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Slow growth aside, Singles’ Day displayed its value to China retail
Slowing retail growth and competition from other shopping festivals took toll on China’s Singles’ Day.
China’s maker movement takes root in the classroom
Shenzhen kids skip to the top of the line of China’s maker boom.
QR code payments are taking off in Southeast Asia, but it will take a while to catch up with China
Southeast Asia is a very dynamic region and not one country or one market.
8 Lessons from the rise of Douyin (Tik Tok)
Editor’s note: A version of this post by Hans Tung and Zara Zhang first appeared on Han’s blog. Hans Tung is a managing partner at GGV Capital. Zara Zhang is an investment analyst at GGV Capital. ByteDance and Musical.ly are GGV portfolio companies. For more on ByteDance, listen to their interview with Liu Zhen, senior vice president of ByteDance (and […]
China’s answer to Amazon Go aims to conquer the unmanned frontier with facial recognition
Long-waited Amazon Go opened its door to the public in Seattle last week and there has been overall positive feedback. However, unmanned stores are definitely not a new concept for China’s tech-savvy consumers. Since May 2017, when Alibaba launched its first unmanned store with the focus word “new retail”, a flurry of Chinese tech companies has […]
Another Singles’ Day, another record broken: Here’s what you need to know
This year’s Singles’ Day was a mix of milestones and setbacks.
Taiwan wants to be a hub for foreign startups, but still has a long way to go
The global economic center is gradually shifting eastward and Asian tech hubs are vying to be the region’s top destination for global entrepreneurs. Taiwan—once Asia’s hardware manufacturing hub—is slowly recognizing that it is not only essential to cultivate the local startup ecosystem but also to bring in new ideas and voices. A growing number of […]
China embraces tech in its courtrooms
China’s legal system looks to mobile apps and AI to help shake its opaque image.
8 juicy scandals that broke China’s internet in 2018
There’s something you might have noticed: 2018 was truly the year of the scandal.