Kevin Zhou, Author at Pandaily

Jack Ma Says in Weibo There is an “Arty Youth” in His Heart

Jack Ma just sang a song with famous Chinese singer Li Jian in Yunqi Computing Conference (云栖大会）. He texted on Weibo today claiming that deep inside, there was an “arty youth” in his heart. He decided to have this youth to play his role and also to find another job direction for the rest of […]

Only 20% Stores Operate Digital Products and Some Even Sell Tofu in China’s Computer Mall

Once upon a time, Guangbutun Computer Mall was famous across China. There was even a saying in the industry that in the north, there is Zhongguancun Village in Beijing and in the south, there is Guangbutun in Wuhan (the capital of Hubei Province). In the past, as school year began in September, in September and […]

Personal Information Trading is Unchecked in China

In June, Wuhan police cracked down a case of selling personal information. They intercepted and captured more than 26 million pieces personal information. On October 7, reporters learned from Wuhan Public Security Bureau that the case had some new progresses. After four months detection, the police recently destroyed five telecom fraud gangs, detaining 58 people […]

Didi’s Challenges

Didi Chuxing is the largest unicorn company in China valued at 50 billion USD. Over the past three years, not only did the company’s valuation grow in double digits, its investors also witnessed the highest rate of return ever of over ten thousand folds. However, despite the rapid expansion growth Didi is experiencing, the company […]

Chinese Pop Star Lu han Announced his Relationship Which Brought Weibo Down

At 12:32 p.m on October 8, official customer service account of Sina Weibo stated, at that time, the client App can’t refresh, comment and many pages cannot display normally. And engineers were working on these problems. It is widely believed that this may have something to do with that the singer Lu Han officially announced […]

The “Lazy Economy” Causes Small Home Appliances Prevail in China

Since following the trend and buying a popular portable juicer online, Yu Jing thinks her breakfast has improved a lot, “Each morning, I could make banana milk within seconds and it only takes simple operation. The taste is much fresher than imported Korean banana milk and the juice has no additives. Before, I only have […]

Quantum Communication Becomes China’s Cutting-Edge Technology

Quantum communication refers to a new type of communication mode using quantum entanglement to encrypt and transmit information, which is also known as the most secure communicating type. Both Europe and the U.S. are now actively developing quantum communication systems, but China has the fastest advancement. From the initial wire-tapping to password-stealing software and later […]

Shenzhen will Pilot Smart Bike Dock Lock for Shared Bikes

The reporter learns from Shenzhen Road Management Center that Shenzhen plans pilot smart dock lock of shared bikes. When residents return bikes in demonstration region, lock pile could read label and automatically lock bikes. The demonstration site, located in Yuehai Sub-district, Nanshan District in Shenzhen, will set up 30 parking areas, 2000 lock piles and […]

Chinese Tourists Purchase a Lot with Alipay and 70 Japanese Banks have Decided to Fight Back

Today, China’s National Day golden week has become a global golden week. Data estimate that more than six million Chinese travel overseas during this year’s National Day holiday. With the steps of Chinese tourists, many foreign merchants have started to use China’s advanced mobile payment methods. If there is no Alipay or WeChat payment, the […]

OnePlus May Launch the New Flagship in Early 2018

The “flagship killer” — OnePlus 5 launched this year by OnePlus is quite controversial and after its release, there has been few news about it. From the parameters, OnePlus 5 is not inferior to the Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, iPhone 8, iPhone X, and Pixel 2 which was on market later. But recently, there […]

More details about Alibaba’s investment in Cainiao

On September 25, in a bid to further fuel the progress of its “new retail” strategy, Alibaba announced that it intends to raise its stake in its affiliate—Cainiao Network and pledged 100 billion yuan investment in next five years to the logistics arm that had already received tens of billions yuan to expedite leading global […]

Writing Software Floods the China’s Internet

Yesterday, People’s Daily reported that plagiarism prevails in online novels and that a writer who suspected of plagiarism was found to have used material in writing software. According investigation, there are numerous stores selling writing software in Taobao. And many software storekeepers say that such software is used to assist novel writing but mainly, the […]

JD’s driverless trucks made their debut

On September 28, JD showed its latest products—driverless trucks. It is reported that this was the first time that Chinese E-commerce as well as logistics industries launched intelligent truck products, which were tested in the fixed road designated by the transport department. It is understood that JD’s two trucks, the new energy driverless truck EV80 […]

Shared Phone Charger Startups Closed Down One after Another

Shared phone chargers have attracted attention from the market, especially after Leo Chen, CEO of Jvyoumei（聚美优品）, invested 300 million yuan into AnkerBox (Anker街电), an enterprise that produces shared phone chargers. Also, “National Husband”—billionaire investor Wang Sicong’s bold statement that he would eat shit if shared phone chargers can succeed made this industry known to more […]

Alipay is now available at all Chinese Starbucks stores

On September 25, Starbucks and Alipay announced cooperation. Finally, the Starbucks will accept the payment system at over 2,800 of its cafes across China. “The days that we receive complaints from customers at Starbucks are over.” Alipay declared in its official weibo account. Alipay is available at over 3,200 Starbucks stores worldwide “Do you accept […]

Alibaba Released a New Brand AliOS Entering Automotive and IoT Field

Alibaba Group announced the upgrading of its operating system strategy and launched a brand new AliOS whose slogan is to drive everything smart. The new Alibaba operating system will continue to increase its investment in the IoT field and IoT operating systems in automotive, IoT terminals, IoT chips and industrial areas. On September 27, Alibaba […]

Didi made a strategic investment to Renren Car

On September 25th in 2017, China’s leading second-hand car dealer Renren Car announced a new round of financing of $200 million to support its rapid expansion strategy. The strategic investor is the world’s leading travel platform Didi Chuxing. The two sides will also have all-round in-depth cooperation around the auto-industry, jointly build a new trading […]

Alibaba is on the heels of Amazon

Gap of Market Value between Alibaba and Amazon is Just 1.3% Narrowing Nearly 100 Billion Dollars in Past Two Months. By September 22nd, Amazon’s market value was $456.5 billion and Alibaba‘s was $450.7 billion. Their gap was just 1.3%. Almost two months ago, the gap in market value between these two companies reached $100 billion. […]

“Shared Girlfriends” are NOT part of the Sharing Economy

A few days ago Taqu launched a “shared girlfriends” project that attracted lots of attention, but was eventually fined and forced into suspension. Although we are in fact witnessing the dawn of the sharing economy era, it doesn’t mean that the concept applies to everything. Many are jumping on the bandwagon and slapping on the […]

Apple will build the second data center in China

Apple will build the second data center in China, located in Ulanchap, Inner Mongolia. The new data center has been named as iCloud Northern Data Center. As the host, Bu Xiaolin, Deputy Director and Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region met with Isabel Ge Mahe (Ge Yue), Apple’s Vice President and Managing Director of Greater […]

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