Nanjing is reported to become the first city in China to put temporary controls on the number of vehicles that can be hailed online, according to Jiemian (in Chinese), to regulate the sector, protect rights, curb illegal practices and reduce risks in the taxi industry. By stopping the issuance of new licenses, Nanjing will put […]
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What do you think of Mobike and Ofo expanding to your country? We asked
Chinese bike rental companies Mobike and ofo expanded to more than 30 countries last year. While attending the SeedStars Summit 2018 in Lausane, Switzerland, we asked people from 5 different countries what they think about Chinese bike rental startups’ expansion into their home countries. Recent data from Cheetah shows that China’s active users of bike […]
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“Our staff are ZTE people!” claims Global Times editor as ZTE and China question US dependence
“Tonight Old Hu and Global Times staff are all ZTE people!” wrote Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of both the Chinese (环球时报) and English versions of the Global Times, on Sina Weibo via his iPhone 7. In light of the US Department of Commerce putting a seven year ban on US companies selling components to State-owned ZTE, […]
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Looking back at ChinaBang: Alipay – Best application of the year 2013
TechNode has been organizing the annual “China Bang Awards” since 2011. Over the past few years, TechNode has witnessed a large number of emerging startups grow into unicorns. For the upcoming ChinaBang Awards 2018, TechNode has started a special report to review the history of China Bang Awardees. In May 2003, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao went […]
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China removes 370 live-streaming apps, cracks down on online games
On April 17, 2018, local media reported that China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism had inspected over 4,900 live-streaming apps and removed 370 from app stores for failing to comply with regulations. The ministry also blacklisted 14 companies for operating under fraudulent licenses and ordered the shutdown of 57 live-streaming apps produced by these companies. Larger […]
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Alipay trials digital replacement of China’s ubiquitous ID cards
A new system of official digital ID has been integrated with Alipay for making ID-validated purchases such as train tickets and for checking into hotels in test areas in eastern China. The “Resident ID Online Verification Certificate” (our translation: “居民身份证网上功能凭证”) uses the “Internet+ Trusted Identity Authentication Platform”, also known as CTID, (our translation: “互联网+可信身份认证平台”), according […]
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China launches mobile ID authentication chips to rein in personal data theft
China launches ID authentification chip to rein personal data leak
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JD expands its e-commerce empire to Spanish-speaking markets
JD expands its e-commerce empire to Spanish-speaking market
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Video platform Youku latest company to remove inappropriate content
On-demand video streaming service Youku is the latest to announce a self-imposed cleanup of its platform, saying it found a number of the movies it provides to be problematic, local media is reporting. The company said that it is conducting a review and clean up operation targeting movies that deal with the distortion of historical […]
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China’s latest data theft case shows tracking a mobile phone costs less than $2 a month
In a case worth over RMB 800 million, numerous members of a syndicate have been arrested for allegedly buying and selling personal data over the internet, local media is reporting. The gang was able to obtain personal information by falsely identifying themselves and hacking targeted individuals. This information included mobile phone location and movement data, […]