[Long read] The apps of China’s social credit system
Kendra Schaefer
China’s emerging social credit system (SCS): rarely has a topic been more hotly discussed, and more poorly understood. When most people think about the SCS, they imagine it primarily as…
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China’s digital products are pioneering new methods of user interaction and monetization.
[Long read] China’s travel mega-portals branch into finance, retail and… wedding photography?
China’s tourism giants have extended their offerings beyond bookings and reservations, moving into retail, financial, telecom and niche-market services.
China’s dating apps are experimenting with live-streamed matchmaking
China’s largest date-to-marry matchmaking apps are experimenting with leveraging live-streaming to help users find love, with mixed results.
Short videos: Douyin launches all new “youth mode”
Trivium UB
China’s hottest short-video sharing app has launched an alternate user experience tailored for teen and pre-teen users.
E-commerce for an aging population: Taobao’s “family accounts” are bringing senior markets online
Who do your parents call when they can’t get the router working? Or need help uploading pictures to Facebook? Or setting up Amazon Prime? It’s you, isn’t it? Or maybe…
Users are diversifying on China’s home sharing apps
Market research agencies get very interested in big groups of big spenders. And no one’s tossing cash around the planet quite as exuberantly as travelers from mainland China (HospitalityNet): “The…
In the Year of the Pig, the family that ByteDances together, stays together
Researchers noted a 43% uptick in group videos – videos featuring more than one person – over the holiday season.
What were Chinese users ordering on meal delivery apps in 2017?
Restaurant delivery app Eleme 饿了么 released their national end-of-year numbers, shedding some light on Chinese users’ home-delivery preferences.