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Tag Archives: Companies of China

18May/20

WeChat Releases New Report on the QR Code Economy’s Fight Against COVID-19

May 18, 2020EconomyChina, Companies of China, Company: Tencent Holdings, Instant messaging clients, Law/Crime, Mobile payments, Operating systems, Payment systems, QR code, Social Issues, Software, Technology/Internet, Tencent, Tencent Research Institute, Tencent Social Research Institute, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University's Tsinghua China Data Center, WeChatsmbale

On May 18, Tencent’s WeChat, Tsinghua University’s Tsinghua China Data Center, and the Tencent Social Research Institute jointly released a report entitled “The 2020 Pandemic and the QR Code Economy Report”. The report points out that as an important part of the digital economy, the WeChat QR Code Economy has played an effective role in buffering the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

21Nov/17

Tencent surpasses Facebook in market value

November 21, 2017FinanceAlibaba, Alibaba Group, ALPHABET, Amazon, Apple, Business/Finance, Cate, China, Companies, Companies of China, Company: Tencent Holdings, Computing, Continent: Asia, Economy of China, Facebook, Germany, Lee, Ma Huateng, Microsoft, Nanshan District Shenzhen, RSS, Samsung, Software, Supercell, Technology/Internet, Tencent, Tencent Holdings, United States, Video game publishers, Wangzhe Rongyao, WeChat, WeChat red envelope, World Wide Websmbale

Tencent Holdings has racked up some impressive gains this week – becoming the first Chinese firm to be worth more than $500 billion and surpassing Facebook to be the world’s fifth-most valuable company. Grace Lee reports Continue reading →

09Oct/15

Uber’s turf war in China heats up

October 9, 2015TransportAlibaba, BVO, Carsharing, China, Companies, Companies of China, DiDi, Didi Kuaidi, Internet giants Tencent, Legality of ridesharing companies by jurisdiction, Location-based software, Lyft, Ridesharing companies, Sharing economy, Tencent, Transport, Uber, Uberisation, United Statessmbale

(BVO) – China – the big prize for Uber.

But is the ride hailing app actually winning on the mainland?
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