Taobao Terror: When Gamified E-Commerce Took Over My Life
How a tabby cat mini-game helped transform China’s e-commerce ecosystem...not always for the better
How Hangzhou Helped Jack Ma Build a Digital Empire
Hangzhou has birthed some of China's biggest tech companies
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Talking Smart
AI voice assistants promise to revolutionize human-machine interaction, but their performance falls short of expectations
Scream Streams
Why China’s thrill-seeking livestreamers broadcast from ‘haunted’ locations
Charity Inc.
Covid-19 highlights the growth and challenges of China’s burgeoning corporate giving culture
Viral Week Ep. 194
#IAmLes banned, a court forgets to proofread, an ex crashes a wedding, and Jack Ma defends overwork—it’s Viral Week
Tech Thursday: Silicon Rush
With a rising tech sector and poor job prospects in their own fields, humanities grads are looking to join internet companies
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Gaming the System
Alipay’s environmentally conscious “Ant Forest” allows young Chinese to combine mobile payment with fighting pollution
Tech Thursday: War of Tycoons
There’s little love lost between Jack Ma and Richard Liu, but the drama of the last two weeks have cast the rivalry in different lights
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