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Written by Linda D. MohlerSeptember 28, 2021
Pandemic pushes Chinese tech giants to roll out more courier robots By Reuters
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8/8 © Reuters. A person inputs a code on a screen of an autonomous delivery vehicle by JD Logistics, the delivery arm of JD.com, as he tries to pick up goods, in Beijing, China September 22, 2021. Picture taken September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 2/8 BEIJING (Reuters) -More than a thousand robots are set to
Written by Linda D. MohlerSeptember 18, 2021
Chinese delivery giants Meituan, Ele.me pledge to not force drivers to register as independent businesss By Reuters
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© Reuters. SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s online food delivery giants Meituan and Ele.me both said this week they will not force couriers who do work for them to register as independent businesses, a bone of contention amid ongoing scrutiny of the food delivery sector. The promise comes as part of a broader push from regulators
Written by Linda D. MohlerMay 11, 2021
China tech giant’s shares slide over ancient poem
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Wang Xing, Founder and CEO of Meituan.com. Shares in Chinese food delivery giant Meituan have fallen sharply after its boss reportedly shared a 1,000-year-old poem on social media. The Book Burning Pit by Zhang Jie was posted, then deleted, by the firm’s billionaire chief executive, Wang Xing. The Tang dynasty poem was interpreted as a