... Tencent’s Wechat social and payment platform and Baidu’s strengths in maps, the three megafirms' e-commerce joint venture, Ffan.com, rolled out last year. It combines a digital membership and rewards ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-12
... Weibo and WeChat have seen hundreds of posts deleted in relation to the anonymous leak from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, the result of a long-term investigation by the German newspaper Sud ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
... g service WeChat entitled "Protect yourself from poisonous vaccinations: A guide to take your child to Hong Kong for vaccinations" provided information on steps to take to book an appointment at mater ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-29
... Tencent's WeChat messaging app launched its red-envelope service in Hong Kong, encouraged by the success of the offering in the mainland since the rollout there in 2014. Eight million WeChat users ex ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
... es, using WeChat or other social media platforms. If the products stoke interest, customers can then visit the brick-and-mortar shops to check out the wares. On the product front, getting young couple ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
... Weibo and WeChat – were shut down by state censors this month, and its Chinese-language website, SCMPChinese.com (nanzao.com) remains blocked in the mainland. In December, Alibaba paid HK$2.06 billion ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
... o and its WeChat page used to post updates from the paper’s Chinese-language website, SCMPChinese.com (nanzao.com), which is blocked in the mainland. But the newspaper's official Sina Weibo page now l ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) launched the “red packet” function of its WeChat instant messaging service in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holidays. After linking their bank accounts to WeChat, it ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... lipay and WeChat Pay. Apple is mired in a legal battle with the US government over unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers. If it loses, will Apple allow Chinese authorities to ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... re QQ and WeChat messaging platforms, which have become big money earners. By comparison, Alibaba founder Jack Ma Yun is a salesman who is more fond of telling people about his products than actual de ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... Tencent's WeChat Payment had over 200 million users as of September. Xiaomi's Mi5 smartphone will be launched in Hong Kong and Taiwan after China and India. [Chinese version中文版] - Contact us at englis ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... ompanies, WeChat Payment from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alipay, run by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. through its internet finance affiliate Ant Financial Services Group. "With 100 percent saturation of l ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
When it comes to lai see, you can always expect surprises. Ever dreamed of getting a red packet from President Xi Jinping? A WeChat account, “Communist Party members” (共產黨員), promises to give away red ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
... official WeChat account might help: it features a handy one-click channel to report officials up to no good. Launched on Jan. 1, it's just in time for the New Year until Spring Festival season when l ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
... eek, when WeChat launched a Hong Kong payment version with enticing offers such as free Airport Express ride or entrance to the Hong Kong Jockey Club racecourse, it did not bother to give away mobile ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
CEC International Holdings' (00759.HK) 759 Store chain in Hong Kong will be connected to the WeChat Payment network from Feb. 4, a move that will make the retail outlets more attractive to mainland vi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
WeChat Payment, a mobile payment service provided by Tencent Holdings (00700.HK), will launch operations in Hong Kong before the Chinese New Year, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Monday, citin ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... on Weibo, WeChat etc. that contain 'excellent Zhao (精趙)', 'honored Zhao (貴趙)', 'family Zhao', 'Zhao kingdom (趙國)'," it said. Whether the message is authentic or not, "Zhao" seems now to be one of many ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
... platform WeChat on Sunday, and soon went viral on social forums in China, Mirror Evening News reported. It is not clear which airline or flight the passengers were taking, but the photos were apparen ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
The growing popularity of messaging and social media app WeChat among China's stock market investors is posing a problem to regulators, who now find it harder to monitor trades and spot illegal activi ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
