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Jun 14, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | William Zhou |Dobromir Rahnev |Hakwan Lau |Ali Moharramipour
AbstractPerceptual similarity is a cornerstone for human learning and generalization. However, in assessing the similarity between two stimuli differing in multiple dimensions, it is not well-defined which feature(s) one should focus on. The problem has accordingly been considered ill-posed.
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May 5, 2024 | 
medium.com | William Zhou
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: Another China-born online fast-fashion retailer has received a big check. Urbanic, a London-based fast-fashion brand established in 2019 by Xue Chi and Deng Qiulin, two Chinese entrepreneurs who previously worked at Google and Alibaba, successfully secured a $150 million Series C investment on November 16. The capital raised will be used to accelerate the company’s market expansion, optimize its supply chain, and upgrade AI design.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | Crystal Tai |William Zhou
Dior is the latest fashion house slated to present its men’s pre-collection in Hong Kong. While the venue and date have yet to be confirmed, the event will take place in early 2024. Once hailed as Asia’s fashion and luxury retail shopping capital, Hong Kong has faced a series of major challenges in recent years as the city has struggled to rebuild its economy following years of Covid-19 lockdowns as well as socio-political unrest in 2019 and 2020.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: Metallic Girl (五金女孩) refers to women who adopt a metallic aesthetic, and in less than three weeks, this trend has garnered 2.2 billion views on Douyin and 22 million views on Xiaohongshu. It has also claimed the top spot in eight Douyin hot topic rankings so far.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | Crystal Tai |William Zhou
Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers traveled across the border to mainland China last weekend ahead of the Double Ninth Festival, which this year fell on October 23. Since mainland China reopened its borders in January this year, more Hongkongers are spending their holidays or weekends in nearby mainland cities like Shenzhen. The main pull for them is cheaper goods and services, as well as a wider array of dining options. Convenient transportation options make these getaways easy.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing are among China’s — and the world’s — richest cities. The three clocked near the top of Henley & Partners’ ranking of the top 50 global cities with the highest number of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI). Hong Kong came in at seventh place, Beijing at eighth, and Shanghai ninth.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: In China, clothing that is considered “offensive” may soon incur charges, if not detainment, for their wearers.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: Despite the lukewarm reception to this year’s Apple iPhone 15 reveal, long queues formed outside several of the tech giant’s stores in Shanghai the past weekend when the device went on sale in China. Early pre-order data was positive, according to Tianfeng International Securities tech analyst Kuo Ming-chi. He forecasts that sales of the device will boost Apple’s profit and revenue growth in Q4 2023.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
jingdaily.com | William Zhou
What Happened: Following the explosive backlash against China’s top livestream anchor Li Jiaqi last week, one Chinese domestic haircare brand “Fenghua” has become an overnight sensation by offering three new cleansing packages on its livestreaming channel priced at 79 RMB ($10.82), the same price of the eyebrow pencil that sparked Li’s controversy. Fenghua made headlines and gained about 500,000 new followers across all its social platforms in just one day.
