After a slow start, Chinese tech firm sped up its IPO rush in the latter half of 2017, marked by hefty IPOs like the ones from China Literature, ZhongAn, Qudian, and Sogou. The past year also witnessed strong performances from some of China’s top listed tech giants. Tencent joined the half-a-trillion-dollar club last November, while […]
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The top 10 Android app stores in China in 2017
We’ve updated for 2018. Check out this year’s list here. While Apple continues to have their struggles in China, Android-powered smartphones are picking up the slack. Unfortunately, Google isn’t doing so well in China either. This means that if Android users want to download applications, they must rely on app stores operated by local players. The app […]
Xiaomi Launches Mobile Payment Service Mi Pay
Mi Pay, the long-awaited mobile payment service from Xiaomi, will be available for all Xiaomi users from tomorrow (September 1st). Xiaomi registered a payment service company as early as in 2013, but only in January this year did the company obtain an official license by acquiring a controlling stake in local online payment services company Ruifutong. Like Apple […]
Xiaomi Has Revealed Their VR Headset
China is obsessed with VR, and Xiaomi is not about to be left behind. The hardware giant revealed their first VR product on Thursday: a smartphone-enabled headset called Mi VR. True to Xiaomi style, the gadget is ridiculously cheap at 1 yuan a piece (about $0.20), but before you go scrounging through your spare change jar, […]
Is Xiaomi Pivoting Away From Smartphones?
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wanted to make one thing clear when he spoke at the Summer Davos event in Tianjin on Monday: “Xiaomi was never meant to be just a smartphone vendor.” The company, which rocketed to fame through mega-sales of budget smartphones, is now stepping back from its revenue-driving product, amid a stagnating smartphone market and […]
China’s top 6 angel investors
Top 6 Chinese angel investors that give wings to startup dreams
Xiaomi Unveils A MacBook Air – No, Sorry, It’s A Mi Notebook Air
Xiaomi has revealed their first laptop. Like the mobile handsets that rocketed the brand to cult status, it’s cheap, simple and looks a hell of a lot like an Apple. The Mi Notebook Air (yes – Air), makes no secret of which consumers they are looking to target, those with not enough coin to buy a […]
What China’s history of overseas tech IPOs says about the current wave
Ever since last year, an increasing number of Chinese tech companies can be seen joining the IPO craze.
Xiaomi Is Expanding Their Smart Transport Empire With Bicycles
After tackling Segway-style smart transport last year, Xiaomi Inc. now has plans to expand further into smart bikes. The company will release a new Xiaomi-brand smart bike in the coming months, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. At the same time Xiaomi-backed smart bicycle company IRiding will also release a ‘smart’ bike called the ‘QiCycle’ this week, […]
Four Chinese Drones You Can’t Miss In 2016
The global commercial drone market is taking off as improvements in technology transform drones from a specialty device into an affordable consumer product. A huge market for consumer drones is blossoming and already, and China is making its mark. Data from state media outlet Xinhua shows that drone exports from China’s hardware hub Shenzhen amounted to $2.7 […]