Columnist

Celia Chen

Celia Chen is a tech reporter for the Post, covering news on China's tech companies, such as Tencent, JD.com and Foxconn. She also writes news about start-ups and analysis of China's tech world. Prior to joining the Post, she worked for China Daily after graduating from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

South Korean smart solutions firm BIStel says Made in China 2025 upgrading is why it plans to invest more

Big Tech

BIStel to increase smart manufacturing investment in China

18 Jan 2019 - 10:55pm 5

Tencent plugs holes, and boosts profits, with 163 new investments

Big Tech

Tencent grows profits with aggressive investment strategy

16 Jan 2019 - 11:10am

A new ByteDance sign is seen on the facade of the world’s most valuable technology start-up’s headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Start-ups

World’s most valuable start-up launches social app to rival WeChat

15 Jan 2019 - 10:44pm

Allen Zhang Xiaolong is a Chinese programmer known for creating WeChat and Foxmail. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

Can WeChat creator Allen Zhang pull off app’s next act?

11 Jan 2019 - 5:11pm 2

Tencent sign is seen outside its new headquarters in Shenzhen, China. 21MAY18. SCMP/ Chua Kong Ho

Big Tech

Tencent takes big step to free WeChat from smartphones

9 Jan 2019 - 11:07pm

Chinese authorities shut education app and issue fines as part of ongoing ‘clean up’ of vulgar and pornographic content

Apps & Social

China shuts education app in crackdown on ‘vulgar, pornographic content’

9 Jan 2019 - 11:07pm

Education authorities must use ‘visible hand’ to block ‘harmful’ apps from Chinese schools, says People’s Daily

Policy

Education authorities told to use ‘visible hand’ to block ‘harmful’ apps from schools

8 Jan 2019 - 10:34pm

Chinese VPN user fined for accessing overseas websites as part of Beijing’s ongoing ‘clean up’ of internet

Policy

Chinese VPN user fined for accessing international websites

7 Jan 2019 - 7:16pm 4

2019 China tech look ahead: trade war likely to cast a shadow as AI, e-commerce, smartphone progress continues

Gear

2019 expected to bring some big changes for China tech

7 Jan 2019 - 3:45pm 11

JD.com restructures amid rising competition, slower growth and investor concerns

Big Tech

JD.com restructures online mall amid rising competition, slower growth

26 Dec 2018 - 8:23pm

FILE PHOTO: Richard Liu, CEO and founder of China's e-commerce company JD.com, speaks before ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ Market Site building at Times Square in New York, US May 22, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Tech leaders and founders

Richard Liu cleared but what next for JD.com?

24 Dec 2018 - 1:35pm 5

Gaming stocks surge after official says China has resumed video game approvals after 9-month freeze

Gear

Xmas present for gamers as China resumes approvals process

21 Dec 2018 - 11:02pm 1

WeChat Pay launches auto scan-and-pay for parking in China’s shopping malls

Apps & Social

WeChat Pay launches automated payment system for parking lots

20 Dec 2018 - 2:32pm

China’s online wealth management index falls for first time in five years as sector hit by tighter regulation

Policy

China’s online wealth management index falls for first time in five years

17 Dec 2018 - 10:00pm

Richard Liu made the Google Hong Kong top 10 search list for people in current international affairs this year. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

JD.com’s Richard Liu makes top 10 Google Hong Kong search list

13 Dec 2018 - 3:34pm

Tencent CEO Pony Ma tells staff that ‘responsibility’ was the main lesson learned from a tough year

Apps & Social

Tencent CEO tells staff that ‘responsibility’ was main lesson learned this year

28 Dec 2018 - 8:07pm

Tencent Music jumps in New York debut as investors pour in despite global tech wobbles

Big Tech

Tencent Music hits the right note in New York debut

13 Dec 2018 - 10:04pm 1

Samsung to shut Tianjin mobile phone factory as its Chinese market share slumps and manufacturing costs rise

Big Tech

Samsung down to one mobile phone factory in China after Tianjin closure

12 Dec 2018 - 10:43pm

Yonghui, Hema among supermarkets singled out by China’s food safety watchdog for breaches

Enterprises

China’s food safety watchdog singles out tech giants for violations

12 Dec 2018 - 5:50pm

Meng Wanzhou, CFO and Executive Director of Huawei. Photo: Handout

Tech leaders and founders

Who is Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng Wanzhou?

