Hong Kong, China, March 31, 2022 /Xinwengao.com/ - The first book launch event inside the metaverse will be held with the official launch of Nina Xiang’s new book Parallel Metaverses, who is the founder of China Money Network. The virtual event will be held inside Decentraland, one of the most popular decentralized metaverse platforms in the world.

As the metaverse becomes widely accepted as the next chapter of the internet, companies have embraced the concept by holding product launch events, fashion shows and developer conferences inside the metaverse. Nina Xiang’s book launch event will be the first book launch event to be held inside the metaverse, featuring a virtual author meet up, giveaways of Proof Of Attendance Protocol (POAP) tokens, and a lucky draw to win free copies of the book.

“This will definitely be a different book launch event than what I’ve done in the past when I sat behind a desk and signed books for readers,” says Nina Xiang. “Three years into the Covid pandemic, authors need to find new ways to connect with readers. I’m excited to meet everyone inside a lovely comfy parcel on Decentraland for a brand new experience that will probably redefine future book events in our 3D virtual world future.”

Proof Of Attendance Protocol (POAP) tokens are tokens on the Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai) Ethereum side-chain that serve as evidence of having been to an event. These tokens have become popular in Decentraland events and more players are interested in collecting POAP tokens.

The new book, Parallel Metaverses: How the US, China and the Rest of the World Are Shaping Different Virtual Worlds, written by award-winning journalist and author Nina Xiang, launches today online with both e-book and paperback versions available on Amazon.com.

Readers can order the book now at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RN764WF

The official book launch will be accompanied by a virtual book launch event taking place inside Decentraland at 9am-10am, Hong Kong time, on April 3, 2022. Nina Xiang – as an avatar – will interact with participants and answer audience questions. Participants will receive their unique POAP token, and have a chance to win free copies of the book.

Everyone is welcome to join at this link: https://events.decentraland.org/event/?id=47640abf-3912-4081-b4f1-5b881155a6e7

Readers can visit as guests or set up their own accounts on Decentraland. Then it’s as simple as clicking the link to be teleported to the virtual land where the event is taking place. The time and date is Hong Kong time, so readers in other locations should convert the time to their local time to participate. Please plan to first spend about 30 minutes to setup avatars and to get logged into Decentraland before the event’s starting time.

Parallel Metaverses is the first attempt to examine how the U.S., China, Europe, South Korea, Japan and other global technology hotspots are building their respective metaverses. The book reviews what major tech companies, including Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Apple, Google, Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei, Samsung, Sony and Nvidia, are doing to construct their versions of the future 3D internet.

The book looks into major metaverse technologies including AR, VR, MR (XR) hardware, game engines, virtual human, blockchain, and their respective competitive landscape. Finally, Xiang provides insights on the business opportunities of the metaverse, along with the risks and challenges.

“There will be many metaverses existing in parallel, and the future virtual worlds will ride on the existing rails of the internet,” says Nina Xiang. “Games will be the starter and the main course of the metaverse banquet, while the blockchain-based metaverse is going to play a marginal or minor role. Ultimately, the metaverse will likely mirror the messy and chaotic nature of our physical world.”

The book provides readers a comprehensive and deep dive into how the metaverse will likely be shaped across the globe. Business leaders, company executives, entrepreneurs, investors and career professionals can then use this knowledge to become better equipped to formulate their development strategies, find growth opportunities, and seek investments for their own organizations as the next chapter of the internet unfolds.

The book is released ahead of its previously announced schedule of a May 3, 2022 release date.

About Nina Xiang
Nina Xiang is a renowned author and award-winning journalist, and an expert on the Chinese venture capital and technology sector with nearly twenty years of financial and business media experience. She has held editorial positions at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Euromoney Institutional Investor, China Radio International, and China Business Network in Beijing, New York, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

In 2011, she founded China Money Network, a platform tracking China’s smart investments and technology innovation.

Nina Xiang is part of the team winning an Excellence in Human Rights Reporting honor in SOPA Awards in 2007. She was awarded a Foreign Press Association Annual Scholarship in 2007.

She is an agenda contributor for the World Economic Forum and was named Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the ChinaBang Awards 2019. She appears frequently in a range of international media, including the BBC, CNN, Financial Times, Nikkei, and CGTN.

Her previous books “Red AI: Victories and Warnings From China’s Rise In Artificial Intelligence” and “US-China Tech War: What Chinese Tech History Reveals About Future Tech Rivalry” were both the number one new releases in their respective categories.

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Kaola Global officially rolled out its service partner program in July, 2020. To become a service partner, companies must obtain a qualification from Kaola Global. Kaola Global runs a quarterly partner evaluation program to recognize companies that have demonstrated operational excellence among all certified service partners. In the screening process, candidates are evaluated based on two criteria, namely, “store operations capabilities” and “operation capability of store members.” And then they are finally rated on their collective capabilities taking other factors into consideration such as their “product supply capability,” “frequency, type and severity of customer complaints and accidents,” “contract renewals with stores,” and “violation of rules”.

Highly regarded for its high standing store operations on Kaola.com for brands including mom and baby care products and household paper products such as toilet paper and facial tissue, transcosmos China was certified as one of the first Kaola Global certified service partners. In addition, the company also received the five-star rating for its outstanding capabilities in operating global brand stores, product supply management, and member management in the cross-border e-commerce market.

