International car service company Uber is currently testing new rules that could make ordering a Uber cab more expensive for riders. On Chinese social media, netizens...
Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC has launched its online China shop this week. The brand does not sell its watches through Chinese e-commerce giants such as JD.com...
China's food delivery app market has been booming over the previous year. Apps like Eleme, Meituan and Baidu Takeout make ordering in a piece of cake....
People are taking selfies all over the world. The way they take them, however, differs per culture. In China, taking the perfect selfie is not about...
Dumplings and firecrackers are not the only things that are popular during Chinese New Year. WeChat’s ‘Lucky Money’ is all the rage – and its success...
Sina Weibo, often referred to as 'Weibo', is one of the biggest social media platforms of China. A short introduction to China's most popular micro-blogging service.
As China is seeing a major crackdown on lawyers, activists and scholars, some on China's 'blacklist' trust the I'm Getting Arrested app to inform their circles...
Fighting for freedom of speech in the censored world of Weibo - that is the mission of Free Weibo, a platform that uncovers all the search...
Getting Married Through Weibo? Alipay and Sina Weibo have launched a new service where paying traffic fines, handling immigration issues or scheduling marriage registration no longer...
The new Chinese cooking app 'Good Chef' was only launched last fall, but has already created a buzz in China. The start-up managed to get a...
China is in the midst of a gay revolution. Geng Le, founder of gay app 'Blued', is one of the instigators. He is both a smart...
Weixin (微信), also known as WeChat, has become one of China's most popular smartphone apps. The app is taking over the mobile market, and is impacting...
Over the previous week, What’s on Weibo editor Manya Koetse was interviewed by the China Daily about the wondrous world of China’s biggest e-commerce platform Taobao, after...
What's WeChat? A Short Guide to China's Super App. WeChat currently is China’s most popular smartphone application, and it is winning over consumers within the mobile...
China’s biggest social media site Sina Weibo will celebrate its 5th birthday in 2014. Despite a growth in registered users, there is declining online activity.