At 9 am on a Wednesday, Zhang Juan arrived at a crowded hospital in Beijing and met with her client — an 86-year-old man accompanied by his 62-year-old daughter. The work of Zhang, a "medical companion", was to run errands for, and help take care of the man while he was in the hospital. But their spouses and the children …
A Chinese mobile game player plays Tencent's homegrown hit 'King of Glory' on his smartphone in Ji'nan city, East China's Shandong province, on June 4, 2018. Seeing this growing trend, major livestreaming apps are gearing up to expand the game companion business, as they attempt to diversify the offerings and generate new revenue streams. "With a number of forward-looking investors …