Phate Zhang

  • Era of rapid growth in China's smartphone market is gone

    After a brief period of growth earlier in the year, China's smartphone market is back in recession.

  • China's low-end industries speeding up to move overseas as labor costs rise

    As labor costs rise in China, more and more labor-intensive companies are moving their factories to other countries.

  • China's official securities media calls for tighter regulation of cryptocurrency trading

    Commentary published in China's official securities media is often highly regarded as it may signal the direction of regulatory winds. Now, the latest commentary calls for tighter regulation of cryptocurrency trading.

  • Alibaba posts net loss of $1.17 billion in Q1, first since IPO

    Alibaba posted an operating loss of 7.663 billion yuan ($1.170 billion) in its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 this year, the e-commerce giant's first quarterly loss since going public, mainly affected by fines from an antitrust investigation.

  • Tencent's TiMi Studio Group, Xbox Game Studios sign deal to jointly create game content

    TiMi was founded in 2014, and Honor of Kings is one of its most successful titles.

  • Xiaomi settles lawsuit with US Department of Defense, to be moved off blacklist

    Xiaomi's shares traded in Hong Kong surged Wednesday, rising 6.1 percent to HK$26.1 by the close of trading.

  • Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang becomes China's top donor

    Huang previously joined the Pinduoduo founding team in donating 2.37% of his shares to establish the Prosperity Charity Foundation to promote social responsibility and scientific research.

  • Gigabyte sparks controversy by mocking 'Made in China' as low quality

    On JD.com the product is no longer searchable in both Chinese and English using "Gigabyte".

  • Chinese social platform Soul files to list on NASDAQ

    Soul's revenue in 2020 was RMB 498 million ($78 million), up 604.3% year-on-year, the company's prospectus showed.

  • Alipay starts testing support for e-CNY

    Alipay connects more than 80 million merchants and over 2,000 financial institution partners, with over 1 billion users in China.