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Meituan faces challenge from Alipay on its home turf
Meituan faces a renewed challenge from Alibaba in local lifestyle market as Alipay drives users to in-ecosystem services.
CHINA VOICES | Who controls quarantine data?
Dev Lewis looks at concerns about data privacy as the state collects information about people’s movements to control the virus.
INSIGHTS | The new normal isn’t that normal
Everyone wants to go back to the “China dream” as soon as possible, but the new normal still includes temperature checks.
Disengagements and the race for self-driving supremacy
Baidu’s reports contain significantly less information about disengagements than its peers, causing industry insiders to raise questions about the quality of the company’s tests.
What’s to blame for top Android developer’s downfall?
Cheetah Mobile reported Q4 revenue down by more than half after being cut off from major mobile platforms. The real question is why it didn’t happen before.
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We got our hands on Xiaomi’s new super secret phone. Here’s our review.
TechNode gets a chance to review the very latest in cutting-edge phone design, from Xiaomi—we had no idea this was coming!
Fuzzy numbers don’t prove grocery delivery triumph
Grocery delivery did well during lockdowns—but don’t make too much of it.
INSIGHTS | Nio lives!
The bailout of Nio is just the tip of the iceberg and recent policy changes could foreshadow renewed government support going forward.
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CHINA VOICES | Carnage for Chinese tech stocks
In translation from Ran Caijing, a look at how far China tech stocks plunged under the influence of the virus—and the few that rose.
How China built its health surveillance system
Health code platforms allowed cities to end lockdowns, but growing surveillance from digitization and centralization of data has both citizens and experts worried.
MEITUAN IN FOCUS | A matter of timing
How will online travel fare in China in 2020? It doesn’t help that the virus forced mass cancelations at the busiest time of the year.
CHINA VOICES | Who’s hurting worst?
In our translation column, we look at predictions of the sectors worst-hit by the virus. Watch out for trouble with smartphones.
