Volunteers check orders of daily necessity goods at a supermarket according to requests from residents in quarantine in Tonghua, northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 24, 2021. Photo: Xinhua/Xu Chang
What would happen if online deliveries from China’s tech giants stopped overnight? This city offers a glimpse
- It was not a failure of technology or the apps that caused the problems - the local government shut down infrastructure, such as restaurants and stores
- Analysts say that slower adoption and usage of online platforms, as well as the lower availability of gig workers, contributed to the service disruption
Volunteers check orders of daily necessity goods at a supermarket according to requests from residents in quarantine in Tonghua, northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 24, 2021. Photo: Xinhua/Xu Chang
