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Transsion, the King of Mobile Phone in Africa Makes a Fortune in Low-profile

In a newly built office building in the technology zone of Shenzhen’s Nanshan District lies a plain-looking phone company. This company has few Chinese users, yet it sold over 80 million phones worldwide, far more than Xiaomi and vivo. The Shenzhen-based company named Transsion mainly targets the African market. According to the data of IDC, […]

The First Batch of 46,500 iPhone X Has Been Shipped From Zhengzhou

On October 15 It is learned from Zhengzhou customs that the first batch of 46,500 iPhone X has been shipped from Zhengzhou Xinzheng Integrated Bonded Zone. These phones will respectively be shipped to Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates from Xinzheng International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. SEE ALSO: Apple’s Customer Service Says iPhone […]

Apple’s Customer Service Says iPhone 8’s “Blowout” Mainly Because of Improper Transportation

On September 13 in the morning, Apple released a series of new products. The new iPhone 8 could be booked from September 15 and would be sold publicly on the 22. About half a month after the launch, though Apple hasn’t released its official sales figures, there have been reports that the new iPhones are […]

China will release favorable policy for foreign new energy vehicles

Once the policy is released, Tesla will be on an equal footing with the start-up car companies. On April 22, 2014, Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally delivered the first Model S cars in China to Yu Yongfu, the chairman of Alibaba Entertainment; Li Xiang, the CEO of CHJ Automotive(车和家); Chinese famous host Wang Han and […]

Alipay is now available at all Chinese Starbucks stores

On September 25, Starbucks and Alipay announced cooperation. Finally, the Starbucks will accept the payment system at over 2,800 of its cafes across China. “The days that we receive complaints from customers at Starbucks are over.” Alipay declared in its official weibo account. Alipay is available at over 3,200 Starbucks stores worldwide “Do you accept […]

Chinese Apps Become Popular Overseas

Chinese apps are popular overseas, especially in Russia, America and Japan last quarter. Tool, photography and video apps are the most popular ones. In Russia, the top 250 apps in the two largest stores—— App Store and Google Play enjoy over 222 million downloads, among which about 17.88 million comes from Chinese apps, with a […]

Tencent is Setting Up Advertising Division in Silicon Valley

Outline: WeChat is expanding into the U.S. market. Tencent will offer advertising services to American brands that want access to Chinese consumers. Tencent is setting up an advertising division in Palo Alto, CA., aiming to promote its services to U.S. enterprises. “Advertisers can spend some budget in gaining brand awareness in China,” said Yang Baoshu, […]

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 […]

Apple tax won’t influence live-streaming platforms

Abstract: Apple has canceled the 30% “Apple tax” once attacked by domestic application developers that provide content service. Recently, the updated Apple Store Review Guidelines showed that Apps may enable individual users to give a monetary gift to another individual without using in-app purchase, provided that (a) the gift is a completely optional choice by […]

Costco Must Overcome Three Challenges to Break into the Chinese Market

In October, 2014, Costco opened up an overseas flagship store on TMall International to give e-commerce in China a shot. On January 23rd, 2016, Costco opened a franchised store in Wuhan to give offline retail a try. On September 8th, 2017, Costco announced the opening of its first store in Shanghai, and confirmed the store […]

Apple will stop taxing in-app tipping, but how much content deserves customer’s tips?

Apple does give in on its tipping tax policy. On April 19th, wx-pai, Tencent’s official WeChat account, posted two notices in succession saying that the tip function of iOS’s WeChat platform will be closed. This news led to public guesses about the reason behind Tencent’s action. The widely acknowledged one is WeChat’s official explanation: According […]

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 […]

An Accessory Company Sued Apple and Suspect its MFi Certification is “Monopoly”

The war between Apple and “monopoly” has not ended. For increasing companies, this giant company has affected their growth prospects, and thus they walk on the opposite path of Apple. On August 28, Pisen, a domestic digital accessories factory, claimed on its official Weibo account that it had formally charged Apple for its MFi certification […]

In China, McDonald’s and KFC are fighting for a larger slice of the domestic pie

After nearly three decades of fighting, the competition between KFC and McDonalds in China is likely to heat up, because of its newly gotten “Chinese” identity. On November 1, 2016, KFC’s parent company Yum! Brands spun off a new company – Yum! China, and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its core business […]

The Chinese Internet model is being pursued overseas

The mobile phone selling like hotcakes in Africa isn’t Samsung nor Apple, but Tecno, a Shenzhen-based telecommunications company in China. According to open statistics, the company holds more than 40% of market shares in the 6 major countries of North Africa. Tecno broke into the African market using two mobile innovations: Dual-SIMs and beauty selfie […]

Tencent, Alibaba fight for share in India’s mobile payment

The war between Tencent and Alibaba has spread to India. This time, they’re wrestling over mobile payments. Indian chat app Hike Messenger, which Tencent invested in last August, recently added a “red envelope” function similar to WeChat’s. WeChat’s “red envelope” function is based on the tradition of “hongbaos” given during special occasions. Users on the […]

Apple’s Peripheral Services Set a New Record in China

On August 2nd, Apple released its Q3 quarterly data, among which, the growth of peripheral services is worth more attention. In Apple’s Q3 data, the revenues of greater China region were $8.004 billion, down by 10 percent of that of $8.848 billion than the same period last year, which stemmed mainly from Apple’s declining sales […]

Didi Chuxing, Taxify to Cooperate in European, African Markets and Intelligent Traffic

Didi Chuxing and Taxify, a mobile travel company active in the European and African markets, announced plans for strategic cooperation in investment, research and development today. Didi said it would support Taxify in expanding its market and developing technological innovations in diverse markets. Markus Villig founded Taxify in Estonia in 2013. In the last four […]

Southeast Asia becomes Alibaba and Tencent’s new battle field

Two global technological forces are disrupting the peaceful ecological environment in Southeast Asia. They’re not Silicon Valley technological companies like Google or Facebook. They are the two Chinese giants Tencent and Alibaba. The two companies provide the strongest financial support and the most successful business experience for venture capital firms in Southeast Asia. More and […]

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