HONG KONG -- The coronavirus outbreak has kept many Chinese at home, but that is not a problem for Mo Jiaxuan, who owns a string of game arcades. Every day, roughly 1,000 people flock to try their luck on Mo's claw crane machines -- and as infections spread the numbers grew.
That is because MOMO Fun Star, his arcade business, recently expanded into the digital realm with a so-called "mini-app" that works inside Alipay, the e-wallet developed by Alibaba Group Holding's fintech affiliate.
