Swiping phones for payment is shaping up to be the new norm for Chinese people shopping overseas, as the adoption of mobile payment becomes more evenly distributed by age and geographical location.
Apple Inc's fiscal first-quarter earnings reveal that the company's struggles in China and in its critical iPhone business will continue, while analysts say the tech bellwether could reduce prices to remedy the situation.
Wang Qianqian earns 6,000 yuan ($890) a month as a high school administrator in Shanghai. But the prohibitive cost of big-ticket items such as the new iPhone XS has not been a problem for her.
Almost everyone has a smartphone now, but not everyone can afford it.
China has strengthened consumer lending regulations to prevent loans intended to finance consumption, such as education, traveling and home renovations, from being invested in housing and stocks.
Matthew Allison believes that by creating a "third place" that can combine fitness and entertainment, millennials, or the younger generation, would be able to lead healthier, positive and socially vibrant lives.
Unlike many foreigners who prefer living and working in China's top-tier cities so they could be closer to businesses, art shows and global food options, Dan Siekman, from the United States, chose Kunming, Yunnan province, Southwest China.
When a typical Chinese customer walks into Martin Papp's store - it has well-arranged, colorful canisters covering the walls, and glass jars filled with unknown herb blends in the middle - he might wonder whether the store really sells a commodity with thousands of years of history in China: tea.
Many may mistake him for a gym coach given his huge frame and a big-size gym bag he carries, but Jim Fields, 30, is the founder of a digital content provider Relay Video.
Sam Waldo, co-founder of three-year-old eyewear brand Mantra, said he sees great potential in the Chinese market as more people have grown interest in products with fashionable design and unique social value.
Norwegian Lars Traaholt Vagnes, 24, has been busy of late organizing a music competition that tries to unearth the best original music creator around the world. His aim is to popularize his team's music platform Nusic, an AI-enabled virtual DJ platform, through the competition.
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