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China Watcher | 300K on YouTube | Digital Transformation Company Owner | Speaker | x11 Bestselling Author

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Woohoo! 🤩 🇭🇰🇨🇳 I officially became Chinese today. Grateful to Hong Kong and mainland China for all the energy, opportunities and growth over the past 16 years. 👏 Looking forward to the next decade together building bridges and adding value.

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Want to grasp the scale of Alibaba’s 11.11, world’s biggest online #shopping festival? 🇨🇳 🤓 A few days back, the preorders kicked off and the delivery slips started piling up. 👇👇👇 I’ll be with #Alibaba in Hangzhou this 11.11 again. 🤩 Will be fascinating, as always! 👏👏👏

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 238, covering 2 Jul - 8 Jul 👇 1.⁠ ⁠Tesla is now an official Chinese government car? 🇨🇳🚗 For the first time ever, Tesla cars have been placed on a Chinese government purchase list. Tesla is the only foreign-owned EV car brand in Jiangsu’s

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World’s largest driverless car experiment in China? 🇨🇳🚕 Wuhan, a city with 11 million people and 4.5 million cars, is currently hosting the world's largest experiment in driverless cars. More below. 🚕 Baidu's fleet of 500 robot taxis is transforming urban transport. And this

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 198, covering 26 Sep - 2 Oct 👇 1. Chinese railways‘ passenger flow exploded through the holidays. 🚄 A total of 20 million passenger trips were made in China on Friday and 17 million on Saturday - the first two days of this year's golden week,

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Chinese new year is almost upon us. 🤩 🧧 Check out this interesting outdoor decor in Xian, where poem lines are hanging off the trees. 😮 You say, cool or not?

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Foreigners banned from hotels in China? Not anymore. 🤪🇨🇳 Chinese authorities have recently rolled out measures so that foreigners are no longer refused entry into hotels. This change comes after many complaints from international travellers. 👇 Some key measures implemented. 🏨

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China going clean energy? 🌱🇨🇳 China's share of global CO2 emissions will drop from 33% to 22% by 2050, reducing emissions by 8 GtCO2—triple Europe's decrease. Indeed, the country’s shift to solar and wind energy significantly impacts global emissions. 👇 More below. ✅ China,

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Immersive 5D experience in China? 🇨🇳🤩 Many physical locations in China today are working on making their spaces more 'immersive" - from restaurant to exhibitions, city streets and even offices. Check out this popular Hanging Glass Art Museum in Guangzhou, where visitors are

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Why can #China continuously learn from the US, while America can not learn anything from China. 🤔🇨🇳👇 This and much more in my recent chat with @DanielDumbrill Watch the full video (36 min) here #tradewar

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Military coats - the new winter fashion trend for Chinese GenZ? 🧥🇨🇳 The old-school military coat has overtaken down jackets as the new trendy winter wear for Chinese youth. 😬 Some say this resurgence reflects the “coat's appeal to modern youth's desire for individuality and

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Check out this Chinese phone game that utilizes a physical toy car. 🤓👇 #China #innovation #gaming

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Canton Fair and drones. 🇨🇳😅👇 Check out this impressive opening drone show of 134th Canton Fair in Guangzhou last night. This latest Fair has seen a 23.5% surge in the number of overseas buyers from the previous edition. How do you like the drone show? 🤓👇 I’d say, every 3

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 239, covering 9 Jul - 15 Jul 👇 1. China’s GDP numbers are out. 🤔📈🇨🇳 China's GDP grew by 5% YoY in the first half of 2024 to 61.68 trillion yuan ($8.49 trillion), per the National Bureau of Statistics data. In the second quarter, the economy

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Where’s the world heading? 🧐👇 #China , the US, #India , #Indonesia , and #Germany will be the world’s largest economies in 2050. 🤩🇨🇳 Check out these long-term growth projections for 104 economies by Goldman Sachs. 👇 #economy #DataVisualization

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Going viral for the right reasons? 💸🇨🇳 Pan Yurun, a popular Chinese Douyin KOL with over 7 million followers, shared her personal income tax record online, which showed she’s paying a whopping 95 million yuan (US$ 13.2 million) in taxes this year. 😜👇 More below ✔️ Pan Yurun

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Jack Ma retires in style. 👇Yesterday he picked up a guitar and a rock star wig to perform for his #Alibaba team one more time. 👏 Love how Jack is having fun with it all. 😂😂😂Business is truly all about your joy and your fun. That’s how I see it, too. What’s your take?

