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How China’s online microlenders reached a tipping point in world’s biggest mobile internet market

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[ Today the 26-year-old company clerk in Shanghai pays for roughly half her monthly expenditure of 8,000 yuan via Huabei, which covers goods not only sold on Alibaba’s online shopping platforms but also a range of offline stores that also accept the credit service. Alipay is owned by Ant Group, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce … Read more

Inside China Tech: tracing the historical roots of recent AI, moneylending innovations

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[ Now, AI technology is making it possible to put a realistic face on a number of these historical figures. Hu Wengu, an independent Chinese video game developer and programmer, has used AI to recreate the animated faces of Chinese emperors from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties – a period that dates more than … Read more