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SoftBank shares jump on Alibaba split-up plans

By ChinaPulse.com

TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) – Shares in SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) soared on Wednesday after Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group (9988.HK), in which the Japanese technology investor has a 13.7 % stake, announced a major restructuring pl…

Chinese ‘kissing’ app with ‘real-life silicon lips’ panned as creepy

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A Chinese tech inventor who has rolled out a new kissing device that allows monogamous lovers separated by long distance to virtually smooch using silicon lips has internet users divided as many panned the weird contraption as downright creepy.…

Alibaba’s international arm invests millions into South Korea expansion

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Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress has expanded in South Korea and Brazil, in addition to Europe. Pictured here is an AliExpress locker in Poland in July 2022.
BEIJING — Alibaba ‘s international e-commerce business AliEx…

China e-commerce: is it time to look beyond regulatory pressures? – Luxembourg Professional & More News

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Nothing showcases China’s love of e-commerce better than Singles’ Day, or 11.11. This unofficial holiday, initially founded as an anti-Valentine’s Day for singletons, is held annually on the 11 November. In 2009, an e-commerce company CEO seized on the…

Alibaba, ByteDance share algorithm details with Chinese regulator

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Chinese tech giants including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance have submitted details to a state regulator of algorithms used in some of their products, in an unprecedented move as authorities strengthen oversight of the sector.…
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China censored a top livestreamer on the eve of June 4. Now his fans are asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre

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Entertainment China censored a top livestreamer on the eve of June 4. Now his fans are asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre A man holds a poster of the famous ‘Tank Man’ who stood in front of Chinese military tanks at Tiananmen Square…

China’s top e-commerce influencer, ‘Lipstick King’ Austin Li Jiaqi, abruptly ends Taobao show in major live-streaming snafu

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China’s most popular live-streamer , Austin Li Jiaqi, on Friday abruptly halted his special online show pitching snacks and candies to millions of followers, marking a setback for the top e-commerce influencer’s sales campaign during the midyear 618 sh…

TikTok, Binance, Shopee among the most popular apps in SEA: report

By MediaIntel.Asia

As people become more familiar with shopping, investing, and consuming content on their mobile phones, mobile-first markets have been on their phones for nearly a third of their waking hours, according to Data.ai’s (formerly App Annie) State of Mobile…

Why a Russian chocolate store on Chinese e-commerce platform is thanking people

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A Russian-run online store on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com thanked Chinese shoppers for their support after it sold out of most items including chocolate and fabric softener, saying it showed the country’s friendship in “difficult&#82…

Do Chinese e-platforms Aliexpress, WeChat sell fake goods?

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Know-how behemoth Tencent stated final week that it strongly disagreed with a US choice so as to add its WeChat app alongside fellow Chinese language e-commerce website AliExpress, in a authorities record of “infamous” markets recognized for commerce i…