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Beijing puts e-commerce sector’s ‘refund-only’ policy and PDD under scrutiny
The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Commerce have directed Pinduoduo owner PDD to fix this practice.
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Huawei’s new Mate 70 smartphone chip is ‘not a major redesign’, report finds
2 hours ago
Black Myth: Wukong inspires Chinese video game studios to go overseas
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Big Tech
Nvidia’s GeForce store on Tmall stirs debate after Beijing antitrust probe
After Nvidia became the target of a Beijing antitrust investigation, some Chinese netizens wondered if it had removed items from Tmall.
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A smartphone with a displayed Nvidia logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration picture taken March 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Big Tech
China’s generative AI market sees fewer new entrants with 64 new approvals
The November AI model approvals is the smallest of the three batches released this year, as the market grows more saturated.
5 hours ago
Big Tech
Tencent’s low-profile CEO praises China’s economic policy, stimulus
The entrepreneur wrote in People’s Daily that the government has shown ‘strong determination’ in pushing for economic recovery.
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US to cap countries’ advanced chip access, with China in sights: sources
In a second escalation of chip restrictions this month, the US is planning to close sourcing loopholes through third-party countries, sources say.
12 Dec 2024 - 1:34PM
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As the US has sought to curb China’s access to advanced semiconductors, the smuggling trade for these chips has grown. Photo: Shutterstock
Big Tech
Apple continues AI roll-out to iPhones with customised emojis
The iPhone’s upgraded operating system, iOS 18.2, extends Apple’s expansion into AI as it chases Samsung and Google.
12 Dec 2024 - 12:30PM
Blockchain
US bankers cautious about crypto amid expectations of regulatory easing
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the Wall Street giant would ‘evaluate’ dealing in top cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether if rules change.
12 Dec 2024 - 11:40AM
China Business
Chinese EV maker Jiyue to cut operations in bid to stay in brutal race
Some projects will be scrapped and some business units merged in an ‘all-out’ effort towards ‘rebirth’, CEO says.
12 Dec 2024 - 7:30AM
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Tech War
China must innovate in chip design or fall behind the global market, expert says
China Semiconductor Industry Association’s Wei Shaojun sees new design architecture and microsystem integration as pathways to progress.
12 Dec 2024 - 7:00AM
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Innovation in China’s integrated circuit-design sector have been hindered by tightened US tech restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
Global Economy
China’s semiconductor firms cash in chips as export boom bucks overall trend
Despite a bevy of US restrictions on China’s semiconductor trade, chip shipments remain high even as overall exports miss expectations.
12 Dec 2024 - 9:15AM
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Big Tech
China’s esports industry returns to growth in 2024 as Tencent, NetEase expand overseas
The growth is testament to how China’s esports industry has become a booming business, with local clubs making an impact on the global arena.
11 Dec 2024 - 8:59PM
Tech War
Chinese surveillance firm Uniview calls on US to reconsider its trade sanction
Uniview was added to Washington’s trade blacklist for enabling certain ‘human rights violations’, according to the US Commerce Department.
11 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM
Tech Trends
Generative AI helps Hong Kong’s Insilico Medicine design potential new IBD drug
Using AI, Insilico took only 12 months from initiating the project to nominating the molecule for preclinical trials, instead of several years.
11 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
Insilico CEO Alex Zhavoronkov. Photo: Handout
Big Tech
TikTok Shop opens in Spain, Ireland in e-commerce expansion as US ban looms
The Spain launch is TikTok Shop’s first foray into continental Europe, coming three years after opening in the UK, its first European market.
11 Dec 2024 - 5:03PM
China Business
SenseTime raising US$358 million from stock placement for expansion
The Shanghai-based tech firm is selling the shares at a 6.3 per cent discount to bolster GenAI development and outpace rivals.
11 Dec 2024 - 1:46PM
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Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip
Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.
3 Oct 2023 - 2:26PM
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Big Tech
ChatGPT sparks investment frenzy and soul searching in China
While China had declared AI strategically important as early as 2018, ChatGPT has shattered illusions about the country’s technological prowess.
1 Apr 2023 - 11:13PM
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Policy
China’s e-CNY blues: major test bed shows sluggish adoption
More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.
13 Mar 2023 - 7:36PM
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Can Huawei’s 5G-powered Tianjin Port redefine its enterprise business?
Tianjin Port is the latest technological showpiece of Huawei Technologies, as the world’s largest provider of phone network equipment reinvents itself after nearly four years of crushing US sanctions.
11 Feb 2023 - 12:11PM
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OPINION
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Why blanket bans are not the answer to keeping children safe online
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Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda will stumble without China
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