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What Cook and company are still getting wrong about Apple in China
The real situation in the country’s smartphone market, not the trade war, underlies Apple’s China woes.
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CHINA VOICES | Is community group buying maturing?
The hot field of community group buying is already moving out of its gold rush phase. Chinese analysts are asking whether it’s turning sustainable.
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SILICON | HiSilicon isn’t after Qualcomm’s handset profits
Don’t believe reports that HiSilicon’s Balong chip offering is a challenge to Qualcomm’s mobile market. Think share bikes and cash registers, not phones.
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CHINA VOICES | The Office clone that took on Microsoft
Dismissed by many as a Microsoft clone, Kingsoft is both a might-have-been and a turnaround tale. We look at its story with an anonymous Chinese author.
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As China tech stocks surge, a fundraising window opens
Is capital winter over? Huawei, JD, and Luckin are some of the companies whose fundraising is part of the great cash grab of early 2020.
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INSIGHTS | Bytedance gaming play doesn’t threaten Tencent—yet
Bytedance is moving into gaming, but it’s not trying to overthrow Tencent yet. It’s a low stakes bet that will get big only if it succeeds early.
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China voices | The history of Huawei phones: Rise of the squares
Tech machismo shaped the company’s bold move into devices, for good and ill.
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INSIGHTS | A turning point in Trump’s war on Huawei?
More clarity for Huawei as the US and European move further away from each other. But can an in-house app suite take on Google’s mighty Play Store?
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Sorry Apple, your “most advanced” features are already commonplace in China
I wanted to buy an Apple Watch 4, but suddenly I feel embarrassed. If I don’t use an iPhone, why would I buy an Apple Watch?
