Tech firms are particularly susceptible because they are more vulnerable to market volatility than companies in traditional industries.
Ant Financial rolls out ‘mutual aid’ plan for seniors on Xiang Hu Bao platform
The new health plan provides health care coverage of cancer for individuals aged 60 to 70 years.
Pinduoduo’s RMB 1.5 billion Shanghai brands program may help profits, reputation
The move echoed Shanghai’s urgent push of returning its local-based downfallen manufacturers to the glory days.
Briefing: Oracle to layoff around 1,000 employees in China R&D center
The latest round of job cuts in China comes on the heels of previous layoff plans by Oracle.
Tencent scraps ‘PUBG Mobile,’ replaces it with more compliant ‘Game for Peace’
The successor of ‘PUBG Mobile’ is promoted as a ‘military skills competition game.’
How to make WeChat mini-programs work for social e-commerce
Some best practices for luxury brands trying to make friends with their buyers with WeChat’s e-commerce features.
The lesser-known ByteDance apps
In this issue, we look more closely at three Bytedance apps, each representing part of the startup’s rapid expansion in recent years.
Transsion brushes off risk from domestic rivals looking to expand overseas
Transsion held 48.7% of Africa’s mobile phone market and 34.3% of its smartphone market in 2018, as well as 6.7% of India’s mobile phone market.
Briefing: Tencent Cloud aims to quadruple overseas revenue in 2019
The main reason driving Tencent Cloud’s overseas expansion is gaming, said Da Zhiqian, vice president of Tencent Cloud.
TechNode kicks off its 2nd edition of ORIGIN Conference in Malaysia
This conference will be the first in Malaysia to unite all in the tech and business ecosystem.
