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Latest news, features and opinion on China’s technology industry, including AI, the US-China tech war, 5G, smartphone makers and apps, and issues surrounding China’s Great Firewall.
As Beijing restructures the economy, the importance of having accurate and precise information from across the country is critical.
Beijing accuses Brussels of protectionism over its threatened tariffs against imports of competitively priced quality cars, putting relations on an even rockier road.
China officially connected to the internet in April 1994. Today, its online influence is stronger than ever.
Dozens of companies from various countries have already signed up for the ambitious project that will see the creation of thousands of jobs.
- American vulnerability to Chinese overcapacity also a concern being tackled, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tells key House Appropriations committee
- Testimony follows recent US decision to prohibit tech titans Qualcomm and Intel from supplying less advanced chips to China’s Huawei
Further restrictions on access to Intel and Qualcomm chips would pose challenges to Huawei’s PC business, which has been gaining ground in the China market.
Expected granting of a licence follows CEO Elon Musk’s discussion with top Chinese officials last month, state-run newspaper China Daily reported.
Xinhua, China Daily and others ran articles on Wednesday supporting TikTok and ByteDance’s lawsuit against the US government.
The billionaire ByteDance founder is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship, joining a raft of corporate chieftains who’ve relocated from China to the city state in recent years.
Scholars have suggested a realignment of industries, with some pain in the short term, would go a long way towards resolving China’s overcapacity problem and adapting to trade restrictions in those sectors.
Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google, said he had explored a possible purchase of TikTok, but has moved on from the idea of trying to acquire the video-sharing app from its Chinese owners.
Launched in partnership with a local tech group, ShoppyHub.mn aims to offer products from Chinese manufacturers on Alibaba’s wholesale marketplace 1688.com.
The Beijing-based start-up, dubbed one of the ‘four new AI tigers’ of China, is said to have plans to release ‘high-quality text-to-video tools’ by this year at the earliest.
KeeTa seized a 43 per cent share of the city’s food delivery market by order volume in the first quarter to surpass rival Foodpanda, which had a 37 per cent share in the same period.
The move comes after the tech giant released its first AI-enabled laptop, powered by a new Intel processor.
The company’s flagship EH216-S autonomous flying vehicle took off in Abu Dhabi, as part of a plan to launch commercial flights in the UAE.
Global EV sales are expected to accelerate from next year onwards and grow at a compound annual rate of 23 per cent up to the end of the decade, according to estimates by the French bank.
The e-commerce giant is rolling out the major overhaul ahead of China’s second-largest annual shopping extravaganza, the 618 sales event.
The fierce price war sweeping China’s EV market is likely to persist for years, with the impact to be felt by foreign carmakers which will see their market share shrink, Leapmotor co-president Michael Wu says.
The autonomous driving start-up plans to launch the L4-capable FlashBot in Shanghai this year, followed by other tier-one mainland cities. It is also seeking tie-ups in Hong Kong, Europe and North America.
A top physicist is ‘confident’ Chinese scientists can build the world’s largest collider, as debate of the project continues.
China’s overseas vehicle shipments are set to grow at a clip this year, bolstered by surging sales in markets like Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as the country’s heft in manufacturing electric cars goes from strength to strength.
The Brazilian financial technology company is banking on demand for payment digitisation in the business-to-business space in China and increased adoption of digital payments in India.
China’s internet giants have slashed jobs in recent years, affecting tens of thousands of people, many of whom have decided to become entrepreneurs themselves, with mixed results.
In the spotlight due to the Netflix hit 3 Body Problem, China’s sci-fi industry saw revenues grow by 29 per cent year on year to 13.29 billion yuan (US$15.6 billion) in 2023.
‘Aqueous batteries with high energy density are possible, offering a development option for grid-scale energy storage, and even electric vehicles’: researchers.
In the face of a potential ban of TikTok in the US, Chinese merchants selling on the platform are preparing for the worst.
This marks the domestic freight transport industry’s first attempt to cover truckers’ rights on a nationwide scale.
Huawei roars back to form with its flagship smartphone the Pura 70 Ultra, boasting an innovative 4-camera system and tremendous battery life. Its chip is inferior, but still fast, and software fine.
Global iPhone revenue fell 10 per cent in the first quarter, but Apple CEO Tim Cook said he has a “very positive viewpoint” on China despite increased competition.
US lawyers representing young people and their families allege that the overseas version of TikTok protects children in China in ways that the US version does not.
The stricter rules are not surprising since Australia has to protect critical assets, but collaboration with Beijing especially in sectors such as green energy would be unavoidable.
