A woman looks at her smartphone during the Global Mobile Internet Conference at the National Convention Centre in Beijing, April 28, 2016. China is one of the countries where mobile ad blocking is most widespread, according to a report from PageFair. PHOTO: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/GETTY IMAGESLast year, the advertising technology company PageFair put the fear of God into publishers and advertisers across the world with some startling research: Ad bloc
China's first online-only banking service provider is using big data technology to grant loans to SMBs and rural customers.
After almost nine months of preparation, e-commerce giant Alibaba has revealed the latest addition to its online financial services network by officially launching the Zhejiang Wangshang Bank.
Alibaba already sells millions of televisions every year to Chinese consumers. Now it wants to sell them stuff to watch as well—the company is launching a movie streaming service for its set-top box customers in two months.
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
"Made in China" was practically the catchphrase of the 1990s.
Shops overflowed with Chinese-made products, from clothing to Christmas toys to lightbulbs and sports equipment, all snapped up by America's middle class. China, for better or worse, was "the workshop of the world," and the U.S. its voracious consumer.
