... 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
... r and the WeChat service from Tencent Holdings Ltd. (00700.HK). WeChat is the most popular messaging app in China. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., plans to integrate chatbots -- software programs tha ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-23
... rough the WeChat social platform, whereas Parkson has introduced an online shopping site. The explosion of Chinese e-commerce has caught off guard not just domestic retail leaders but international in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... Tencent's WeChat Pay are clearly present in the subtext. UnionPay is just the latest big state-run company to feel the heat of private sector competition, which is shaking up China's entire financial ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... or of the WeChat messenging service, and BYD Co., a maker of electric cars, are among so-called new economy companies that have rallied more than 30 percent in 2015. Bulls took solace from data on Sat ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... on Weibo, WeChat and other social platforms on the mainland with Chinese netizens hailing Liu for his rebuke of "good-for-nothing renegades" in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Beijing mouthpiece Global Times, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
