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China’s elderly digital consumers defy the low-value assumption
China’s 117M consumers aged 60 and above are habitual shoppers, above-average healthcare spenders, and the most impulse-vulnerable livestream buyers in…
Rural China’s digital consumers narrow the urban gap, signaling the next demand wave
Rural China’s 249M digital consumers sit 5.2 percentage points behind urban online shopping penetration. Income is growing faster. Spending optimism is…
China’s gen-AI user base doubled in 6 months
China's generative AI user base doubled to 515M in six months. The strategic question is no longer who is using GenAI. It is who captures the…
Services, not goods, drive China’s next digital consumption wave
China’s digital consumption reached RMB 9.37T in H1 2025, accounting for 46.5% of total resident spending.
China’s stock-exchange restaurants spread to 10+ cities in months
Exchange-style dining boomed on social media across China. The dynamic pricing is cosmetic. Product depth is thin. Repeat visits are already declining.
Why China’s supermarket giants copy 13-store chain
A 13-store retailer in Henan just taught China's biggest supermarkets how to survive. Yonghui saw 10x sales jumps. Walmart is studying it. Revenue…
How Chinese consumer priorities shift in 2025
Accenture data reveals 86% now prioritize health monitoring while brand loyalty collapses and domestic products capture 43% of beauty market as Chinese…
How Chongqing overtakes Shanghai as China’s top consumer city
Mountain city records 830B yuan retail sales in H1 2025, beating Shanghai for three consecutive periods. Automotive production, nighttime economy, and…
China’s middle class forces Arc’teryx to face ESG reality
Arc’teryx’s fireworks show in the Himalayas backfired. China’s middle class is redefining ESG expectations and reshaping premium brand loyalty.
iFlytek’s AI tutor doubled revenue in six months
Inside the strategy that turned Spark X1 into a commercial win, blending advanced reasoning models, education-focused AI, and 2,000 retail centers to…
China digital landscape in 12 charts
E-commerce saturation, mini program breakthroughs, and shifting engagement patterns define China’s digital economy in 2025.
China internet in 2025: scale, shifts, and the battle for user time
China’s internet user base reached 1.123 billion by June 2025, adding 14.36 million in six months, for a penetration rate of 79.7%. Find out details…
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