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Chinese GenZs are lazy? 😅🇨🇳 Check out this video of a “typical” tech savvy Chinese young person’s routine at home. Today nearly 80% of post-1995 say they use smart appliances for household tasks, as per Zhimeng, a domestic consulting firm. 👇 More below. 🛋️ 75% of these

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 227, covering 16 Apr - 22 Apr 👇 1. The EV price war is here. 📉😬🚗 Tesla's recent price cuts across its lineup in China has sparked another round of the intense price war, with Li Auto quickly countering with discounts and rebates. Today, Li

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Merry Christmas!🤶🌲 While mainland China is not officially celebrating Christmas, a commercialised version of the holiday has grown in popularity over the past 20 years. A thread 👇 #China #culture

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Chinese tourists treated like celebrities in Thailand? The first batch of Chinese travellers to Thailand were welcomed at the airport with a surprise ceremony yesterday. This topic trended on Douyin today with over 9 million views. But why the warm and enthusiastic welcome? 👇

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China, the ultimate drone hub? 🛸🇨🇳 There's been a lot of drone news coming out of China lately. From logistics to emergency response, drones are transforming industries. 👇 More below. 🛸 A logistics drone recently flew 2.2km with 8 cups of milk tea, launching Anyang's first

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Woohoo! 🇭🇰 🤪 Hong Kong has just lifted all covid restrictions on arrivals. That’s right, no more confusing ‘0+3’ quarantine, compulsory testing and tracking apps. Negative arrivals no longer need an amber health code and can freely enter restaurants and other businesses.

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Night #fitness in #China ? 😜🇨🇳 Check out this “Spinning Bar” where people rave and party while cycling indoors. While common in some countries, this is relatively new for China. 👇 More below. ✔️ Last year over 65% of Chinese claimed to have participated in fitness and sports

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 202, covering 24 Oct - 30 Oct 👇 1. China’s employment market staying stable? 💼 By September 2023, China's job market added 10.22 million new urban jobs, maintaining general stability. The annual target for 2023 is 12 million new urban jobs. The

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Sooo awesome catching up in town @thecyrusjanssen 👏 I’m grateful for your friendship, and always sooooo excited to follow all your success with the YouTube channel, marketing agency and the speaking business. More to come!

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Such a pleasure to meet up with @AshleyDudarenok in her city of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Ashley has lived here for 16 years, one of the few foreigners that has actually acquired HK citizenship 🙌 and is one of the best experts on China. What I love about Ashley is her incredible energy

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So, what’s up in #China ? 🇨🇳 Issue 205, covering 14 Nov - 20 Nov 👇 1. Japan and Thailand lose allure for Chinese tourists? ✈️ China Trading Desk's poll shows Japan dropped from the top to the 8th most popular travel destination for Chinese tourists. Thailand, initially the most

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Next level outdoor ads in #China . 🇨🇳🤩👇 #Dior kills it in #Chengdu . Cool or not? 🤓👇

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Metaverse tourism still growing in China? 🇨🇳✈️ Last Friday, the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shanxi, China, unveiled its AI-driven "digital twin." It offers an immersive experience inside the world's tallest wooden pagoda using VR. It even allows access to previously inaccessible

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The state of the US-China #tradewar ? What are China's global ambitions? 🇨🇳 What's the future of #HongKong ? Is doing business in China in 2020 easier than 10 years back? These and more in my recent chat with @DanielDumbrill . What's your take on #China 's global ambitions? 👇

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This week saw one of China's biggest days of the year: Gaokao. 🇨🇳🚀 📚 Over 13.4 million students registered for the exam this year, surpassing last year's record of 12.9 million. It’s the largest "gaokao" ever held in China. 👇 📖 Gaokao is a standardised test, a prerequisite

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 196, covering 12 Sep - 18 Sep 👇 1. Tourist site in Hubei under fire for favouring foreigners. 😬🔥 Travel KOL, Lanzhanfei, posted a video accusing the Shengshi Tangcheng tourist site of discriminating against local tourists. Areas were being

