Alibaba announces plans to invest over $15b in R&D over next 3 years
Alibaba Group announced on October 11th the launch of an innovative global research program, Alibaba Academy for Discovery, Adventure, Momentum, and Ou…
Analyse Asia 209: The Thailand startup ecosystem with Michael Waitze
Editor's note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, techn…
Ofo launches in US capital, hopes to conquer US market within a year
Ofo, China's leading bike rental company, announced October 10 its launch in Washington, D.C., following Seattle and Massachusetts. The fast-expandi…
JD challenges Alibaba in luxury e-commerce with launch of Toplife
Along with China’s exponential consumption upgrade, local e-commerce giants are racing to the luxury sector. Online retailer JD today announced the lau…
SOS Tencent: We need these WeChat group features!
Editor's note: This was contributed by Mikey Chee and Vladimir Garnele. Mikey is a WeChatpreneur based in Beijing. Founder of his own WeChat company, F…
Mobike testing ride-hailing feature to challenge Didi & ofo tie-up
Chinese bike rental firm Mobile rolled out a ride-hailing feature in its latest app update through a partnership with car-summoning operator Shouqi Lim…
Freedom, cross-border ethics, central government advantage: China gets serious about the sharing economy
The sharing economy1 is the only business model for the future, the sharing economy solves the woes of urbanization, its big data can build trust at ho…
China’s Airbnb rival Tujia receives $300 million for online unit
It seems that China’s online travel and accommodation industry is still feeling the heat from the Golden Week. China’s home rental unicorn Tujia.com, o…
Apple Watch Series 3 rollout hits speed bumps in China as carriers still not ready
China's early adopters who tried out Apple Watch Series 3 cellular connectivity with China Unicom are furious after connection failures and China Unico…
Ofo releases National Holiday cycling report: Lhasa shows highest increase in usage
On October 8th, bike rental startup ofo released "2017 National Day Holiday Travel Data Report." According to the report, the capital of the Tibet Auto…
WeChat travel report shows Hong Kong top destination for mainland tourists
Chinese people enjoyed eight days long holiday, from October 1st to 8th, as its National Day (国庆节) and Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) fall on the same week …
TechCrunch Shanghai 2017: Announcing new dates and new sections
In June, for the first time, TechNode brought TechCrunch to Shenzhen. TC Shenzhen attracted 6000+ attendees, 170+ media professionals, 80+ domestic and…