Given the impact of the novel coronavirus, Chinese consumers who used to enjoy shopping overseas cannot travel abroad, and have begun to shift to online shopping, thereby creating a new business opportunity for the cross-border e-commerce market. With the collective strengths of its expert e-commerce operations team, analytics team and marketing team, transcosmos China not only delivers high-quality products and enhances shopping experience for consumers based on their needs, but also helps brands grow their new business.

transcosmos China will constantly upgrade its capabilities in store operations, member operation, and product supply management by making the most of provided resources, and vested interests on kaola.com, thereby assisting global brands expand their online sales, and helping Chinese consumers shop for high-quality global products safely and conveniently.

transcosmos China has earned four certifications from Alibaba Group, namely, TMALL Five-star service partner, Alibaba Bank (integrated database owned by Alibaba Group) service partner, Alimama (Alibaba Group’s digital marketing platform) Uni Marketing service partner, and Alimama DMP (Alimama’s consumer operations platform) service partner.

– About “Kaola Global”

Kaola Global is a members-only cross-border e-commerce platform under Alibaba Group. The platform is primarily focused on mom & baby care products, cosmetics, personal care products, foods, homewares, digital appliances, apparel, shoes, and bags. Kaola Global constantly strive to make consumers enjoy shopping high-quality items from across the globe.

Visit its official website here (Chinese only): https://www.kaola.com

– About transcosmos China

transcosmos entered the Chinese market and launched its offshore services business in 1995. Today, transcosmos has its bases and subsidiaries across 20 cities in China including Shanghai, Beijing, Tenzin, Hefei, Xi’an, Changsha, Wuhan, Suzhou, Taipei and more. The company offers extensive services such as business process outsourcing (BPO) including contact centers, e-commerce one-stop, digital marketing and system development for both Chinese and global brands.

transcosmos China was founded in Shanghai as a digital transformation partner for businesses in 2006 and launched its e-commerce business in 2009. Now, in partnership with platforms such as TMALL, JD, and WeChat, transcosmos China offers a variety of services that include e-commerce store/website development & operations, sales channel development, online and offline data integration, system development, consumer operations, and integrated marketing services in the new retail industry (including cross-border e-commerce) to clients in diverse industries including the 3C Industry (Computer, Communications, and Consumer Electronics), apparel, baby care, toy, sports, beverage, musical instruments, homewares, home theater/audio equipment, and more.

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New York, USA, September 17, 2014 /Xinwengao.com/ - Asia Society today announced the first-ever Asia Game Changer Awards, designed to recognize those making a transformative and positive difference for the future of Asia and the world. This year’s honorees include 13 leaders and institutions from Asia and the U.S.

“Asia Society is proud to establish the first awards to honor the true ‘game changers’ in Asia today,” said Asia Society President Josette Sheeran. “The awards are designed to fill a glaring gap—a lack of recognition of people who are truly transforming ideas into action and improving lives in Asia. Our inaugural honorees represent an extraordinary range of geography and achievement. What they share in common are vision, passion and proven impact, wherever and however they happen to be changing the world.”

Honorees were selected based on input from Asia Society’s global network. The 2014 awardees are:

• Game Changer of the Year Jack Ma, Chairman, Alibaba Group, For history- making business and philanthropy in China
• Shigeru Ban, Founder, Shigeru Ban Architects, For finding beauty, and hope, in the landscapes of disaster
• Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder and CEO, Pratham Charitable Trust, For bringing the gift of literacy to millions of Indians
• Illac Diaz, Founder, MyShelter Foundation and Liter of Light, For bringing light, literally, to so many lives
• Fashion Girls for Humanity, For demonstrating that ‘looking good’ and ‘doing good’ can be one and the same
• Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Minister and Senior Advisor to the Indonesian President, For providing a brilliant blueprint for responding to disaster
• Saad Mohseni, Chairman, MOBY Group, For bringing news, information and entertainment to a barren landscape
• Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen, For changing the way the world tackles poverty
• Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Founder, SOC Films and President, The Citizens Archive of Pakistan, For eye-opening films that give voice to the voiceless
• Playing for Change, For using the power of music to spread a global message of hope
• Pawan Sinha, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, For a truly visionary approach to treating India’s blind
• Malala Yousafzai, Education activist, For continuing to dream, and fight for girls the world over, after living a nightmare
• Zhang Minxuan, Professor, Shanghai Normal University, For leveling the playing field by providing quality education to millions in China

While all these honorees received widespread support, “One individual stood out in our selection process,” says Sheeran. “The truly game-changing nature of Jack Ma’s company Alibaba, and his philanthropic vision for China, have made him our Asia Game Changer of the Year.”

Mr. Ma and most of the other honorees will attend the Asia Game Changer Awards Dinner and Celebration at the United Nations on October 16, 2014. Mr. Ma will give an address to the gathering. The evening will also feature a special video address from Malala Yousafzai and a live performance by Playing For Change.

Asia Society is pleased to have Citi as the underwriting partner for the 2014 Asia Game Changer Awards and Dinner.
More information about the awardees, including bios, and the October 16 event is available at AsiaSociety.org/GameChangers. Members of the media should email pr@asiasociety.org or call +1 212-327-9271 for details.

About the Asia Society
Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future.

Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution with headquarters in New York, major centers in Hong Kong and Houston, and offices in Los Angeles, Manila, Mumbai, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, and Washington, DC.

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