As the Year of the Rat is about to start millions of Chinese are starting the countdown to the Chinese New Year by watching the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Chunwan (春晚). A great Live blog by WhatsonWeibo can be followed, with updates on all major...
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On Monday Chinese microblogging platform Weibo launched a new lifestyle platform, Oasis. It combines social media and forum functionalities. The launch of the new app may help microblogging platform Weibo fend off competition from Xiaohongshu, also known as RED. The app is a hybrid of Instagram and Xiaohongshu in layout...
Chinese consumers’ new obsession with ‘cosmeceuticals’ — cosmetic products that have medicinal properties — is evident on the shopping app Little Red Book where #安瓶 (#ampoules) was hashtagged over 100,000 times. Cutting-edge beauty products like ampoules are a great example of how Chinese consumers are now demanding sophisticated products and...
Like many other things in China, livestreaming has taken on a different route and trajectory to the rest of the world. In other regions, livestreaming is focused on social and gaming. In China, livestreaming has these dimensions too, and has found an important role in e-commerce, creating China's Live Commerce...
The concept of ‘New Retail’ has proven to be revolutionary since 2017. Much has been written about how shopping in China is more technologically advanced than it is in the West, but at what point did China’s tech surpass the West’s, and what was the country’s formula for producing this...
Have you heard of China’s New Retail, but aren’t quite sure what it is or how retailers can use it in their advantage? Read on to get up to speed in record time – all it takes is the time to read this blog post and 5 slides! New Retail...
On July 12, the new version of "The Lion King" hit the big screens on the Chinese mainland, a week earlier than North American cinemas. And it was a big success! Many netizens left their abundant comments on some of China's major social media platforms such as Weibo and Douban,...
Last year it was the inspiring story of a heroine rising from a lowly maidservant to a royal concubine in ‘The Story of Yanxi Palace’. This year, it is a modern romance series titled ‘Go Go Squid’ that is likely to follow suit. Since its July 9 debut, Go Go...
Video-driven e-commerce has been around since 2016. Now, video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou are selling Taobao products, and other social media platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu are getting into the mix by testing e-commerce functions as well. Nowadays, e-commerce will focus more on the group of...
Children’s Day is celebrated across the country. This special day took place on June 1 in China. Nearly all kindergarden and elementary schools take a half-day off just to commemorate the festival with the kids and their respective parents. To celebrate this holiday, various luxury brands brought up WeChat campaigns...