Blog Tag - IT

How Beijing's Tech and Business Bonafides are Withstanding the Trade War
At first glance, this year could be viewed in many ways as unexceptional, yet the first thing that struck us from conducting these interviews for The...
More Than 10 Million ofo Users Apply for Deposit Refunds
More than 10 million users of bike-rental firm ofo have requested deposit refunds, with the company possibly owing in excess of RMB 1 billion (USD...
Wudaokou Watch: "I Do Not Feel Homesick in Beijing"
In this new Wudaokou Watch column, we'll profile a different Beijing-based student from abroad each week to hear about their life in China's capital...
New Retail tech is backbone of Singles’ Day for Alibaba
Singles’ Day, the world’s largest shopping spree, took place this weekend. Alibaba Group used the event, which is also known as Double 11, to...
A Peek Into China’s Fast-Changing Mobile Marketing Scene
Mobile advertising is booming in China. It is no surprise considering the country has 731 million internet users, over 95 percent of which access...
TechNode Editor-in-Chief Dishes on the "Real China" Through the Lens of IT
Sometimes the only way to truly understand a thing is to compare it to something else. Live in the same place for long enough and you’d be forgiven...
China's Internet of Things Manufacturers are Reducing Costs at the Expense of our Privacy and Security
From cities to the countryside, from power plants to homes, we are quantifying every facet of our environment. We deploy hardware on farms to...
Net Neutrality May Shape the Next Episode of China's Internet War
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Just as the US decision to overturn “net neutrality” – a set of principles stipulating...
Diaosi Meets Girl Power As Relationship Simulation Game Takes China by Storm
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Who says gaming isn’t romantic? A female-targeted mobile game Love and the Producer (...
DP How to Use the Newly Bilingual Alipay as a Laowai
In 2015 we wrote a guide to setting up Alipay's Chinese app on your smartphone. Since then, WeChat Wallet has since become a ubiquitous medium for...
DP Tech Check: Will WeChat Pay Turn Beijing Into a Cashless City?
While your friends from out of town may be shocked by Beijing's opportunities to settle up via WeChat Pay, those visitors are sure to be floored by...
R1: Tech Check: Take a VR Tour of the Yuanmingyuan/圆明园 "Old Summer Palace" From Now to Nov. 26
Tech Check is a regular column that details the hottest technology news and trends. Have a tech related tip? Email or WeChat the author using the...
Tech Check: Angry Birds Founder Peter Vesterbacka to Speak at Tech Junction in SLT, Sept. 8
Tech Check is a weekly column that details the hottest technology news and trends. Have a tech related tip? Email or WeChat the author using the...
Tech Check: Could the Mobike App Do For Cycles What Uber Has Done for Cabs? (And a Guide on How to Sign Up)
Tech Check is a new column that details the hottest technology news and trends. Have a tech related tip? Email or WeChat the author using the contact...
The Job Hunt: Wordpress Expert, Sales Interns, .Net Developer, User Experience Designer, Translators
Looking for a new job? We know it isn’t easy, but that’s where our Classifieds section comes in to save the day. As always, there are a bunch of...