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9 September, 2024

Tencent Holdings chairman and chief executive Pony Ma Huateng’s recent WeChat post has gone viral, as concerns grow about China’s slowing economy. Photo: AP

Tencent CEO Pony Ma’s WeChat post sparks fresh discussion about China’s economic woes

That social media post reflected an uncharacteristic step for the Tencent founder, who has kept a low profile in recent years amid China’s regulatory crackdowns.

23 May 2022 - 9:00PM

‘US let monkeypox loose’ conspiracy theories swirl on China’s Weibo platform

25 May 2022 - 3:04AMvideocam

Intellectual property in China

Chinese vlogger slams new Andy Lau video ad from Audi, M&C Saatchi for plagiarism

23 May 2022 - 2:09PM

Why the seventh week of Shanghai’s lockdown feels like a parallel universe

Post tech reporter Tracy Qu, in the seventh week of Shanghai’s lockdown, reflects on simple pleasures like dim sum for breakfast and watching films with friends who are elsewhere, while wondering when this ordeal will end.

31 May 2022 - 1:06PM

A near-empty road during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, May 18, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg

Coronavirus China

Opinion | China’s strict Covid-19 control measures leave nation’s middle class deflated

On China’s internet, ‘run’ – as in, flee the country – gained momentum as the word of the year after Shanghai was put under a draconian Covid-19 lockdown.

17 May 2022 - 7:00AMvideocam

Monkey drags away toddler, US$10,800 tossed, woman tears apart basketball court

In this week’s Quirky China, a monkey tries to steal a toddler, a cleaner finds four years of salary in a bag, and a woman destroys a basketball court.

23 Apr 2022 - 9:12AM

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Banking & finance

Quora-like platform Zhihu seeks Hong Kong listing in US$172 million deal

Early investors in Tencent-backed Zhihu, such as venture funds managed by Kai-fu Lee and Qiming Ventures, are selling down their shares in the Hong Kong stock offering.

11 Apr 2022 - 12:34PM

Chinese companies are increasingly seeking secondary listings in Hong Kong as a hedge against the risk of being expelled from US exchanges. Photo: Nora Tam

Backlash in China over social media mocking of Ukraine conflict

Users deplatformed over ‘provocative comments’, as overseas Chinese fear anger against them.

9 Mar 2022 - 1:22PMvideocam

Trending in China

A huge ‘alighting fee’, mad about 3 US cents and munching in a sticky situation

In this week’s quirky China, a bride’s family charges a US$10,400 alighting fee, a man rants online over 3 US-cent overcharge, and a drunk man chews on sunflower seeds while his foot was stuck in a sewer.

18 Feb 2022 - 2:19PM

Tencent fights short video apps with US$280 million streaming rights deal

A deal with China’s largest film copyright holder will give Tencent streaming rights to thousands of films and television shows.

17 Feb 2022 - 1:48PM

Tencent has struck a 1.8 billion yuan (US$284 million) deal to secure streaming rights for over 6,000 films and television series from Jetsen. Photo: Reuters

Banking & finance

Chinese investor under fire for saying he wants a ‘low life’ son who dates many women

Ding Peng, a famous investor in China, is facing backlash after he said he plans to teach his son to watch porn and date many women so he does not have a hard life as he did.

16 Feb 2022 - 9:52AMvideocam

Ding Peng said he wants his son to date lots of women and enjoy life, unlike his boring existence. Photo: Handout

China technology

China’s largest online travel firm pushes hybrid model for employees to work remotely

Shanghai-based Trip.com Group will implement its hybrid work policy across its global operations from March 1.

15 Feb 2022 - 8:40PMvideocam

Can 1990s US hit Friends rescue China’s struggling video-streamers?

move comes as China’s video-streaming platforms struggle to attract users amid the rising popularity of short video-sharing apps.

7 Feb 2022 - 10:30PM

Chinese version of TikTok promotes traditional dance amid clean-up campaign

ByteDance’s Douyin is investing ‘tens of millions of yuan’ to promote live-streamers producing content involving traditional music from various cultures, including Chinese ethnic minorities.

