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China’s bubble tea boom brews rural growth, overseas presence
ALTHOUGH the traditional spring harvest season is now over, in the humming workshop of a tea company in the city of Shengzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, the aroma of fresh leaves still lingers in ...
August 30, 2025, Saturday
Chinese firms seeking to sell overseas take TikTok pivot
A somewhat simple video on TikTok showing a huge rainproof canopy in different settings attracted 7,000-plus “likes” and more than 100 comments from Africa to Southeast Asia. The video shows the products ...
Lu Feiran | August 28, 2025, Thursday
‘Baby-face’ jab profits just skin deep
IN a sleek beauty clinic in downtown Shanghai, 32-year-old fashion editor Mia Ma smiles into a mirror after wiping away a numbing cream from her cheeks. “This is my second round of filler this year,” ...
Tan Weiyun | August 26, 2025, Tuesday
Once branded slow kid, Unitree founder emerges as a tech icon
AS the founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, 35-year-old Wang Xingxing has become a benchmark for youthful talent in hardcore technology, thanks to his groundbreaking innovations in humanoid and quadruped ...
Wan Lixin | August 23, 2025, Saturday
Centuries-old ‘women’s script’ being embraced by younger generation
AT a studio in central China’s Hunan Province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago and now being embraced by a new generation. Nushu, ...
August 16, 2025, Saturday
Hema X bows out of membership store model, beset by big problems
Alibaba will shut its last Hema X membership store at the end of this month, amid tough market competition with foreign retailers, pricing mistakes, supply-chain problems and a change in management focus. Nine ...
Lu Feiran | August 14, 2025, Thursday
Dangerous dreams: inside Internet influencers’ ‘sleepmaxxing’ craze
FROM mouth taping to rope-assisted neck swinging, a viral social media trend is promoting extreme bedtime routines that claim to deliver perfect sleep — despite scant medical evidence and potential safety ...
August 12, 2025, Tuesday
Novartis’ Entresto case: How drug exclusivity dies by a thousand filings
ENTRESTO, Novartis’ blockbuster drug to treat chronic heart failure, lost its core US patent protection on July 16, opening the floodgates for global generics. China is already ahead in the race. Often ...
Tan Weiyun | August 9, 2025, Saturday
AI bands haven’t taken the stage but signal new era for music business
A rising tide of artificial intelligence bands is ushering in a new era where work will be scarcer for musicians. Whether it’s Velvet Sundown’s 1970s-style rock or country music projects “Aventhis” and ...
August 7, 2025, Thursday
The smart, talking car from ‘Knight Rider’ may soon become reality
KITT in the TV series “Knight Rider” must be the dream car of many: It can listen and talk to you, give you suggestions and comfort you when needed. Now, about four decades after the series was on air, ...
Lu Feiran | August 5, 2025, Tuesday
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