bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Xinmei Shen

China’s technology scene has been in for a wild ride over the last year. From the US-China tech war to the Covid-19 pandemic, the landscape has been changing fast. The South China Morning Post’s third China Internet Report is an annual look at the state of the country’s tech industries. Here are the biggest takeaways from the report:
1) People are spending more time online during the pandemic
As in many other places around the world, China has seen a surge in internet usage and online media consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic. As of March of this year, Chinese internet users were spending an average of 7.2 hours online every day, sharply up from 5.6 hours a day in the previous year.
The pandemic has also been bringing more people online in the country, as more work and services need to be accessed remotely. People above 40 years old were the primary drivers of that growth.

The pandemic also led to new technology applications to help fight the spread of Covid-19. Most notably, colour-coded QR health codes meant to signal who might have had contact with the virus were widely adopted. These and other applications could remain in place even after the pandemic subsides.
2) Office apps boom as millions work from home
With so many people stuck working from home during the pandemic, the use of office apps has jumped. While Zoom was the big winner in the US, workers in China largely turned to Alibaba’s DingTalk, Tencent’s WeChat Work and Tencent Meeting. Work productivity apps gained more than 308 million users during this period, nearly equal to the population of United States.
(South China Morning Post is owned by Alibaba.)
China’s digitisation has been accelerated by Covid-19: SCMP CIR 2020
3) More people are seeing doctors online…
The online health care market was already booming in China before the pandemic, but millions of more people concerned about the coronavirus sought out doctors online. The leading players include Ping An Good Doctor and Tencent’s Trusted Doctors, which saw a surge in the number of online consultations. China is projected to see more than a billion online health consultations this year.
4) …and going to school online
The number of online education users is expected to grow 62 per cent to 420 million this year. Students and teachers turned to online platforms when the coronavirus outbreak led to the cancellation of classes. But the space is crowded with more than a dozen players, including a powerful new entrant: ByteDance, the company behind TikTok.

5) China is trying to reduce its dependency on US components
China is accelerating steps to move towards self sufficiency in tech thanks to the bruising US-China trade war. Since China’s tech industry is still dependent on foreign chips, the government is pushing to develop the domestic semiconductor industry with the hope of having it cover 70 per cent of all domestic demand by 2025. China is expected to surpass US R&D spending this year when adjusted for purchasing power.
6) 2020 is the year of 5G
As China has rapidly rolled out 5G infrastructure across the country, more people have been buying moderately-priced 5G smartphones from Chinese brands. Most people don’t yet have a compelling reason to upgrade from 4G to 5G plans. But Chinese consumers are still more willing to pay to upgrade to 5G than mobile users in other countries. China is also seeing industrial use of 5G, such as facilitating remote medical procedures and drone deliveries.
7) Shopping is giving a boost to live streaming
After taking off in China in 2016, live streaming is still going strong in 2020. But growth in this segment isn’t being driven by entertainment, it’s being driven by shopping. Small e-commerce merchants, online personalities and big brands have all jumped on the bandwagon, marketing their products over live-streamed video. Viewers say they’re tuning in for a more interactive online shopping experience and to avoid FOMO: a fear of missing out.

8) There are plenty of online video platforms, but few paying users
China has more than 850 million users of online video platforms, with most relying on Tencent Video, Baidu’s iQiyi and Alibaba’s Youku. But only a small per cent of users are actually paying for these services. Given the steep cost of producing content, none of these platforms are profitable. iQiyi now has 118 million paying subscribers, Tencent Video has 112 million and Youku has 96 million. Bilibili, a YouTube-like video platform, has also grown rapidly, but it currently has just 13 million paying subscribers.
9) China is making huge strides in self-driving cars
For the first time last year, Baidu beat Google’s Waymo in the number of times drivers took over the wheel in their self-driving cars. While experts said the metric doesn’t necessarily mean much, China has certainly been moving fast in autonomous driving. Robotaxi services are being rolled out in areas of several different cities, and more road test are being conducted in the country. The government aims to have 30 per cent of all cars sold in China come with some level of automation by 2025.
10) Chinese smartphones gain global market share
China’s biggest smartphone brands are steadily getting bigger despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s negative impact on global smartphone sales. Xiaomi and Oppo, now two of the world’s biggest smartphone brands, both saw their market share increase in the past year. The growth was partly powered by competitively priced devices from their budget sub-brands.
Huawei’s global market share dropped slightly from 18.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 to 18 per cent during the same period this year after the company got caught up in the US-China tech war and lost access to Google apps and services. But its market share is still significantly larger than the 11.7 per cent it had in 2018.
For more insights on China’s internet trends in 2020, you can read the full report here.




The top 10 takeaways from the China Internet Report 2020

E-commerce is now a major driver of live streaming growth. Photo: Xinhua

Sha Jie, 10, a primary school student, attends an online Chinese class as he sits at home during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, March 3, 2020. "I go out once a day at most, just hanging around our neighbourhood. My parents told me to wear masks if going outside and to wash hands carefully after coming back home," said Jie. REUTERS/Aly Song SEARCH "COVID-19 LIFE ONLINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

(200220) -- ZHENGZHOU, Feb. 20, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A resident scans a QR code at an entrance to a supermarket in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 19, 2020. Zhengzhou City of Henan Province launched a QR code system on Wednesday, which is connected with the health condition registration system operated for residential communities. Residents in the city can now use QR codes to take transportation and do shopping. All the information will be collected and transmitted to an integrated data platform for epidemic prevention and control in real time, to help fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and protect the health of the residents in the city. (Xinhua/Li An)

(200607) -- GUANGZHOU, June 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A network anchor presents the goods to be sold during a live video stream in Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, June 6, 2020. A three-day livestreaming event, during which over 200,000 webcasts are expected to be held, kicked off Saturday here to promote the sales of products and service related to retail, food, tourism, education, legal advice among others. (Xinhua/Lu Ye)

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US-China trade tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic are reshaping China’s internet landscape
5G adoption and self-driving tech have also seen significant gains



US-China trade tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic are reshaping China’s internet landscape


The top 10 takeaways from the China Internet Report 2020

US-China trade tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic are reshaping China’s internet landscape 5G adoption and self-driving tech have also seen significant gains

US-China trade tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic are reshaping China’s internet landscape

5G adoption and self-driving tech have also seen significant gains