China is the leading country for blockchain patents with Alibaba and PBOC on top
Alibaba is the world's leading enterprise for the number of patents published for blockchain technology, with the Digital Currency Research Institute o…
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Alibaba Cloud launches Malaysia City Brain
The cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, Alibaba Cloud, today announced the launch of its Malaysia City Brain initiative, the first of its kind to be …
EmTech China reveals what jobs will be left for humans after AI takes over
Artificial intelligence was the emerging technology that put China in the center of attention last year. It’s no wonder then that this year’s EmTech Ch…
Didi denies getting in between Alibaba and ofo in latest financing round
Yesterday Chinese media 36kr is reporting that Didi vetoed Alibaba's funding to Chinese bike rental startup ofo. However, Didi's spokesperson told Tech…
Alibaba releases third annual IP protection report 1 day before listed as “notorious market” by USTR
Updated: The original article said this was the first annual report when, in fact, it is the third. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)…
Baidu launches own blockchain open platform
Baidu, China’s search engine giant, launched today its own BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) open platform. According to the Baidu BaaS website, the pl…
Alibaba partners with MediaTek for smart home and IoT Initiatives
Alibaba announced on Wednesday that A.I. Labs will partner with MediaTek, a Taiwan-based global semiconductor company, on the Internet of Things (IoT) …
Ofo investor Allan Zhu rumored to have sold his shares to Alibaba for $3 billion
Ofo investor Zhu Xiaohu (also known as Allen Zhu) from GSR Ventures is rumored to have sold his shares in ofo to Alibaba for $3 billion (in Chinese). T…
10 e-commerce trends that will shape Southeast Asia in 2018 (Part 1)
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a post on Southeast Asian e-commerce by Sheji Ho, for the second part click here. Sheji Ho is the Group Chief …
China’s most popular apps are also helping find the country’s missing people
Jinri Toutiao is now the single biggest finder of missing people in China. Since incorporating the functionality in February 2016 until mid-December 20…
JD is starting a second-hand e-commerce service “Paipai”
Chinese e-commerce behemoth JD officially released the "Paipai second-hand (拍拍二手)" brand, Chinese media 36kr is reporting. As the second-hand e-commerc…
Ant Financial partners with Standard Chartered Bank for Belt & Road Initiative
Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Financial Holdings announced Monday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Standard Chartered Bank. "Un…