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 223, covering 19 Mar - 25 Mar 👇 1.⁠ New Apple store opens as sales fall. 🍎📱 Apple CEO Tim Cook inaugurated the latest Apple store in Shanghai last week, drawing a crowd that included overnight queuers. Meanwhile, in early 2024, iPhone sales

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Chinese millionaires. 🇨🇳🤔 China is facing the world’s biggest exodus of millionaires. By the end of this year, about 13500 mainland Chinese millionaires are expected to emigrate, that’s a 35% increase vs last year. So, what’s up? ✔️Foreigner exodus. 25-35% of foreigners working

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 225, covering 2 Apr - 8 Apr 👇 1.⁠ Oversupply of Chinese products? 😬🇨🇳 On her second trip to China as US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen cautioned against China's goods overproduction threatening global jobs and businesses. Yellen plans to

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Nanjing moving into the metaverse full speed? Yes, the city has just put in place its first set of Metaverse support policies meant to further empower the development of China’s Metaverse industry. #China #Metaverse #marketingdigital

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 229, covering 30 Apr - 6 May 👇 1.⁠ China, the ultimate unicorn hub? 🇨🇳🦄 China now hosts 369 unicorns, with over a quarter in the AI and semiconductor sectors. However, China still falls behind the US, which is home to over 700 unicorns. 2.⁠

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 210, covering 19 Dec - 26 Dec 👇 1. Christmas celebration discouraged in China? 🎅🇨🇳 While top-tier Chinese cities celebrated the occasion with ease, many other regions across the country did not. In Yunnan, a property management company advised

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Meet China’s recent hottest KOL. 🤩🇨🇳 Yanghua Ju is a Xiaohongshu influencer from Guangxi that got popular on the platform from her “Anything Can Be Worn” series. She turns everyday objects into high-end looking clothing. A thread 👇 #China #Influencer #fashion

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 228, covering 23 Apr - 29 Apr 👇 1.⁠ ByteDance praised for rejecting US ultimatum. 😬🇨🇳 ByteDance announced on Jinri Toutiao that it will not sell TikTok despite the US’ sell-or-ban ultimatum. Many Chinese netizens commend ByteDance for its firm

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 203, covering 31 Oct - 6 Nov 👇 1. China’s future in AI and humanoid robots. 🤖🇨🇳 The country will establish a humanoid robot innovation system by 2025. The goal is for China to become the global leader in this tech by 2027. 2. Yey, Shanghai now

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Making tea around the stove in China is becoming more popular as the colder weather sets in! 🇨🇳🍵❄️ “Stove-boiled tea” is the new buzz word for young Chinese consumers who follow the slow-living lifestyle. #China #Chineseculture #Tea

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Chinese GenZ love driving but won’t buy cars? 🇨🇳🚗 Over 150 million Chinese have a driving licence without car ownership last year, spurring the rental market. Car rental orders saw rapid growth, particularly among GenZ. "Self-driving travel" has also gained much traction on

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Immersive 6D experience in China? 🇨🇳👾🤩 Many physical locations across China today are working on making their spaces more 'immersive" - from restaurants to exhibitions, to learning and sports facilities, city streets and even offices. 👇 Check out this video of a KTV room

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Facial recognition everywhere. 🤪 Check out this facial recognition system in Beijing airport. 🚀🇨🇳 While it’s nothing new for China, the foreign travellers there seemed fascinated, so I thought I’d captured it in a video for you. It aims to help track your flight status and

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 222, covering 12 Mar - 18 Mar 👇 1.⁠ Stronger China retail sales in 2024? 🛍️ China's economic data for the year's first two months surpassed analysts' expectations. Retail sales rose 5.5%, slightly better than the 5.2% increase forecast in a

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Waa! 🤩 I woke up today to the announcement that I was recognised as one of the world’s “Top Retail Influencers of 2022” by @RETHINK_Retail . 🇨🇳🤪✌️ Such an honour and privilege to be standing alongside legends of the retail industry from across the globe. #ashleytalks #china

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Another 3D screen goes viral in #China , this time in #Chongqing . 🇨🇳🤩 Looks super real. You say, cool or not? #ashleytalks

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China’s new green awareness is critical for the Chinese #fashion industry. 🇨🇳 🌱 Younger Chinese consumers are the most vocal about the new green awareness in China. They prefer products with “green” implications. #China #GenZ #environment

