It’s hard to imagine living in China today without Alipay (支付宝) and WeChat Pay (微信支付). From small beginnings providing payment systems for online shopping transactions, WeChat Pay and Alipay have become the goliaths of China’s payment industry and have spread their tentacles into just...
However, Foxconn they have already developed a concept in case of a new lockdown – they rely on a “bubble” in which the workers will stay. This means that their contacts are greatly limited and the number of employees is reduced. There are no holidays or days off during the lockdown...
Updates on COVID-19.疫情简报: The Chinese Mainland recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all from overseas. Dongguan in Guangdong province has paused all tutoring classes in the city starting today. Liwan District in Guangzhou city has re-opened from a lockdown due to the previous c...
My parents left China and returned as visitors only to find the streets of their hometown they grew up in, WeChat, and even the simplified written Chinese unrecognizable. They shared many wonders we foreigners have today like the driving style and why people suddenly stop walking once on an e...
If you still have excuses not to get in shape during a multi-week lockdown, then we don't know what to tell ya... in fact, now you even have a couple more reasons to do so! Did you hear that there are apps out there that will pay you to lose weight? Or even pay you for ...
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly boosted China's bicycle demand in 2020 and 2021 due to lockdowns and the closure of gyms and yoga studios. People also avoided public transportation to maintain social distancing and chose bicycles to commute to their workplaces, places of business, and other...
, a month after the Chinese economic hub lifted a two month-long COVID-19 lockdown. The theme park has been shut since March 21, when the resort closed its doors amid an uptick of cases in Shanghai. Related searches of “Disney” on online travel platforms saw a 6-fold surge today....
there were only eight confirmed cases in the US according to its official data. When the US declared a national emergency on 13 March, the number of its confirmed cases was 1,896. When China lifted the lockdown on Wuhan on 8 April, the number of confirmed cases in the US rose to 400...
Xi'an started a new round of nucleic acid testing on Monday and tightened its lockdown by requiring all of its residents to stay at home. Each family could send one person outside every two days to purchase daily necessities. 12月27日0至24时,全国新增本土病例182例(陕西180例,其中西安市175...
Coming up on today’s program. 重点提要 The central bank sought help from financial institutions to maintain the stability of credit growth; China is advancing negotiations on joining DEPA. Here’s what you need to know about China in the past 24 hours ...