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· Jacob Wagner
Jack Ma’s Reason For China’s Lack of Innovation Also Explains Why You Aren’t Creating Cool Shit
Even with its booming economy and growing startup culture, many would say China still lacks innovation when compared to its Western counterparts. Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma recently gave his reasoning for why China lags behind in innovation during his speech at a…
· Alan Van
20-Year-Old Entrepreneur is So Successful He Has His Own Factory in China
A lot of people at the age of 20 are still deciding on what major to declare. Hell, some 20-year-olds don’t even know whether they should be in college. Alex Shlaferman doesn’t have either dilemma — he pretty much knew what he wanted to do at 15 when he was traveling around the…
· Si Shen
What American Startups Can Learn From China’s Work Culture
With Chinese companies accounting for the largest tech IPOs on record, all eyes are now on these technology giants. While everyone wonders what the secret sauce might be, we can imagine what lies behind the scenes- it’s the employees who are keeping these companies afloat with…
· Editorial Staff
China’s Douchiest Millionaire Just Did Something Unbelievable to Homeless People in New York
Editors note: All images credited to Julia La Roche of Business Insider.
· Max Chang
Spoiled Chinese Kid Wanders Aimlessly Begging for Money After Parents Cut Him Off
Few things are more pathetic than spoiled children struggling to make it on their own, but somewhere in Chongqing, China, a 23-year-old kid (not a man) named Chen Dong is crying on doorsteps “sad-eyed and defeated,” asking everyone from bank tellers to police officers to lend…
· Editorial Staff
Society is Wrong About People Who Work From Home
Telecommuting is one of millennials’ and techies’ favorite job perks, but it’s been traditionally viewed as a way to dodge workplace responsibilities in order to lounge around at home (paging Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer). A new study, however, finds that people who work from home may…
· Alan Van
This 8-Year-Old Boy Skips Breakfast Everyday to Buy Lottery Tickets So That His Sick Father May Live
“Happiness is a state of mind” may be a cliche, but damned if it isn’t true. Our happiness is strongly tied to our thankfulness, and no matter what you’re going through, after reading this story, you will find something to have gratitude for.
· Jacob Wagner
Chinese Woman With No Education, No Use of Hands is Writing a Full Novel Using Just Her Foot
While there are tons of people out there who talk about doing great things only to give up when it’s time to execute because it’s “too hard,” there are also people like this extraordinary 21-year-old woman in China. Hu Huiyuan is a woman living in the Anhui province of mainland…
· Waylae Gregoire
Sex Sociologist: Is Porn to Blame For Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Like it or not, porn is a pretty big part of society. We might not talk about it openly (or ever), but odds are that if you don’t watch porn, you could be one of the weird ones. But it’s likely we’ll never know for sure — after all, it’s one of society’s best kept secrets.
· Benny Luo
The Ultra-Exclusive Networking Event That Costs up to $156,000 Per Ticket to Attend
Every year, a group of high level people including billionaires, celebrities and politicians gather for the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, an annual exclusive leadership conference for the one percent who want to “map the key transformations reshaping the world.”…
· Benny Luo
Man Wakes up From One-Year Coma After Smelling Cash
While money isn’t everything, it can and does save lives … and in ways you would never expect. In a story out of China, a man named Xiao Li who had been in a coma for over a year suddenly awakened after getting a whiff of cash that a nurse waved under his nose.
· Editorial Staff
Professor Advocates a Simple Yet Radical Change to the College System That Everyone Will Love
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Max Chang
Woman Who Tried to Sell Daughter to Strangers Gets Over $200,000
Last week, we reported on a story of a women out in Fuzhou, China who tried to sell her daughter on the streets in order raise roughly $15,7340 for her husband’s medical bills.
· Waylae Gregoire
Undercover Footage Shows Brutal Factory Conditions, Children Buried Alive — All For Apple Products
Secret footage taken from Chinese factories and illegal child-labor mines show the horrible price paid to make iPhones and iPads.
· Max Chang
Chinese Woman Forced to Put Daughter Up For Sale to Pay Husband’s $15K Medical Bill
In a heartbreaking story out of Fuzhou, China, a woman named Ni Qiong was forced to put up her 1-year-old daughter for sale on the street in order to come up with the approximately $15,730 USD needed to pay for her husband’s medical bills.
· Jacob Wagner
India Just Became One of the Hottest Places to Grow a Startup and Invest
While China may be the world’s next big tech market, startup fever has caught on in India and now the whole world is investing in the Indian versions of Alibaba and Uber. India’s growth, not to mention its massive population, makes it a new land of opportunity for both…
· Alan Van
Jover Chew: The Saga of the Notorious iPhone 6 Scammer Who Made His Customers Cry
In Tarantino’s bloodbath masterpiece “Kill Bill,” the mythical Hattori Hanzo sagely tells the Bride, “Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest, and like a forest, it’s easy to lose your way … to get lost … to forget where you came in.” Truer words about revenge and its…
· Editorial Staff
How a 22-Year-Old Chinese Man Pulls in Over $800,000 a Year ‘Working’ Just a Few Hours a Day
As if you needed any more reason to keep playing video games, here’s the tale of 22-year-old Wei “CaoMei” Han-Dong, a gamer who earns 5 million RMB ($817,863) annually playing popular multiplayer game “League of Legends” online.
· Max Chang
Young North Koreans are Now Using Cell Phones for Wedding Rings
Nothing says “Will you spend the rest of your life with me?” in North Korea quite like a cell phone.
· Sebastian Dillon
This is How You Can Make a Fortune Off of People Who Need to Go to the Bathroom
“Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you’re going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren’t quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.”
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Company · China · HKEX:2020
Anta Sports
Anta is China's largest sportswear group — it out-sells rivals at home and owns FILA China plus Arc'teryx and Salomon, turning national-brand pride into a global portfolio.
Company · China · HKEX:2331
Li Ning
Li Ning is the face of 'guochao' — the national-pride streetwear wave that made Chinese consumers choose a homegrown label over Nike and Adidas.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · China · NASDAQ:BILI
Bilibili
Bilibili is where China's Gen-Z lives online — anime, gaming, and creator culture, with a fandom so loyal it powers a wildly popular New Year gala.
Company · China · NASDAQ:IQ
iQIYI
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · China · NYSE:MNSO
Miniso
Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.
Company · China · HKEX:9999
NetEase
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.