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#Wuhan finally lifted its #lockdown today after 77 days. 👇 Wuhan is still far from normal: ✏️schools remain shut ✏️many restaurants still only allow take away ✏️travel is strictly controlled The lifting of the lockdown is not the end, but we will get there 🙌 #china #Covid_19

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 231, covering 14 May - 20 May 👇 1.⁠ China’s “AI-in-a-box” threatens Big Tech. 🇨🇳🤖😬 Chinese groups are deploying AI boxes for private cloud setups, covering half the country's cloud market. Minsheng Securities forecast this market could reach

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Imagine taking a taxi in the skies. 🤩🇨🇳 Soon to be a reality in China. In fact, Shanxi province is buying "flying taxis" and subsidising drone development to boost innovation. This move aims to invigorate the emerging industry and boost its economy. More below. 🚀 Shanxi,

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Rural e-commerce in #China is booming. According to data from China’s Ministry of Commerce in Q1 the nationwide online sales of agricultural products reached RMB 93.7 billion, an increase of 31% YoY. While there were over 4 million e-commerce live broadcasts by #rural #merchants

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Shanghai vs Shenzhen office habits. 🤓🤪👇 Check out this recent viral video poking fun at how people from the 2 cities spend their lunch break. We can even observe a few GenZ trends in this one video. 1. Chinese GenZ still treasure and uphold the sacred lunchtime nap tradition.

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15 most used apps in China by the number of users — in 2021 so far. WeChat, Taobao and Alipay are topping the list. 🇨🇳🚀 The oldest on the list is QQ established in 1999, while the youngest is Douyin from 2016. #ashleytalks #china #ecommerce

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Driverless taxis in China? 🚖🇨🇳 Take a look at how exactly they work in Wuhan. With just a smartphone, you can call and direct an AI taxi to go wherever you want. You say, yay or nay? 🤓👇 #China #AI #marketingdigital

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Do Chinese consumers prefer Chinese brands over foreign ones? 🇨🇳🚀🚀 Today I’m with @shaunrein talking about all these and much more. The full video (20 min) is packed with valuable insights here #china #COVID19

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AI real time video translation is back with East Asian languages. 🎥 🤩 Check out me speaking Mandarin Chinese and Korean. 👇 There are many tools available out there. The one I’m using is called HeyGen. ( @HeyGen_Official ) So, how did you like the live video translation? 🤓

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Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️🌕 Tonight we celebrate Dongzhi (冬至), the longest night of the year. In Chinese tradition, the holiday symbolizes the coming of winter and the victory of light over darkness. ✨ It was for centuries a very important holiday, comparable to Spring

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China’s silver economy. 👵🇨🇳 280 million people in China, or 19.8% of the population, were 60 or older by the end of 2022, as per China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs. As the country’s population ages rapidly, it comes with challenges, but also opportunities. 👇 More below. 👵

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 201, covering 17 Oct - 23 Oct 👇 1. Halloween makeup banned in China subway stations. 🇨🇳👻A recent viral video shows a 'makeup removal station' in Guangzhou subway. The station stated that these measures are to prevent passengers getting

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China visa-free. 🇨🇳✈️🤩 Yes, you’ve heard it China will allow travellers from Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia visa-free entry to the country for 15 days starting 1 December. 🤓👇So, will foreign travellers come? ✔️ Today there are just 18 countries

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So, what’s up in #China ? 🇨🇳 Issue 191, covering 8 Aug - 14 Aug 👇 1. Travel restrictions for Chinese outbound tours are lifted. ✈️ Chinese group outbound tourists can now travel again to 78 countries including Japan, the US, South Korea, Germany and Turkey. 2. China has slid

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Chinese lost interest in Western brands and celebrities? 🤔🇨🇳Let’s see. Cardi B's opened Chinese social media accounts yesterday, and already today she has nearly 700k followers on Douyin and more than 200k on RED. Comments are mostly positive, many appreciate her “conservative”

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Parking tickets in #China ? 🇨🇳🚗🅿️ Check out how China’s traffic police tackles illegal parking with those digital locks. 👇 Here’s how it works. ✔️ For vehicles parked illegally, the traffic police will attach a digital suction seal to the vehicle, which can only be removed

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 A thread covering 4 Jul - 11 Jul 👇 (a thread on the latest in China) #China #ecommerce #digitalmarketing

