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WeChat Pay, Alipay chase HK mobile wallet share

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08-Mar-18 Mobile payments are far less common in Hong Kong than in China, but Hong Kong is catching up. WeChat Pay claimed a 44% increase in users in Feb-18 alone, following promotions including red packets for registered users. [image: iStock / Asia Times]

How China is using technology to improve rural healthcare

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06-Mar-18 China's updated rural health care programme is helping reduce the need for rural residents to travel long distances for healthcare, through its cooperation with WeDoctor, offering 349 villages a 5kg, mobile, all-in-one diagnostic station that can run 11 tests. [image: Handout / South China Morning Post]

Chinese robots deliver files, pills in Bangkok hospital

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01-Mar-18 Chinese-made robots dressed in nurse uniforms are being used to alleviate a manpower shortage at the busy outpatient ward of a major medical center in Bangkok, with patients amazed by the machines, but staff sceptical. [image: Xinhua]

WeChat Pay and AliPay expand worldwide

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28-Feb-18 China's mobile payment apps are expanding their global presence. Wechat processes transactions in 13 currencies and Alipay supports 27 currencies; consumers in 24 countries recieve tax refunds through Alipay; and Alibaba has partnered with India's PayTM since 2015. [image: China Plus]

Staggering growth in China’s express package industry

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28-Feb-18 According to China Post, a total of 40 bn express packages were delivered in 2017 in China (more than 40% of the total packages around the world), and 68% of the packages came from e-commerce businesses. [image: Reuters / Thomas Peter]

WeChat Pay, Alipay chase HK mobile wallet share

How China is using technology to improve rural healthcare

Chinese robots deliver files, pills in Bangkok hospital

WeChat Pay and AliPay expand worldwide

Staggering growth in China’s express package industry

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