Cissy Zhou
Stories by Cissy Zhou
Amid US crackdown, Hong Kong’s AI supercomputing centre starts operations
The Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Center has been established by Cyberport.
Trump’s return pushes China to pursue more Gulf connections
Next year, the HKEX will open an office in Riyadh.
Chinese online retailers push back on returnless refunds
Pioneered by Pinduoduo, the policy has become a burden on platforms and merchants.
Chinese e-commerce firms veering away from low-price push
Total GMV for the 618 shopping event dropped in 2024 for the first time in 8 years.
Can China’s wildly popular app Xiaohongshu raise its profit game?
Users find its shopping advice priceless, but go elsewhere for better deals.
China’s tech workers trapped in jobs by noncompete contracts
From Tencent to Pinduoduo, companies use surveillance and lawsuits to retain staff as competition ramps up.
Chinese investments in SE Asia rose 27% in 2023—Indonesia was the top beneficiary
Chinese investments in Indonesia totaled $7.3b last year, led by TikTok's $840m acquisition of Tokopedia.
Alibaba’s Taobao looks to cut reliance on ‘super hosts’ with new live commerce venture
The platform is facing pressure from rivals such as PDD and Douyin
Alibaba-backed lidar maker RoboSense falls in Hong Kong debut
Questions grow over how many self-driving cars will use costly sensors over cameras.
Asia’s data centre landscape is red hot and increasingly complex
New rules in China and Vietnam are creating uncertainty for the fast-growing sector.
