From side jobs to oddball services, millions of young Chinese are turning to Alibaba’s Xianyu app to earn cash and cut corners, a marketplace running on trust, improvisation, and few rules.
A niche community of bus enthusiasts is documenting final rides, recording engine sounds, and preserving memories of a transit era disappearing under a rapid shift to EVs.
Once the “home of livestreaming,” the Regent International Center in Hangzhou has fallen on hard times. Investors hope a fresh tech wave will see it reign again.
