18 h. ago China Winter Sports Consumption: Winter sports enthusiasts flock to the slopes as new ski season kicks off in Beijing

China Winter Sports Consumption: Winter sports enthusiasts flock to the slopes as new ski season kicks off in Beijing  news.cgtn.com

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36 h. ago China’s Pork Prices Continue to Decline, Suggesting Sagging Consumer Confidence

China’s Pork Prices Continue to Decline, Suggesting Sagging Consumer Confidence  AgWeb

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47 h. ago Retreat in China Pork Prices Points to Weak Consumer Confidence

Retreat in China Pork Prices Points to Weak Consumer Confidence  Bloomberg.com

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4 d. ago Omdia: China’s PC market growth softened in Q3 2025 as consumer subsidy effects diminished

Omdia: China’s PC market growth softened in Q3 2025 as consumer subsidy effects diminished  Yahoo Finance UK

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5 d. ago Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

During past flare-ups in diplomatic tensions between China and Japan, Chinese consumers spontaneously boycotted Japanese goods. But the latest row, sparked by controversial remarks on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has met with a markedly different response, with almost no one in China calling for a boycott of Japanese products. Part of the reason for the turnaround is a seismic shift in China’s consumer market, with the Japanese home appliances, digital gadgets and cars once...

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5 d. ago Beyond Labubu: China Consumer Spending On Services Is On The Rise

Beyond Labubu: China Consumer Spending On Services Is On The Rise  Forbes

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6 d. ago China consumers use AI to alter product photos, claim refunds for ‘damaged’ goods

Fake photos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are being misused to claim refunds from Chinese online shops, sparking moral and legal concerns. As China’s Double 11 shopping festival took place around November 11, several e-commerce shop owners revealed that they received AI-generated photos of damaged products from consumers attempting to seek refunds. Some people took photographs of fruit they received, then asked AI to make them look mouldy. An electric toothbrush seller said a buyer...

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7 d. ago China’s proposed new regulations on power banks worry producers and consumers.

Chinese regulations that propose tighter technical specs for portable power banks are stirring unease among producers and consumers, as they could mean passengers are no longer allowed to bring such products on board flights. According to a draft document from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which is soliciting feedback until December 11, all Chinese portable power banks would be required to disclose their battery type, production date and offer a recommendation for...

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8 d. ago The year of the Labubu revealed the 'new consumption' trend among China's Gen Z—and now it's spreading overseas

The year of the Labubu revealed the 'new consumption' trend among China's Gen Z—and now it's spreading overseas  Fortune

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8 d. ago Pop Mart Leads China Consumer Rally After Beijing’s Growth Push

Pop Mart Leads China Consumer Rally After Beijing’s Growth Push  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago Sour grapes? European wines left on the rack as China’s consumers cut back

As China’s traditional spirits and premium wines grapple with declining consumption, a significant shift is under way across the beverage landscape. This three-part series examines the challenges faced by Maotai town as its once-coveted baijiu loses its lustre, the impact of economic shutdowns on European wine imports, and the rise of craft beer as a budget-friendly alternative for consumers seeking quality without breaking the bank. Marshall Su, a 30-year-old headhunter based in Shanghai, has...

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1 week ago After peaking, decline of China’s European wine imports worries makers

As China’s traditional spirits and premium wines grapple with declining consumption, a significant shift is under way across the beverage landscape. This three-part series examines the challenges faced by Maotai town as its once-coveted baijiu liquor loses its lustre, the impact of economic shutdowns on European wine imports, and the rise of craft beer as a budget-friendly alternative for consumers seeking quality without breaking the bank. Marshall Su, a 30-year-old headhunter based in...

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1 week ago How young ‘rat people’ are rewriting the consumer outlook for China

How young ‘rat people’ are rewriting the consumer outlook for China  MarketWatch

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1 week ago Quiet wallets, hidden rooms: How China’s young ‘rat people’ are rewriting the consumer outlook

Quiet wallets, hidden rooms: How China’s young ‘rat people’ are rewriting the consumer outlook  MarketWatch

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1 week ago China’s liquor capital faces long march to rebirth as ‘liquid gold’ glory wanes

As China’s traditional spirits and premium wines grapple with declining consumption, a significant shift is under way across the beverage landscape. This three-part series examines the challenges faced by Maotai town as its once-coveted baijiu loses its lustre, the impact of economic shutdowns on European wine imports, and the rise of craft beer as a budget-friendly alternative for consumers seeking quality without breaking the bank. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, when the rainy...

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1 week ago The Birth of Some of China's Top Consumer Brands: How Did It Happen?

The Birth of Some of China's Top Consumer Brands: How Did It Happen?  36Kr

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1 week ago Snowcapped prosperity: China’s winter sports market glides upwards

Each winter for the past three years, Claire Zhou, a teenager from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, has counted down the days until she can fly to northern China and pull on a new ski suit and boots. The better she skis, the more frequently she upgrades her gear, reshaping her family’s holiday budget and pulling them deeper into China’s fast-growing winter sports consumption chain. The country’s winter sports boom, sparked by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and fuelled by supportive...

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2 w. ago As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy

For years, many foreign companies treated China as a vast consumer base or a low-cost manufacturing hub. Now that paradigm is shifting dramatically. China is not just where multinationals scale production or sell at volume; it is increasingly where they make strategic decisions, engage in serious research and development and innovate in ways that will have a global impact. For example, take Toyota’s R&D centre in Changshu, Jiangsu province. Led by local engineers, it has helped develop electric...

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2 w. ago Alibaba bets on ‘everything app’ Qwen to define AI era for global consumers

Alibaba Group Holding’s new multipurpose artificial intelligence consumer app, Qwen, has the potential to become China’s “super-app” in the AI era in the same way Tencent Holdings’ WeChat defined the mobile internet age, analysts say. Powered by Alibaba Cloud’s own model series of the same name, Qwen quickly jumped to fourth overall on Apple’s app store for free apps in Hong Kong and fifth in mainland China on its second day of beta testing. The app, billed as “the best personal AI assistant”,...

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2 w. ago Chinese economist calls on Beijing to add consumption target to long

China should add a quantitative target for consumption growth as part of its long-term modernisation goals to help sustain growth momentum as the country’s population declines, a prominent Chinese economist said. “In addition to setting a gross domestic product growth per capita target through 2035, we should also establish a target for the household final consumption rate – meaning the share of household consumption in GDP should be increased as well,” said Cai Fang, an academician at the...

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