing umbrellas (which though proved to be a failure within only one day.) What are the problems behind this seemingly endless economy model? And where do we go from here? 2016 truly was the year of “sharing economy”. […]

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