3 things you need to know about Tinder and its Chinese clone Tantan

Trendy Chinese internet words you should know

What are trendy on Chinese social media? Go figure!

1. The essentials

牛 niu From the Chinese word for “cow”, Niu means, simply, awesome. Eg. This tech news site is…

The big 5 differences between Jack Ma and Pony Ma

How to pay with WeChat: step by step

So you’ve mined your contacts for friends, you’re assiduously posting selfies and videos to your Moments feed and now you’re hoping to get in on some of the fun to be had with WeChat bucks.

Fun you say? What do you do exactly…

4 most well-known tech investors in China

As China’s hi-tech industry is growing and prospering, venture capital firms are embracing their own spring of prosperity. Today, there are more than 8000 VC firms in China actively boosting the tech sector. According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers…

The ins and outs of using WeChat payments in-store and in person

Now that you’ve set up WeChat Payments I bet you’re all eager to go buy some stuff, some of you are probably even eager to go about using the thing at street level. This one’s for you.

The 5 must-have apps among China’s foodies

Everyone loves food. But only real foodies have a secret app list that they share with companions.

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An expat’s guide to setting up China’s No. 1 online payment tool Alipay

New to China? Be ready for the mobile payment era!

The story behind Asian emoticons, or these things: (‘◉◞౪◟◉’)

Have you ever wondered what the deal is…