The decades-long rivalry between Tencent and Alibaba spans almost every hot tech vertical in China. It’s no exaggeration to say that where there’s Tencent, there’s Alibaba and vice versa. The competition between the two Chinese internet giants is now entering another field – second-hand goods trading market. According to the official announcement, Tencent has injected […]
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Announcing the official TechNode podcast: Node Worthy
This has been a long time coming. Coming from a radio background, I have a deep passion for audio content and when I first joined TechNode I knew I wanted to do a podcast. The problem with podcasting, much like any quality content, is that you can’t just do it; you have to prepare first: […]
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A delivery driver’s tale
Wang Haijia ruminates over the time he has spent as a delivery driver, highlighting the dangers of the job and comparing it to other work.
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Xpeng says its self-driving tech outperforms Tesla’s
With help from Alibaba’s map technology, Xpeng says it now has the most advanced driver-assist function for Chinese customers.
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Chinese online media firm Sina may delist in US
Sina is the second Chinese tech company in a month mulling a delisting from the US market, a sign that Chinese tech firms are shying away from US markets.
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INSIGHTS | ‘Second landlord’ platforms get tenants in debt to fund growth
China’s second landlord platforms are highly susceptible to downturns. Many have already collapsed—and there’s no guarantee even the largest will survive.
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TikTok, Douyin the world’s second most-downloaded app in 2019
TikTok and Chinese version Douyin recorded more than 738 million downloads in 2019 across Apple’s App Store and Google Play in 2019.
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Li Auto picks Nvidia over Mobileye for newest self-driving cars
Li Auto will be the first automaker to use Nvidia’s newest processor to facilitate highly autonomous driving functions for its EVs.
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What do you think of Mobike and Ofo expanding to your country? We asked
Chinese bike rental companies Mobike and ofo expanded to more than 30 countries last year. While attending the SeedStars Summit 2018 in Lausane, Switzerland, we asked people from 5 different countries what they think about Chinese bike rental startups’ expansion into their home countries. Recent data from Cheetah shows that China’s active users of bike […]
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Ant Financial invests in Shanghai-based fintech startup VFinance
Ant Financial, the financial services affiliate of Alibaba, has made a strategic investment in VFinance (维金), a Shanghai-based startup providing digital financial infrastructure solutions to enterprises in China, according to VFinance’s announcement. At a press conference on July 18th, VFinance also signed strategic cooperation with MyBank (网商银行), an online bank launched by Ant Financial in 2015. The cooperation […]
