The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the advisory Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) being held this week are most important for the windows they provide into the government’s economic targets and policy priorities in the coming year. But the so-called “two sessions” meetings also enable some top private enterprise executives who are […]
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More Chinese tech companies see potential growth in fictional short video series
Major Chinese tech companies like Xiaomi and Baidu are increasing their offerings in fictional short video series, an area in which established short-video platforms Douyin and Kuaishou excel. These short dramas are typically low-budget, under 10 minutes per episode, made for verticle viewing and target mobile users. Many of these short video dramas are adapted […]
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Tencent, Xiaomi apps called out for illegal data collection
The MIIT crackdown is part of a larger effort to clean up mobile app data collection practices.
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Lunar New Year special | 10 most-read stories on China tech in 2022
In 2022, TechNode readers gravitate toward several topics: consumer tech, Douyin, Shein, US chip sanctions, and more.
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ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming to step down as CEO
Zhang will move to focus on long-term strategy and social responsibility of ByteDance. Co-founder Liang Rubo will take his place.
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Briefing: Xiaomi briefly joins short video craze with new app
It’s a latecomer to the short video scene, where Bytedance and BAT are already wrestling for user attention spans.
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Tiktok pulled from India stores in ban on 59 Chinese apps
India’s government has banned Tiktok, Wechat, and 57 other Chinese apps in seeming retaliation for border clashes in the Himalayas.
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Social commerce app Xiaohongshu hires CFO ahead of likely IPO: report
Xiaohongshu, the $6 billion firm backed by Alibaba and Tencent, could join an increasing list of Chinese tech firms heading to the public markets.
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India bans 118 Chinese apps including PUBG, Alipay as tensions rise
India banned another 118 Chinese-made apps, including Tencent’s popular video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, as border tensions escalated.
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Mixed reality startup Nreal readies global expansion
Eight months after a US court rejected Magic Leap’s IP theft lawsuit against Nreal, the mixed reality startup prepares for a US launch.
