Chinese Digital Year In Review 2016

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2016 is drawing to an end. Here is Chinese digital year in review 2016.

  • 2016 is the year of live streaming
  • Uber China lost the war against Chinese taxi hailing company Didi.
  • Apple’s iPhone market share drops to 7%.
  • WeChat fails to expand to international market.
  • WeChat and Alibaba had another red envelope war during the Chinese new year
  • Chinese internet celebrity Papi Jiang received $2 million investment.
  • Number of WeChat e-commerce transaction doubled within a year.
  • Facebook Messenger copied WeChat to add menu and chat bot features.
  • WeChat Impact report has been released.
  • Weibo has 34% year-over-year MAU growth.
  • More than 10 companies joined the Bike Sharing competition.
  • Apple Pay came to China but failed to gain market share
  • Baidu’s brand image was hurt by a hospital scandal

Here is the timeline:

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