Have you ever walked into a store, saw the products on display and thought you entered the wrong place? That’s what happened when I visited Xiaomi’s store at The Place in Beijing…. until it dawned on me: I was exactly where I meant to go. Sports shoes, toothbrushes, and mattresses are not the kind of […]
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China’s top 6 angel investors
Top 6 Chinese angel investors that give wings to startup dreams
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Smartwatches are being used to track thousands of left-behind children
Smartwatches designed for children have typically been used only by China’s concerned middle classes to track their children. But now the authorities in rural Guizhou are giving the devices to thousands of elementary school-aged left-behind children with the hope that they will be safer and the data generated will help them tackle the social issue. […]
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BATX is battling its way into India’s market despite political tensions
China and India have had a fraught relationship since at least the early 20th century. While they may not be able to agree on where their borders lie, it is clear that the two countries are economically important for each other: China has in recent years become one of the fastest-growing sources of foreign direct investment […]
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Why QR codes trump NFC in China
Editor’s note: This was contributed by Tianyu M. Fang, a Boston-based freelance writer on Chinese tech and culture, and an independent researcher on US-China relations. Previously, he lived in Beijing, where he worked closely with China’s tech startup community. Among the ten customers lining up inside a Starbucks store in Beijing, I seemed to be the only […]
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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 […]
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A year in constant review: China’s surveillance breakthroughs in 2017
Developments in hardware, software, AI, and networking in China have allowed the country to make huge leaps in security. As AI and networking allow the systems to become smarter and connected to more databases, they are increasingly proactive and effective. Many of these advances have come with little fanfare at home, but others have caught […]
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The new iPhones are here and China’s secondhand market is ready
On September 12, one day before the much anticipated new iPhones were scheduled to launch, the secondhand trading unit of Chinese Craigslist 58.com Zhuan Zhuan (meaning to pass on in Chinese) sealed a deal with Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer behind Apple and other tech giants, to work on vetting used phones exchanged over the platform. The news comes […]
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China’s most popular apps are also helping find the country’s missing people
Jinri Toutiao is now the single biggest finder of missing people in China. Since incorporating the functionality in February 2016 until mid-December 2017, the news recommendation app helped find 4,126 missing people. And it’s not the only app helping the authorities locate people. Several of the most popular apps in China have the additional function […]
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The iPhone in China isn’t the status symbol it used to be
iPhone X has hit the shelves in Mainland China, but it remains to be seen if Apple’s new flagship will win the hearts and minds of the Chinese people. This, however, will likely more depend on changes within consumers themselves rather than the actual technology the new iPhone X is offering. iPhone has long been […]
