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Building a digital country: Stark views on blockchain, AI and IoT at GMIC 2018
A wide range of stark and contrasting opinions on the future interplay of blockchain, AI, and IoT were shared during a series of panels and speeches at the GMIC event in Beijing. Industry players from around the world converged to discuss how China and other economies could look in the future based on changes to […]
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Five most highly-anticipated Chinese tech IPOs for 2018
After a slow start, Chinese tech firm sped up its IPO rush in the latter half of 2017, marked by hefty IPOs like the ones from China Literature, ZhongAn, Qudian, and Sogou. The past year also witnessed strong performances from some of China’s top listed tech giants. Tencent joined the half-a-trillion-dollar club last November, while […]
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Smartwatches are being used to track thousands of left-behind children
Smartwatches designed for children have typically been used only by China’s concerned middle classes to track their children. But now the authorities in rural Guizhou are giving the devices to thousands of elementary school-aged left-behind children with the hope that they will be safer and the data generated will help them tackle the social issue. […]
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BATX is battling its way into India’s market despite political tensions
China and India have had a fraught relationship since at least the early 20th century. While they may not be able to agree on where their borders lie, it is clear that the two countries are economically important for each other: China has in recent years become one of the fastest-growing sources of foreign direct investment […]
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Live from TechCrunch – How Huami is using deep learning to help doctors
Huang Wang, CEO of Huami, partner with Xiaomi and maker of the Mi Band series of wearables, took the stage at Techcrunch Shenzhen 2017 to talk about their latest health band Amazfit’s development and the trend of wearables Huami took the first spot in Worldwide Wearable Device Companies for the first time ahead of Apple […]
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The top 10 Android app stores in China in 2017
We’ve updated for 2018. Check out this year’s list here. While Apple continues to have their struggles in China, Android-powered smartphones are picking up the slack. Unfortunately, Google isn’t doing so well in China either. This means that if Android users want to download applications, they must rely on app stores operated by local players. The app […]
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Xiaomi Launches Mobile Payment Service Mi Pay
Mi Pay, the long-awaited mobile payment service from Xiaomi, will be available for all Xiaomi users from tomorrow (September 1st). Xiaomi registered a payment service company as early as in 2013, but only in January this year did the company obtain an official license by acquiring a controlling stake in local online payment services company Ruifutong. Like Apple […]
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Xiaomi Has Revealed Their VR Headset
China is obsessed with VR, and Xiaomi is not about to be left behind. The hardware giant revealed their first VR product on Thursday: a smartphone-enabled headset called Mi VR. True to Xiaomi style, the gadget is ridiculously cheap at 1 yuan a piece (about $0.20), but before you go scrounging through your spare change jar, […]
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Is Xiaomi Pivoting Away From Smartphones?
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wanted to make one thing clear when he spoke at the Summer Davos event in Tianjin on Monday: “Xiaomi was never meant to be just a smartphone vendor.” The company, which rocketed to fame through mega-sales of budget smartphones, is now stepping back from its revenue-driving product, amid a stagnating smartphone market and […]
