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Chinese Influencers Make Millions of Dollars Through Online Promotional Campaigns: Why Chinese Consumers are Falling for the Same Old Tricks

How much money can one Internet influencer make from live-streaming? For the trending top-level Internet celebrity Li Jiaqi, it could be around millions of dollars per day.

Chinese Technology’s Growing Influence in Latin America

Latin America boasts a population of over 650 million that has experienced significant and continuing alleviation from poverty, and substantial increases in broadband penetration.

Does the Rental Platform Ziroom Truly Save Trouble for College Graduates?

Property managers on Ziroom often lack the patience and ability to effectively communicate with tenants and the company seems only to be interested in passing the buck when facing complaints.

Women in China Tech: Is It a Man’s World?

While China has made great strides in promoting quality in STEM education, why is this not translating into greater equality in the upper echelons of the tech sector.

Pinduoduo’s Alternate Approach to the 11.11 Shopping Festival and China’s E-commerce Craze

However, when their e-commerce rivals like Alibaba’s Taobao and JD.com were boasting about their inflated GMV numbers during the shopping festival, Pinduoduo took another approach.

The Core of Didi’s Carpool Service Hitch Problem Should be Safety Concerns Rather Than Equal Rights

Didi Chuxing, China’s Uber-like ride-sharing service provider, has once again plunged itself into a gender-related crisis.

As Chinese Tech Companies Rush to IPO, What Can Indian Unicorns Learn?

In 2018, a record number of Chinese companies listed on US exchanges. Investors the world over watched with intent as China’s economic transformation entered a new era. Chinese executives gleefully rang the opening bell at NYSE or NASDAQ on a seemingly constant basis.

Battle for Privacy Rights: China to Face its First Facial Recognition Related Court Case

A Chinese wildlife park in Hangzhou was sued by a Chinese law professor after using a facial recognition system that scans all visitors to the park. According to Chinese media Beijing Youth Daily, a district court in Hangzhou has taken on the controversial case.

Chinese Authorities are Trying to Implement a Homework Curfew, and This is Why it’s Doomed to Fail

Education officials in Zhejiang, China is considering implementing some new rules to alleviate the burdens that weigh down on elementary and middle school students during their school years.

China’s Quest to Create a National Park System

China is aiming to establish a network of national parks by 2030, to protect the nation’s impressive and unique nature.

Why Does China Excel in Mobile Payments?

A lot of you may wonder, why China excels so much in payments given that it is still an emerging country.

DiDi Ridesharing CTO Emphasizes a Balance of Technology and Human Values

Didi Chuxing’s CTO of their ride-hailing business, Tiger Qie, spoke about the company’s commitment to infusing human values into what is inherently a technology company.

Chinese Facebook Engineer Commits Suicide: Is a Job Worth Dying For?

When Chinese internet workers are complaining about the 996 working schedule in the tech giants in China, horrible things are also happening to tech workers across the Pacific Ocean.

China’s Sharing Economy Matured When It Seemed to Be Wilting

Sharing creates affordable infrastructure for start-ups through co-working spaces and for food and beverage businesses by allowing them to share a massive fleet of delivery guys instead of owning one.

Chinese Tech Giants’ Quest for Environmental Sustainability

The rise in popular consciousness pushes Chinese tech companies to increase their ecological efforts, which in turn influences even more people to take a stance on environmental issues.

Alibaba’s Chairman Daniel Zhang: “Data is the Petroleum, Computing Power is the Engine”

This year Aspara Conference was wildly informative and technically focused on AliCloud, the infrastructure and operating system that fuels the innovations in various industries.

What You Need to Know About China’s Soaring Household Debt

China’s household debt to income ratio rose threefold from 30% in 2008 to 92% in 2019. Here is what it could mean for China’s economy.

Chairman of Fuyao Glass Talks About American Factory

Recently, the hit documentary “American Factory” led to heated discussions about the differences in the corporate culture and management style in America and China.

Debates Over ZAO and FaceApp Usher in the Era of Surveillance Capitalism

The internet chart-busters initiated not only a deluge of jubilant social media posts, but also a serious debate about the future of privacy, security and truth at a time when data sells better than oil.

‘American Factory’ Shows How Fuyao Glass Glitters Differently Outside China

Amidst the fiery smoke of the current US-China trade war, the story adopted a neutral angle, explicitly reflecting upon the ideological differences between the two great powers against the backdrop of globalization.

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