Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP
Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP
Tech /  Start-ups

Xiaozhu, China’s Airbnb, a unicorn after US$120m investment round led by Jack Ma-backed fund

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Topic |   Start-ups
Meng Jing
Meng Jing

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP
Kelvin Chen, the founder and chief executive of Xiaozhu, says he is not worried about Airbnb’s growth in China – “It will be a positive force, pushing the development of the industry forward.” Photo: Simon Song/SCMP
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