Best selling smartphone brands in China in 2018
Without any surprises, Huawei (including Honor) led China’s smartphone market with a total sales volume of 119.17 million units, followed by Oppo (76.37 million units), Vivo
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China smartphone market share in 2018
2018 was an especially eventful year for smartphone vendors in China. Tears were shed in the rather smaller players as Gionee confronted bankruptcy, Meitu merged into
Alibaba Cloud owns 43% China’s public cloud market in 2018
The top 5 public cloud services providers in China are all local companies, with Alibaba taking a disproportionally large share of 43%. Roughly 40% of the top
China’s home to 186 US$ billion unicorns in 2018
186 companies joined China’s US$1 billion unicorn club in 2018, with a combined valuation exceeding 5 trillion yuan (US$741.97 billion). Sequoia Capital owns stakes in 49
How China’s short video app Kuaishou grew its DAU by 40M in 5 months
China’s short video market saw explosive growth in the past year. The success of Tik Tok (or Douyin in Chinese) soon attracted Tencent, Baidu, and
ByteDance: A Chinese Mobile App Factory
Many people keeping an eye on the Chinese digital market know Tik Tok, which is known as Douyin in China. Not many know the company
China’s online healthcare market to exceed 20 billion yuan in 2019
China’s online healthcare market is estimated to reach 17.7 billion yuan (US$2.61bn) with a YoY growth of 17.2% in 2018 and grow to 20.4 billion
Xiaomi sold 100 million power banks as of Jan 2019
Xiaomi claimed to reach 100 million units of Mi power banks sales as of January 8, 2019 since its 1st generation became available in 2013. Xiaomi
Top mobile video apps in China Sep 2018, led by Tencent Video, Tik Tok, Kwai
Market penetration of online video reached 80.4%, a 5.8% increase year-on-year. While the average daily active users decreased to 210 million. Both Tencent Video (116
China’s top mobile apps in social media, news, and paid knowledge in Q3 2018
Overall, the market penetration of social networking reached 99.7% in September 2018, with the average daily active users hitting 730 million. WeChat, QQ, and Weibo
WeChat testing Nearby Restaurants feature with top level entry path
WeChat is testing a new feature allowing users to find nearby restaurants according to Yiou News. This feature locates on the top level menu, in parallel
WeChat launched its own version of “Facebook Stories”
WeChat launched two new sections -“Time Capsule” and “Top Stories”- and several news features for WeChat iOS 7.0 on December 21, 2018. That’s the biggest
CIW eBooks
eBook: ByteDance’s Secret Recipe
Many people keeping an eye on the Chinese digital market know Tik Tok, which is known as Douyin in China. Not many know the company
eBook: 7 lessons from Double 11 marketing campaigns
The record-breaking 213.4 billion yuan gave this year’s Tmall Double 11 a good ending. Some turned their attention to the performance of top retailers and
eBook: Double 11: China’s Biggest Shopping Festival
CIW eBook “Double 11: China’s Biggest Shopping Day” provides an introduction and history to China’s biggest shopping festival Double 11 as well as sharing Alibaba’s