One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often in plain sight), and use methods that often seem more mundane than dramatic — despite what Hollywood has trained us to believe over the...
Yesterday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year, and this year it’s the Year of the Dog. The Chinese zodiac is a bit different from its Western counterpart. The Western zodiac is divided into 12 parts, such that the month in which a person is born...
WeChat Pay, the mobile payment arm of China’s WeChat, is running promotions to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival. Mobile Payments Today reported that WeChat Pay will provide Chinese tourists with the chance to receive a red packet,...
The Chinese New Year is upon us — and as is their annual custom, Tencent and Alibaba are competing to see which firm can own the hongbao game. For those unfamiliar, hongbao is the name for the tradition of gifting red envelopes with money inside. And while...
January 24, 2020
In 2019, Chinese consumers spent $149 billion across the Chinese New Year holiday, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce — a sum widely expected to be exceeded in 2020 to the tune of $156 billion. It is among the reasons why the holiday is most commonly referred to in the U.S. as the Chinese New […]
February 16, 2018
WeChat Pay, the mobile payment arm of China’s WeChat, is running promotions to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival. Mobile Payments Today reported that WeChat Pay will provide Chinese tourists with the chance to receive a red packet, which is a traditional monetary gift, when they shop at […]
January 30, 2017
The Chinese New Year is upon us — and as is their annual custom, Tencent and Alibaba are competing to see which firm can own the hongbao game. For those unfamiliar, hongbao...
February 19, 2016
While sales surrounding China’s Lunar New Year gave some retailers reason to celebrate, that was not the case for all of them. As a result, South China Morning Post reports,...
February 26, 2015
Bitcoin users in China stuffed the cryptocash into virtual red envelopes to the tune of 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) over the Chinese New Year/Spring Festival holiday, Tech in Asia...
