That's quite a nice stage tomorrow ... virke.no/konferanser/vi…

A few quotes from recent articles by instant retail expert Lao Zhang: "Eleme has lagged behind Meituan for many years. Why did Alibaba suddenly launch Taobao Instashopping? A significant reason is the rapid growth of instant retail. Instant retail means everything is delivered

THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG ... Today, at a very well-organised HovedorganisasjonenVirke event in Norway, I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote about Temu's developments. One of the key messages was that we need to pay much more attention to what's happening in China,

I now know what rock stars mean when they say 'I would love to have a chance to see what it looks like from the audience'.

Temu's what ?! 🤣

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN I START PACKING FOR CHINA I previously wrote about how I always drag 6 kg of Dutch Stroopwafels (a traditional cookie) to China (see lnkd.in/e-dkm46A). So, as I was preparing for my next 1.5 months in the country, this is how the packing started

This year’s Tmall Taobao Double 11 shopping festival will launch simultaneously across 20 countries and regions, Ye Jianqiu, GM of Tmall Taobao World, said today. The platform will allocate CNY1 billion (USD14.1 million) to help 100,000 merchants double their international sales.

The life of a digital nomad working on the night train to Chongqing ...

Even though I have been here several time, I made a series of classic Chongqing mistakes today. 1) Thinking you can take the metro and walk to the hotel instead of calling a Didi. 2) Doing so with 30 kilos of luggage, including lots of Dutch cookies as gifts. 3) Following the

I've exited my naive techno-optimist era & I will unabashedly state we should shame this stuff. That's not how we should use AI: to further fry our brains & turn us into walking zombies. We should build *real* things & avoid these cursed use cases from the 2010s era.

The translators in Chongqing are clearly much more informed about current-day English slang than me ... I had to Google it.

China’s Caixin has revealed the US-TikTok deal ByteDance Tiktok: 100% ownership of TikTok US. licenses IP to TikTok USDS TikTok USDS: operate Tiktok US. Control US Data. Revenue Sharing: Between US investors & 19.9% ByteDance. Therefore, US investors are operators, not owners

Didi Global expanded its overseas ride-hailing service to Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt, making the service available in over 1,000 cities in the above three countries, as well as Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and

Cambricon briefly surpassed Moutai to become China’s most valuable stock. A national AI champion—or the next big bubble? The gap between hype and fundamentals has never been starker. Read the report techbuzzchina.substack.com/p/cambricon-ch…

A few tales from the first two weeks on the road ... BACK IN SHANGHAI linkedin.com/posts/edsander… DUTCH COOKIES COME TO CHINA, CHINESE FOOD GOES ABROAD linkedin.com/posts/edsander… A QUICK HANGZHOU VISIT linkedin.com/posts/edsander… I MADE A SERIES OF CLASSIC MISTAKES IN CHONGQING ...

So, I just had the same experience with Airalo eSIM Store as my colleague Rui. I have used Airalo before and have recommended it to our customers who travel to China with us. So far, no problems. However, when I had to travel to Hong Kong and obtain a separate eSIM for that area, it

A few months ago, rumour had it that Pinduoduo’s grocery delivery platform, Duoduo Maicai, was building warehouses in Shanghai and was expected to launch an instant retail business in August. It would select unbranded products from Duoduo Maicai and the Pinduoduo app to ensure

WSJ, do you know shame? The US slapped China with heavy tariffs/restrictions/sanctions IN THE FIRST PLACE, & by doing this, DISRUPTING global economy As a response, China hit back, TIT FOR TAT Now WSJ is accusing China of disrupting global economy? Do you know shame, WSJ?