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Influencer Tian Xuning’s Decorté Flash Sale Overloads JD.com, Signaling a New Era of Live‑Stream Commerce in China

Tian Xuning, a rising star in China’s burgeoning livestream‑ecommerce scene, has become a household name almost overnight after a single broadcast caused one of the country’s largest online retailers to grind to a halt. On June 18, 2024, the influencer hosted a ten‑minute flash‑sale for luxury skin‑care brand Decorté on JD.com. The surge in traffic was so intense that the platform’s servers collapsed, sparking a wave of online jokes under the hashtag “#京东崩了” (“JD crashed”). The incident quickly went beyond a technical glitch; it turned into a cultural moment, catapulting Tian’s livestream into global Twitter trends, where it ranked first in Vietnam, sixth in India, fourteenth in the Philippines and forty‑fifth in Thailand.

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Kuaishou Issues First Dividend as AI‑Powered Profits Surge, Signaling Shift Toward Sustainable Growth】

Kuaishou Technologies has announced its first dividend payout since the company went public, a move that reverberates far beyond the simple distribution of cash to shareholders. The 20 billion‑hongkong‑dollar dividend, approved by the board and earmarked for investors on the company’s register as of September 16, marks a watershed moment for the Beijing‑based short‑video platform that has long been synonymous with rapid user growth and aggressive expansion.

A new cable is poised to rewrite the rules of how displays, computers, and other digital devices communicate, and the breakthrough is coming from China. The General Purpose Media Interface (GPMI) data cable, unveiled in April 2025 by the Shenzhen 8K Ultra HD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance and a consortium of more than 50 Chinese manufacturers—including Huawei, TCL, Hisense and Skyworth—promises a single‑cable solution that can carry video, audio, data, control signals and power all at once. Its developers claim the technology can outperform the current industry standards, HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.0, offering up to 192 gigabits per second of bandwidth and 480 watts of power delivery through the larger Type‑B connector, while a Type‑C version, compatible with existing USB‑C ports, delivers 96 Gbps and 240 W.