china

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion in 2017. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers, it is the third or fourth largest country by total area.

JD.com, Alibaba Sales Not Enough To Boost China’s Sluggish Singles Day
JD.com, Alibaba Sales Not Enough To Boost China’s Sluggish Singles Day
November 12, 2021  |  Retail

Record online sales posted by JD.com and Alibaba weren’t enough to buoy a sluggish Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest multi-day shopping extravaganza that...

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Global Singles’ Day Spending Puts Prime Day to Shame
Global Singles’ Day Spending Puts Prime Day to Shame
November 11, 2021  |  Retail

What started in the 1990s in China as an anti-Valentine’s Day remains the world’s largest shopping day of the year — and though regulatory scrutiny...

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JD.com Eyeing International Expansion Beyond China
JD.com Eyeing International Expansion Beyond China
November 11, 2021  |  Retail

Chinese eCommerce giant JD.com is looking beyond its borders in its efforts to add more international customers, a top executive told CNBC, a move that...

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Tencent: China Would Welcome Metaverse, With Caveats 
Tencent: China Would Welcome Metaverse, With Caveats 
November 11, 2021  |  Technology

One of China’s biggest companies says it expects the government to allow the metaverse to operate in the country, assuming the companies behind it follow...

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A Cautionary Tale: Britain’s Long Path Toward a Central Bank Digital Currency and China’s Quick Rollout 
A Cautionary Tale: Britain’s Long Path Toward a Central Bank Digital Currency and China’s Quick...
November 10, 2021  |  CBDC

For central banks, there’s a long road between mulling a central bank digital currency (CBDC), defining the ramifications and launching it. It could take years,...

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Chinese Gaming and Payments Platform Tencent Holdings’ YOY Revenue Growth Hits 19%
Chinese Gaming and Payments Platform Tencent Holdings’ YOY Revenue Growth Hits 19%
November 10, 2021  |  Earnings

China-based FinTech Tencent Holdings Ltd. cited “new regulatory and macroeconomic developments” as catalysts for the company’s lackluster 3 percent revenue increase in the third quarter...

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China To Marry Digital Yuan, Mobile Payment Apps
China To Marry Digital Yuan, Mobile Payment Apps
November 09, 2021  |  CBDC

The People’s Bank of China says it will make an effort to further link the digital yuan to the country’s popular mobile payment apps. As...

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Alibaba Debuts NFT Art Metaverse for China’s Singles Day
Alibaba Debuts NFT Art Metaverse for China’s Singles Day
November 03, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Alibaba has rolled out what it’s calling a “metaverse” ahead of China’s Singles Day, according to RADII, a China youth culture publication founded by a...

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China’s Central Bank: 10M Businesses, 140M People Using Digital Yuan
China’s Central Bank: 10M Businesses, 140M People Using Digital Yuan
November 03, 2021  |  CBDC

Officials in China said the use of the digital yuan — or e-CNY — has surged to 140 million individual accounts and 10 million business...

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