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UrWork inks joint venture partnership with co-working peer Fountown
Published: 26/09/2017Consolidation in China’s shared space industry continues as Chinese co-working unicorn UrWork today announced its strategic joint venture partnership with its Shanghai rival Fountown to extend their f ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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WeChat changes splash screen for the first time ever
Published: 26/09/2017WeChat just made a subtle but symbolic change this Monday. The app’s iconic launch screen, which features a photo of the Earth taken by NASA from the outer space, was replaced by one taken by FY ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Ofo in talks to raise new financing of more than $1 billion
Published: 25/09/2017Chinese bike rental company ofo is in talks to raise new financing of more than $1 billion, Reuters is reporting. Ofo’s co-founder Yang Pinjie, now based in the Moscow, told Reuters that the amo ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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Chinese are getting tech savvy at a younger age
Published: 25/09/2017Chinese children go online at increasingly younger ages, Guangzhou Daily is reporting. According to a survey released at the Guangdong Internet Security for Children Forum on September 23, 2017, some ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Node Worthy 02: China vs US unicorns and the fight for fresh produce
Published: 25/09/2017This week we talk about the differences between China and US ecosystems as well as JD and Alibaba’s push into offline groceries and produce delivery. Download this episode Links Linda Lew: Fast ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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JD founder Richard Liu invests RMB 400 million into AI
Published: 25/09/2017Artificial intelligence is the new hot trend in China and JD.com seems to be on its way to join BAT in the AI game. JD believes that AI technology will determine its success or failure in future retai ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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Mobike launches new, lighter stronger model
Published: 22/09/2017Mobike, China’s major bike-rental company, today launched a new model of its smart bike called “New Lite.” It features a minimalist design, longer lifespan, and lighter weight. The all-new model comes ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Mobike vs ofo: The race for the world’s bike rental market
Published: 22/09/2017It is almost two years since Mobike co-founder Hu Weiwei put around 50 bicycles on the streets of Shanghai and drove away. Ofo had a similar beginning, spreading out shared bikes on Beijing’s universi ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Baidu announces RMB 10 billion yuan fund for autonomous driving and launches Apollo 1.5
Published: 22/09/2017Baidu’s self-driving vehicle platform Apollo, known as the “Android of the auto industry” for its open source code has gotten its first update. The platform— designed to speed up speeding up self-driv ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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Opportunities for offline retailers have arrived in China, but don’t rush
Published: 22/09/2017Anyone who has been to a tier-1 Chinese city will probably have come across the long queues in front of stores throughout the city. People call them “wanghong” (网红) stores, borrowing the Chinese term ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Analyse Asia 207: The Shenzhen startup ecosystem with Jan Smejkal
Published: 22/09/2017Editor’s note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, technology, and media in Asia. The podcast featu ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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With new funding, Tiger Brokers paves path for Chinese to invest in overseas stock markets
Published: 22/09/2017While domestic stock market is still characterized by extreme volatility, an increasing number of Chinese investors flock to overseas capital markets in seek of more opportunities. As one of the start ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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ofo pedals their way into four European countries on World Car Free Day
Published: 22/09/2017The globalization competition between ofo and Mobike, two of China’s top bike rental giants, is reaching a feverish pitch. Instead of revealing the entrance to overseas markets one by one, ofo announc ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Mobike lands in Washington D.C., their first US city
Published: 21/09/2017Mobike, a major Chinese bike-rental company, has just placed their first batch of bikes in the capital of the United States as part of its ambitious global expansion plan. Closely following its larges ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Alipay opens up its mini program to users for beta test
Published: 21/09/2017After WeChat sees some success with its mini programs, its major rival Alipay is in no place to fall behind. Alipay, run by Alibaba’s spin-off Ant Financial, announced on Wednesday its own mini progra ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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China Business Cast 70: The fast and the slow—China vs the West
Published: 21/09/2017Editor’s note: This originally appeared on the China Business Cast. China Business Cast is a podcast featuring experienced entrepreneurs and business people making things happen in China. If you ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Chinese state media criticizes AI driven news distribution, naming Toutiao
Published: 20/09/2017People’s Daily, the official newspaper of Chinese Communist Party, published an op-ed denouncing algorithm-driven news distribution platforms for the echo chamber they potentially create. The ne ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Alibaba announces live entertainment business group
Published: 20/09/2017Like Tencent, Alibaba has an ambition in seizing Chinese people’s leisure time. On September 19, Alibaba’s Digital Media and Entertainment Group (阿里巴巴文化娱乐集团) announced the founding of its ... Read moreSource: technode.com
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Four ways Chinese product designers are different from US
Published: 20/09/2017For a foreigner first entering Chinese websites, or a Chinese app, the first experience can be pretty overwhelming. Taobao, 58.com and Dazhong Dianping provide so many buttons of categories and promot ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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JD vs Alibaba: The war for China’s fresh food
Published: 20/09/2017Before Xiaohui leaves the office at the end of a long workday, she picks up her phone and begins thumbing the screen. “The carrots and spareribs will be delivered when I get home in an hour,R ... Read moreSource: technode.com -
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Why more trains may lead to more unicorns in China
Published: 19/09/2017Editor’s note: This was contributed by Hans Tung in collaboration with Zara Zhang. Hans Tung is a Managing Partner at GGV Capital. A five-time Forbes Midas Lister, he has been a US/China investo ... Read moreSource: technode.com