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 190, covering 1 Aug - 7 Aug 👇 1. No internet allowed for Chinese children after 10pm? 🧑‍💻 China's regulator proposed a two-hour smartphone limit for minors last week, causing tech shares to drop. A 'minor mode' was also proposed to block internet

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Viral cat app captivates China. 🐈🇨🇳 China has fallen in love with a new livestream app, 街猫 – or “Street Cat” in English. The app allows you to donate food to street cats and watch them dine. It achieved over one million active users within just four months of its launch. Some

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#Halloween , the new biggest cosplay show in #Shanghai ? 🇨🇳🎃👻 Shanghai’s celebrating its first Halloween post-pandemic lockdown with enthusiasm and creativity. [Halloween in Shanghai] topic made waves online, reaching nearly 30 million views on Douyin and RED these few days.

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 237, covering 25 Jun - 1 Jul 👇 1. Amazon wooing Chinese merchants. 😬🇨🇳🛍️ Amazon is planning to launch a discount shopping section with pricing flexibility, competing with Temu and Shein. It will feature non-branded items shipped from mainland

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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WHAT A DAY!!! 😂 I've just been named one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in #Marketing for 2019. Still can't believe I got on the same list with Neil Patel! 🙈🚀A massive thanks goes to YOU my global community for paying attention to my insights over the last year! #LinkedInTopVoices

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Just saying hi from the most stunning city ever, Hong Kong. Happy Monday, all! #hongkong #ashleytalks

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Happy #GoldenWeek ! This year a record number of #Chinese travellers will travel domestically. 🇨🇳👇 The total number of domestic flight trips made 1-8 October will reach 15 million, 10% up from last year. Airfares remain 15% lower than last year, helping to stimulate the demand

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@AshleyDudarenok

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FDI in China. 😬🇨🇳 Yes, China's first deficit in foreign direct investment is here. FDI fell below zero in Q3, for the first time since record began in 1998. 👇So, what’s up? As Long Chen puts it, such "negative" FDI number means that as a whole foreign firms paid back loans to

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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Normal day at work for a sales person in China? 🇨🇳😳 Not quite so many phones yet, but yeah, we are getting close. 😅😂 By now #China has over 150 #livestreaming enabled platforms. The most talked about #Taobao live, Yingke, Youku, iQiyi, #Tencent video, RED, Douyin, Kuaishou

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

2 years

No one is untouchable in China’ entertainment industry. 🤔🇨🇳 Brands drop actor, Li Yifeng, for prostitution controversy. At least 12 global brands, including Prada and Remy Martin, have ended their partnership with Li. #China #LiYiFeng #marketingtwitter

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

4 years

#Museums in #China (like many other offline locations) are becoming cooler and cooler. 🇨🇳🚀🚀

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

2 years

Can your smartwatch test the blood oxygen levels of a sausage? Videos of Chinese netizens using smartwatches to test oxygen levels of different objects have gone viral in the past 2 weeks. #China #ChinaCovidSurge

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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Issue 192, covering 15 Aug - 21 Aug 👇 1. Summer spending surging in China. ☀️📈The China Tourism Academy anticipates the busiest travel season in 5 years this summer. Domestic trips from June to August are expected to generate about 1.2 trillion yuan in domestic tourism revenue.

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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Heavy snow inside the mall? Yes, right here in China. 🌨️🇨🇳 “Light snow” season (小雪) is here! #China #ecommerce #marketingtwitter

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

3 years

2022 celebrations in #Shanghai #Disneyland . 🤩 May the year ahead be similarly beautiful, colourful and magical. Happy New Year! #2022NewYear

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 195, covering 5 Sep - 11 Sep 👇 1. Unexpected leadership transition for Alibaba. ☁️ Former Alibaba CEO, Daniel Zhang, is unexpectedly stepping down as head of the firm's cloud division. This coincided with the day he was due to transfer

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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New global city cluster in the making in China? 🏙️🇨🇳 China is considering building a global city cluster in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, while more steps to enhance the region's development are also being planned. More below. 🏙️ The National Development and Reform

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

10 months

Yeeey! 🤩🇨🇳 Our latest Digital China mini book, titled "Innovation Factory: China’s Digital Playbook for Global Brands" is here. Co-authored with @RonWardle , it's 150+ pages of pure awesomeness - a must read for global brands looking to learn from China’s digital successes around

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

2 years

China’s soft power? 🇨🇳🧐 Check out this interesting video highlighting some of the infrastructure China’s helped build over the past decade – featured on foreign banknotes. #China

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

2 years

Despicable. Senseless. Shameful. I hold a Russian passport. But today I’m Ukrainian. Сьогодні я українка. No to war.

