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China has become the world’s largest online retail market for 8 consecutive years
According to the Ministry of Commerce, in 2020, the online retail sales of physical goods will reach RMB9.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.8% against the trend, accounting for 24.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. China has become the world’s largest online retail market for eight consecutive years.
China’s UAV quantum networking research has made new breakthroughs
The team of Zhu Shining, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of Nanjing University, grouped two UAVs in the air. Through optical relay, entangled photons were distributed between two ground stations 1 km apart, which verified the feasibility of multi-node mobile quantum networking.
December 16, 2020
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Liu Yuxuan, 22, a student, puts on his make-up at a restroom in a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on Dec 3, 2020.
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China s radiant male skincare market has a fresh shine: A raft of domestic startups is tapping global investors for funds, with ambitions to rival giants like L Oreal in a billion-dollar business serving image-conscious millennial men like Hou Junru.
The 24-year-old Shanghai education worker got into skincare as a student and splurged more than $1,000 (S$1,332) on creams and lotions in e-commerce firm Alibaba s giant Nov 11 Singles Day promotion. My need is to keep the skin moist and look pale, said Hou.
Dec 11, 2020
BEIJING/SHANGHAI – China’s radiant male skin care market has a fresh shine: A raft of domestic startups is tapping global investors for funds, with ambitions to rival giants like L’Oreal in a billion-dollar business serving image-conscious millennial men like Hou Junru.
The 24-year-old Shanghai education worker got into skin care as a student and splurged more than $1,000 on creams and lotions in e-commerce firm Alibaba’s giant Nov. 11 Singles Day promotion. “My need is to keep the skin moist and look pale,” said Hou.
It’s a priority shared by many of his peers, influenced by the spread of social media and South Korean pop culture that embraces a softer version of masculinity. Already the biggest in the world, the Chinese men’s facial skin care market is forecast to hit 12.5 billion yuan ($1.90 billion) this year and expand 50% to 18.5 billion yuan by 2025, research firm Mintel estimates.
Mass Asia Investments Ltd. is planning to launch several ‘Mini Super Markets’ in Sri Lanka. “These supermarkets will be similar to the much sought-after 7/11 style supermarkets commonly found in South East Asian countries,” said Mass Asia Group Chairman Dr. Aloka Wahalawatta.
The first ‘Colombay Super’ Mini Mart was already opened in Katuwawala, Boralesgamuwa and plans are to open two more this year in Kegalle and Negombo. The company plans to invest around Rs. 30 million for these operations for 2020. “Unlike 7/11 outlets we are offering more household items such as fish and meat, vegetables and other commodities. We have already carefully handpicked and selected regular suppliers who ensure high quality merchandise for us to market,” he said.