China Mobile led net monthly subscriber additions in the Chinese mobile market in September, growing its base by 2.93 million to 919.4 million. China Telecom followed with 2.83 million new customers a… ( read original…
Monthly Archives For December 2018
This paradox explains why China has not failed so far
Officials are increasingly encouraged, and in some cases required, to set up public profiles on Weibo, China’s version of Facebook, and WeChat, a mobile chat app. The number of official Weibo accounts … ( read…
China’s ZTE may have cheated on US deal by installing Dell hardware for Venezuela, senators tell White House
Two senior US lawmakers known for their opposition to China’s telecommunications giant ZTE warned … “The Venezuelan government hired ZTE to build a database and develop a mobile payment system for a … ( read…
Fingerprint Cards argues biometric cards are perfect compliment to mobile payments in China
While smartphones are commonly used for payments in China, biometric payment cards can fill a significant and often-forgotten gap in the country’s payment ecosystem, Fingerprint Cards argues in a blog … ( read original story…
Nepal imports 86% mobile sets from China
Kathmandu, Nov 27 (IANS) Nepal imported 86 per cent of the country’s total mobile sets from China as of the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2018-19 that began in mid-July, the Department of…
Adoption of mobile payment shifts consumer spending patterns, habits: study
By studying data from Alipay, China’s most popular mobile payment platform, as well as using a unique data set from one of the largest banks in China, which contained the transaction data from persona… (…
China’s Xi arrives in Argentina for G20
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Argentina for the G20, with the world looking closely at the outcome of the summit amidst tensions between China and … below on your mobile device to … (…
China won’t stop flood of fentanyl into Canada, sources say
The opioid crisis and record-setting death counts caused by fentanyl flooding into Canada could get worse because of a growing diplomatic dispute with China, sources have informed Global News. ( read original story …)
Dolce & Gabbana chopstick snafu a warning to global brands
The fallout from Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana’s (D&G) television ad that aired in China depicting a Chinese woman struggling to use chopsticks to eat pizza and pasta is still being assessed. T… (…
Trump, China’s Xi poised for high-stakes summit over trade war
which have imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars on each other’s imports after Trump began an effort to correct what he views as China’s unfair commercial practices. With the trade war we… (…
Financial holding firms’ job is to boost the real economy
Editor’s note: At a recent forum on financial holding firms organized by China Everbright Group and Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, to mark the 40th anniversary of reform and opening … ( read original…
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (CHU) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (NYSE:CHU) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seven research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four investment analyst… ( read original story …)
Dolce & Gabbana’s China faux pas shows global brands must tread gently on local sensitivities
Dolce & Gabbana last week cancelled their Shanghai fashion show in the biggest overseas market for the Milan luxury designer, bowing to public backlash from a controversial advertisement and an Instag… ( read original story…