Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin organized two invite-only, private showcases earlier this month for prospective customers entirely online, part of a growing retail trend in China known as ‘phygital’ that blends online and physical shopping.
MoreNew Zealand brand Dose & Co. said it is launching its collagen products in China on Alibaba Group’s cross-border marketplace Tmall Global.
MoreIn the latest display of deepening ties between Beijing and Moscow, Chinese and Russian troops kicked off five days of military exercises in northwestern China on August 9.
MoreIt was 1872, and Li Hongzhang was writing at a time of historic upheaval.
MoreUkraine bowed to Chinese pressure to take its name off an international statement about human rights abuses in China’s western Xinjiang region after Beijing threatened to limit trade and withhold access to COVID-19 vaccines, my colleague Yevhen Solonyna from RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service and I reported.
MoreThis week, we look at how travel platform Fliggy took tourists virtually to Mercedes-Benz AG Museum.
MoreAs the security situation in Afghanistan worsens, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has begun a high-profile tour of Central Asia that analysts say is an effort by Beijing to boost its interests in the region.
MoreThe United States and the European Union have reached an extended truce in their long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies.
MoreThe 30 member states of NATO ended their Monday summit in Brussels, reaffirming the military alliance with a strong statement against Russia and to a lesser degree, China.
MoreFive years ago, halfway into a conversation with a developer at Alibaba’s elevator lobby, young product manager Zhao Lidong had an “aha moment” – why not bring face-to-face interaction onto shopping apps?
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