Biden’s top advisors have said that they agree with the direction of Trump’s China tech policy, but will carefully review tactics. What will it mean for China tech?
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Outpaced by local rivals, Amazon struggles to remain relevant in China
The company maintains that the move is not a complete pull-back from the China market, but is “a transitional period.”
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Ofo applies for e-scooter scheme license in San Francisco
Ofo is one of 12 companies including Lyft and Uber applying for licenses to run an electric scooter hire scheme in San Francisco. Ofo’s protracted application for a permit to run the city’s first bike share scheme was rejected by authorities, meaning the US scooter craze could be the bike company’s chance to have a […]
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Failures and opportunities: A pivotal moment for China’s mobility industry
Didi hopes new strategies will help it complete a U-turn that will get it out of the dead-end in which it finds itself.
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Job cuts hit China tech sector amid mounting challenges
It’s common for companies to negotiate with workers individually, hoping to come to amicable terms of separation.
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As JD CEO and founder faces public criticism, what’s next for China’s largest retailer?
Layoffs, steep pay cuts, and constant comings and goings in JD’s C-suite place Alibaba’s nearest competitor in a bind.
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The Chinese smartphone maker you’ve never heard of is dominating the African market
When thinking of Chinese phone brands, what names come to mind? If you’re like most people I speak to, you’re probably thinking about Huawei, Xiaomi, or possibly Vivo or Oppo. But what about TECNO? Even in China, where the phone maker’s parent company, TRANSSION Holdings, is based, TECNO is hardly a household name. It has […]
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Next gen robotics, artificial intelligence, and education informatization: The future is at TechCrunch Hangzhou
From Chinese professional Go player Ke Jie and Go-playing computer program AlphaGo’s man vs. machine battle, to social humanoid robot Sophia and iPhone X’s facial recognition unlock feature, artificial intelligence has become part of a wider national security strategy. If it is said that 2017 was the year AI took off, then 2018 is the […]
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The siege of Douyin
Blocks, viral videos, accusations, and lawsuits: controversies surrounding short video sites in China continue to mount. The protagonists? Toutiao’s Douyin and Tencent’s WeChat. A post dated May 22 on Douyin’s public WeChat account, “Sorry, Douyin fans”, accused Tencent of discrimination by taking down a lot of individual “healthy” video posts, while simultaneously accusing the company […]
