Tag: china
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Several Chinese apps are engaged in a quiet, high-stakes battle to become the next WeChat, a mega app that now has 1.1 billion monthly active users, 80% of China’s total population.… more ›
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What it’s really going to change in the short term is who’s empowered to make the simulations of the future. In the national security sector, simulations are a $12B market… more ›
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A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar… more ›
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Since hitting Chinese theaters last December, the Oscar-nominated Disney-Pixar film “Soul” has pulled in more than 360 million yuan ($55.4 million) nationwide. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006968/is-china-really-ready-for-black-stories more ›
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A few years ago, the Indian OSM contributor said, they received a call from the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala, inviting them to hold a workshop on editing Wikipedia. “[They told… more ›
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Apple’s App Store has been distributing more than a dozen apps created by a Chinese organization sanctioned by the U.S. for human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang… more ›
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Five-year-old company is first challenger to loosen Alibaba and JD. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-pinduoduo-beat-alibaba-to-become-chinas-top-shopping-site-11616232601 more ›
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The COVID and post-COVID eras in luxury have been defined by the increased importance of online purchases. In fact, some retail experts suggest that the future of sales is moving… more ›
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Amazon Live is a prominent example of how interactive video shopping, popularized by TV networks like QVC, has moved online. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/business/amazon-ecommerce-livestreaming.html more ›