Jingdong (JD) has over 2 million WeChat groups for social e-commerce, which it claims to be the largest scale among e-commerce platforms. The pandemic has put it under the spotlight, as social e-commerce provided many individuals and brands with new opportunities amidst the pandemic. Weiwei is a sales person at China’s leading travel agency China […]
S&P Global: Bank disruptors doubling down on mobile payments in China
Users of most payment platforms reported high engagement for mobile payments (around 90% considering the margin of error), with Du Xiaoman Pay users being a notable exception (80%). WeChat Pay users appeared to be evenly distributed across all ages, but QQ Wallet users skewed younger. A pair of big technology firms has further consolidated its […]
Starting a Digital Business in China – Tips for Entrepreneurs and Creatives
My first enterprise in China back in 2009 was a social community website for fashion-oriented, affluent Chinese. Together with three partners, one of which was a Chinese, we had developed the concept and launched a first version of the website.
Social Media Usage for Recruitment in China
With the growth of China’s economy also comes the increase of connectivity. According to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), there are over 513 million internet users and 356 million mobile internet users in China. Almost half of the internet users (48.7%) spend about half of their time online on SNS and microblogs. The growing […]
The Impact of Collectivist Culture on the Chinese Link Graph
It’s a curious yet common practice at the bottom of Chinese websites. A selection of curated hyperlinks that go by many names – “friendly links”, “cooperative partners”, “enterprise promotion” – but have one purpose: to manipulate search engines.