China’s leading video streaming platform Bilibili released its 2020 Bilibili Influencers Report (in Chinese) this week to highlight the significant growth the influencers brought to the platform in the past year.
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Chinese budget smartphone brand Honor officially launched its V40 series on Friday, the company’s debut smartphone model following its separation from Huawei in November last year.
Vendors on China’s second-largest online shopping platform Pinduoduo were caught selling live puppies in surprise “blind boxes”, sparking heavy criticism and accusations of animal abuse online.
On Jan. 22, China’s leading ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing (DiDi) launched a Global Vaccination Support Fund, supporting COVID-19 vaccination efforts across DiDi’s global communities.
Chinese esports solution provider VSPN (Versus Programming Network) announced Friday that it has raised a $60 million Series B+ financing round led by Prospect Avenue Capital (PAC).
On Jan. 20, the third round of digital currency pilot testing, part of larger scheme to introduce the E-Yuan in mainland China, was launched in Shenzhen.
China’s central bank on Wednesday released a set of proposed guidelines to step up antitrust measures in the country’s booming online payments sector.
On-demand logistics and delivery company Lalamove is close to completing a $1.5 billion financing round that would bring its valuation to around $10 billion, according to Chinese media.
Alibaba’s Cainiao Smart Logistics Network announced that the platform would offer nonstop logistics service to 200 major cities in China over Chinese New Year.
Chinese company ByteDance has launched an in-app payment service in its short video platform Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
The lawsuit over the music copyright infringement of 72 songs between Alibaba Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Tencent was drawn to a court decision on Jan. 15, where Tencent paid 432,000 yuan in compensation to Alibaba.
China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said it has teamed up with Tencent to develop smart vehicle technologies, the newest cross-industry partnership between traditional automakers and tech giants.
On Jan. 19, Alibaba Group’s cross-border B2C platform Tmall Global announced a new suite of solutions at the 2021 Tmall Global New Seller Virtual Summit to help global brands localize in China.
It’s official: China’s largest search engine and China’s largest private automaker are joining forces.
China’s video streaming platform iQIYI held the Shout out for Love Gala 2021 on Jan. 15, becoming the first platform in the industry to use multi-screen interactive livestreaming.