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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#Apple vs #Huawei , a tale as old as time. 🍎📱 A few weeks ago, videos of crowded Huawei stores vs empty Apple outlets went viral on Chinese social media. But this week, high demand led to a crash of Apple's official mainland #China website within the first 10 minutes of iPhone

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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Eye-catching 3D billboards in China. 🇨🇳🤩 Check out this video of 3D billboard, the whole building seems to have been hollowed out, and a giraffe is poking its head out of it. 🤓👇 So, who is placing these 3D ads in China? ✔️ Actually interesting fact, a large part of the

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Ashley Dudarenok

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2 years

Chinese metaverse wedding? 🤖👰 Chairman of tech company, Zhongqingbao, recently held a wedding in the metaverse. The topic trended on Weibo with the hashtag # 90后董事长的婚礼有多会玩 # with over 200 million reads and 25k discussions. #China #Metaverse #MarketingTwitter

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

3 years

Schools in #China teach some really useful skills, like #livestreaming sales. 🤪🇨🇳👇Well, at least vocational schools do. In this example 15 and 16 year-olds are honing their product introduction, entertainment and deal closing skills all in one go. Meet your future sales staff.

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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So, what’s up in China? 🇨🇳 Issue 211, covering 27 Dec - 1 Jan 👇 1. 2024 new year address. 🇨🇳🚀 President Xi reported advancements in high-quality development, industry upgrades, and environmental gains in his 2024 address. He also mentioned the ‘headwinds’ in China that shall

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ByteDance is the world’s highest-valued unicorn. SpaceX and Shein complete the top 3. 🤓👇 Who else is on the list? ✔️ A unicorn is a private company with a valuation over US$1 billion. ✔️ According to CB Insights, as of October 2023, there are over 1,200 unicorns around the

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

5 years

FINALLY!🤩 I’m launching my bi-weekly China Insights newsletter to share the most important happenings, trends and reports. 🇨🇳 Let me know below if you’d like to be added to the recipient list. 👇👇👇 This is gonna be awesome, I promise. 🥳✌️👍 ——— #china #chinese #ashleytalks

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

3 years

Offline doesn’t matter in #China . 🤔🇨🇳 Wrong. Online and offline shall come together in the new retail experience, if you are after long term success. Your flagship stores, service centres, pop ups — all matter. 👇Check out this cool ICBC branch in Beijing’s Universal Studio 👇

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

2 years

Who’s the hottest celebrity in #China today? 🤓✌️ American-born freestyle skier, Eileen Gu, who won China gold a few days back. 🏅️She is currently the spokesperson for more than 26 brands and counting. 👇 #ashleytalks

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Ashley Dudarenok

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How has the metaverse fared in Q2? 🤔Popularity of the metaverse in China has not staggered yet. On June 21, ByteDance has further acquired a startup focused on building virtual worlds, continuing to focus on the metaverse. What else is new in this space? (1/5) #China #Metaverse

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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Video marketing lessons from China? 🌧️ 💄🇨🇳 Check out viral TikTok showing a Chinese KOL promoting waterproof makeup under the pouring rain. The video went viral in the West due to the “absurd movements the woman is displaying”, but also the apparent effectiveness of the product.

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So, what’s up in #China ? 🇨🇳 Issue 206, covering 21 Nov - 27 Nov 👇 1. Jack Ma’s new venture—pre-packaged meals? 🤔🍱 'Hangzhou Ma’s Kitchen Food' launches in Alibaba's hometown, Hangzhou. This marks Ma's new agriculture venture amid post-pandemic eating habit shifts. Despite

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Ashley Dudarenok

@AshleyDudarenok

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LED screens in #China . Reminds me of those holographic decks on-board of starship Enterprise from Star Trek. Imagine how our entertainment industry will change if and when and some thing like this becomes mainstream. 😅 You say: cool or not? ✌️

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