26 Jan 2022 - 7:54PMvideocam

Women in traditional Chinese Hanfu attire dance for visitors to celebrate the Cherry Blossoms Festival in Nianhuawan, a town near Wuxi city, Jiangsu province, on March 22, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE

China’s crypto-free NFT platform gets a soft launch

The Blockchain Services Network has started testing its NFT minting and management system, based on adapted blockchains that are not tied to cryptocurrencies.

25 Jan 2022 - 10:55PMvideocam

China’s state-backed Blockchain Services Network has kicked off a soft launch of an infrastructure to support the deployment of non-fungible tokens. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s internet censorship

China’s Lunar New Year campaign targets cyberbullying, fake news, online scams

The move comes as China implements renewed curbs against the Covid-19 pandemic, dampening travel and prompting more people to stay online at home.

25 Jan 2022 - 8:09PMvideocam

China technology

My Take | China’s tech-enabled ‘lonely economy’ to help boost consumer spending

The world’s second-largest economy had 125 million registered single-person households at the end of 2020.

28 Feb 2022 - 3:08PMvideocam

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Trending in China

Teenager rejected twice by biological parents found dead in apparent suicide

Liu Xuezhou, a teenager who tracked down his biological parents only to get rejected again after a reunion, died on Monday morning in an apparent suicide.

25 Jan 2022 - 1:02PM

The body of Liu Xuezhou was found on a beach in Hainan province by a search party on Monday. Photo: Weibo

Bilibili bans live-streaming of Grand Theft Auto and The Witcher 3

Bilibili said it will prohibit the live-streaming of games with bloody, violent and pornographic content.

12 Jan 2022 - 11:51AMvideocam

China’s internet watchdog tightens app rules even further

It requires that app providers carry out a rigorous security assessment before launching ‘new technologies, new applications and new functions’.

5 Jan 2022 - 8:30PM

Drones for dog’s birthday, groom in a wedding dress and bad advertising

In this week’s Quirky China, a woman splurges big-time on her dog’s birthday, a wedding flips the script and a large feminine hygiene brand is forced to apologise

30 Dec 2021 - 9:00AM

A wedding ignored tradition in southern China (left) and one pup got a special birthday present (right). Photo: Handout

Fame and celebrity

Chinese model pushes back against ‘slanted eyes’ criticism

A Chinese model pushed back against critics who said her eyes were too slanted in a 2019 advertisement, saying it is just the way she looks.

27 Dec 2021 - 6:14PM

This series of advertisements came under fire for a perception that the model’s eyes are too slanted.Credit: Three Squirrels snack company

Fame and celebrity

‘It was all fake?’: Wang Leehom’s female fans find their dreams crushed

From Singapore to Malaysia to Thailand, Wang Leehom won hearts for being among a new breed of bilingual Asian stars who burst onto the scene in the 1990s and 2000s, until his very public falling out with estranged wife Lee Jinglei.

24 Dec 2021 - 7:43PMvideocam

China’s Communist Party

First they attacked liberals, then private firms: rise of China’s ultra-leftists

Bloggers and commentators are riding a wave of nationalism by attacking intellectuals and corporate targets in China as well as emblems of the West.

24 Dec 2021 - 2:37PMvideocam

Alibaba in metaverse gaming move as Big Tech bets on potential

Analysts say Alibaba wants to leverage its edge and cloud computing technology to establish the essential infrastructure for the metaverse.

14 Dec 2021 - 11:31PM

Establishing its new unit underlines Alibaba’s interest in the metaverse, a shared, immersive 3D virtual space. Photo: Shutterstock

Baidu’s new metaverse app to launch for AI conference this month

The internet search giant said the Xi Rang app can host 100,000 participants at once and will be the first metaverse platform to host a Chinese conference.

10 Dec 2021 - 6:00PM

The City of Creators in Baidu’s Land of Hope, a metaverse app the internet search giant is launching this month for its artificial intelligence developers’ conference. Photo: Baidu

China’s internet censorship

China’s internet watchdog intensifies clampdown on ‘chaotic’ online fan clubs

The Cyberspace Administration of China is pursuing a new two-month campaign to discipline online fan clubs.

13 Sep 2021 - 2:51PM

Analysts still bullish on Tencent despite big block trade

News of the big share sale knocked 1.5 per cent off Tencent’s share price on Thursday.

8 Apr 2021 - 9:16PM

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