Short video app Douyin permanently shuts down 33,000 user accounts
Popular short-video app Douyin (also known as Tik Tok) created by ByteDance is going…
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One of China’s biggest live streaming platform goes public in Hong Kong today
Chinese live streaming platform Inke formally launched its IPO and started trading t…
‘New retail’ coffee startup Luckin completes $200 million A round
China’s fast-growing “new retail” startup and purveyor of coffee Luckin has announce…
China’s first official bike rental bankruptcy leaves RMB 800 million of deposits in limbo
Bike rental company Xiaoming has officially begun bankruptcy proceedings becoming Ch…
Chinese answer to Tesla Xpeng rumored to raise $600-$700 million at $4 billion valuation
Chinese electric vehicle startup Xiaopeng Motors (Xpeng) is reportedly in talks with…
Co-founder of self-driving startup JingChi accuses company of forging signatures
Over the weekend, Chinese self-driving startup JingChi’s (景驰科技) co-founder Pan Sinin…
“Many Chinese VCs will die”: Incubation and acceleration at TechCrunch Hanzhou
The vibrant Chinese tech and startup ecosystem is attracting huge attention from inv…
TechCrunch Hangzhou: Discovering Hangzhou’s next unicorn
Hangzhou, a city located in China’s eastern coast, has over the years transformed fr…
China’s AIChain is decentralizing artificial intelligence
Crypto is decentralizing, AI is centralizing, according to Peter Thiel. Although the…
Taking startups in the broader mobile industry to Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018
As 5G commercialization ambition grows and Sino-US tensions remain uncertain, startu…
GeekPwn 2018: Fooling AI is not actually as hard as you think it is
Editor’s note: This article was supported by GeekPwn. We believe in transparency in …
VIPKID valued at RMB 20 billion after its $500 million Series D+
Correction: The article originally stated the company's valuation is now $20 billion…