Celia Chen
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US-China tech war: Huawei is still on the hook as Joe Biden fine-tunes America’s competitive strategy with Beijing
The US Innovation and Competition Act, which awaits passage in the House of Representatives before Biden signs it into law, dispels any illusion that the 46th American president would unwind the policies of his belligerent predecessor. → Read More
Will Huawei’s Harmony operating system end the global duopoly of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS?
Huawei’s HarmonyOS is designed for the Internet-of-Things era, with the ability to run on everything from smartphones and tablets to home appliances as the tech giant tries to overcome US sanctions and move away from Android. → Read More
Huawei draws large consumer brands to run HarmonyOS, but Android smartphone rivals keep their distance
Unlike smartphone giants Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, former Huawei subsidiary Honor is leaving its options open on HarmonyOS 2. → Read More
Huawei starts selling smart cars in flagship stores across China to offset smartphone losses
The SF5 model, jointly launched by the Shenzhen-based tech giant and carmaker SERES, is the first vehicle to officially enter Huawei’s stores. The electric-petrol hybrid is equipped with Huawei’s HarmonyOS-based HiCar system and has a driving range of 180 kilometres in pure electric mode and over 1,000 kilometres in extended-range mode. → Read More
Chinese official blames US politics for lack of auditing agreement for US-listed companies
A Chinese securities regulator blamed a shift in Washington’s political atmosphere for derailing progress made towards agreeable auditing standards, which risks pushing Chinese firms off the NYSE or Nasdaq. → Read More
US-China tech war: Beijing’s main policy lender pledges US$62 billion to fund tech innovation
China Development Bank has earmarked financing to support strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing. The funding support for hi-tech innovation forms part of a state-orchestrated strategy to reduce China’s reliance on imported technologies. → Read More
Huawei plummets as Apple becomes world’s No 1 smartphone seller on China boost
Consumers, including many in China, snapped up iPhones in droves in the holiday quarter of 2020. Huawei ceded market share to Apple and others as it struggled to deliver premium handsets under US sanctions. → Read More
Huawei’s 5G ambitions in Europe under a cloud after UK ban, EC report
New European Commission recommendation on ‘high-risk’ suppliers adds to Huawei’s woes in Europe, after earlier UK decision and de facto ban in France → Read More
Tencent to invest $70B in new digital infra, backing Beijing’s stimulus
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings plans to invest 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) over the next five years in new digital infrastructure, a major hi-tech initiative that would bolster Beijing's efforts to drive economic recovery in the post-coronavirus era. → Read More
DJI’s Livox launches sensors for self-driving cars as Chinese drone maker faces US regulatory challenges
DJI says two sensors created by its spin-off company, Livox, can scan the environment with barely any blind spots at a fraction of the cost of traditional laser sensors. → Read More
JD.com sets strategy to expand into China’s smaller cities, offline businesses
JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce platform, plans to expand into the country’s lesser-developed cities and open more offline businesses this year, according to founder Richard Liu Qiangdong. → Read More
Chinese surveillance camera supplier Hikvision posts slowest profit growth in a decade
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, a key camera supplier for China’s surveillance system, reported the slowest annual pace of profit growth in more than a decade amid growing headwinds in overseas markets.... → Read More
Would you wait in line for more than 12 hours to get a red packet from Pony Ma? One Tencent employee did
Long line of employees started forming on Monday evening to get a red packet from Tencent’s senior management → Read More
Why is JD.com spending US$400 million to buy this hotel in Beijing?
JD.com, China’s second largest e-commerce company, has closed a deal to buy the Jade Palace Hotel in Beijing for US$400 million, with the goal of transforming the five-star property into a new innovation and recruitment centre.... → Read More
How DJI went from university dorm project to world’s biggest drone company
In a modern, spacious showroom in Shenzhen, a dozen visitors spend a Wednesday afternoon checking out the sleek-looking products from the world’s biggest drone maker.... → Read More
South Korean smart solutions firm BIStel says Made in China 2025 upgrading is why it plans to invest more
BIStel’s decision to increase investment in China comes at the time when some China-based manufacturers are moving to lower-cost Southeast Asia countries → Read More
Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance launches new social app to rival WeChat
ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, has introduced a new video-based social messaging service, “Duoshan”, that aims to become as popular an everyday mobile app in China as Tencent Holdings’ WeChat.... → Read More
Tencent takes big step to free WeChat from smartphones as battle shifts to business customers and self-driving cars
Tencent Holdings took a big step in extending the use of its ubiquitous WeChat app beyond smartphones, with the introduction of a Siri-like voice assistant that could potentially be deployed by businesses and in smart cars as the battle for growth shifts to industrial uses of the internet.... → Read More
Chinese authorities shut education app and issue fines as part of ongoing ‘clean up’ of vulgar and pornographic content
Chinese authorities closed an education app and fined companies as part of the country’s ongoing campaign to “clean up” online platforms that contain “vulgar and pornographic content”.... → Read More
Chinese VPN user fined for accessing overseas websites as part of Beijing’s ongoing ‘clean up’ of internet
Chinese authorities have issued a disciplinary warning to a Guangdong man and ordered him pay a fine of 1,000 yuan (US$164) for setting up an unauthorised Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to connect to international websites as Beijing intensifies its campaign to “clean up” the domestic internet.... → Read More