Blog Tag - Alibaba

The Beef is Cured: WeChat Finally Allows Users to Share External Links Again
Cut the chit-chat and gather around to learn the latest about everyone's favorite super-app in our ongoing column, What's New WeChat. During the...
It's Official: Xiami Music Calls It Quits
Users of Alibaba’s popular music streaming app Xiami got unpleasant news this morning: the service is going to be shut down next month. Xiami posted...
The 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands Have Been Released With Few Surprises
You may be inclined to regard any company that takes a word ending in S and replaces it with a Z, suspiciously. Generally speaking, this is the...
Some Self-Defense Tools We Hope You'll Never Have to Use
Although Beijing is a comparatively safe city, that doesn't mean that it's totally free of assault and occasional instances of violence. That being...
China Movie News: Promotional Video of Alibaba Pictures’ ‘Peppa Pig’ Movie Goes Viral
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider. Promotional Video of Alibaba Pictures’ ‘Peppa Pig’ Movie Goes Viral  On Jan...
New Retail tech is backbone of Singles’ Day for Alibaba
Singles’ Day, the world’s largest shopping spree, took place this weekend. Alibaba Group used the event, which is also known as Double 11, to...
Is Google Partnering With Tencent for Its China Comeback?
It is safe to assume at this point that both Google and Facebook are prioritizing re-entry into the China market. There is also a growing amount of...
Starbucks Enters Strategic Partnership With Alibaba to Fend off Luckin Rivalry
China’s caffeine war is percolating. Starbucks announced on Thursday that it has entered a strategic “New Retail” partnership with Chinese tech...
Hema Supermarket Offers a Taste of the Sea
God only knows how we survive without succulent, live seafood in Beijing. We try to justify it by saying we're landlocked, but life really is too...
What Does Alibaba’s Takeover of Ele.me Mean? This Is What China Is Saying
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. This week has been brimming with rumors on Alibaba’s takeover of food delivery...
Alibaba records RMB 168.2 Billion in Singles’ Day Sales
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. On this year’s Singles’ Day, Alibaba’s total GMV exceeded RMB 168.2 billion (more than...
Alibaba vs JD: The Battle to Get Singles' Day Packages to Your Door
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. For the past few weeks, Chinese e-commerce titans have been racking their brains as...
The Past, Present, and Future of Singles' Day, the World's Largest Shopping Spree
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. It’s that time of the year again. Chinese hand-choppers, online shopping addicts who...
Chinese Retailers Are Cutting iPhone 8 Prices Before iPhone X Release
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Major retailers in China have significantly cut the price of the new iPhone 8 and 8...
Olympic Picks: Xi Meetss the IOC; Alibaba Gets in on the Games; and the Olympics Go Green
Just how big of a priority are the Olympics for China? Here’s a less than subtle indication. President Xi Jinping went to Switzerland to give a...