12 Dec 2018 - 8:54pm 4

How a TV show about a Chinese start-up gave unknown chat app Magic Crystal its big break

Apps & Social

How a TV show about a Chinese start-up gave an unknown chat app its big break

5 Dec 2018 - 4:07pm

Bitcoin mining rigs on sale at steep discounts as cryptocurrencies crash

Start-ups

Black Friday sales aren’t over yet for cryptocurrency mining rigs

4 Dec 2018 - 4:50pm 1

JD.com founder Richard Liu. Photo: Bloomberg

Tech leaders and founders

JD.com chief’s lawyer blasts Reuters for ‘one-sided’ report on rape case

24 Nov 2018 - 7:46am 7

Apple’s iPhone assembler Foxconn to cut costs for 2019 ahead of tough times

Tech

iPhone assembler cuts costs ahead of tough times

22 Nov 2018 - 4:26pm

JD.com offers no update on founder Richard Liu’s US case amid weak earnings

Tech leaders and founders

JD.com offers no update on founder’s US case amid weak earnings

20 Nov 2018 - 11:14pm

Tencent’s WeChat testing money market fund and score system in bid to catch up with Alipay

Big Tech

WeChat Pay tests new payment products in bid to catch up with Alipay

20 Nov 2018 - 6:02am

Tencent shares jump over 4 per cent in early Hong Kong trading after better-than-expected earnings

Tech

Internet giant Tencent jumps on strong earnings

15 Nov 2018 - 11:36am 2

Tencent posts better-than-expected US$3.4 billion third quarter profit as social ad revenues offset uncertainties in games sector

Enterprises

Tencent posts better-than-expected US$3.4b third quarter profit

15 Nov 2018 - 2:40pm

Tencent seeks to kill silo culture that gave it WeChat as it expands into AI, big data

Apps & Social

Tencent thinks its warring fiefdoms are now a liability

15 Nov 2018 - 2:44pm 2

Digital economy and AI key to China’s post-internet future, say country’s tech leaders

Tech leaders and founders

Digital economy and AI high on the minds of China’s tech leaders

11 Nov 2018 - 10:03am

DJI fixes security flaw that potentially could have given hackers access to user data

Enterprises

Drone giant DJI fixes security flaw that potentially could have exposed user data

9 Nov 2018 - 8:54pm 2

Big Tech

Where is Richard Liu? JD.com founder not seen at China events

7 Nov 2018 - 11:45pm

China to give land tax breaks to technology incubation and innovation centres as part of broad policy drive

Tech

China to give land tax breaks to technology centres

6 Nov 2018 - 11:05pm

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year

Big Tech

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their ID with police database

5 Nov 2018 - 11:00pm 2

Tencent sign is seen outside its new headquarters in Shenzhen, China. 21MAY18. SCMP/ Chua Kong Ho

Big Tech

Tencent to step up investments in industrial internet

5 Nov 2018 - 1:12pm

Pony Ma steers Tencent to 20th anniversary with eye on industrial internet

Big Tech

How Pony Ma went from Halley’s Comet to building Tencent

12 Nov 2018 - 2:48pm 5

Tencent sees focus of internet development shifting from consumers to business in next two decades

Big Tech

Tencent says internet development to centre on businesses in next 20 years

1 Nov 2018 - 10:05pm

Pony Ma sets out Tencent’s industrial internet ambitions as it looks to China’s future economy

Big Tech

Pony Ma sets out Tencent’s industrial internet ambitions

1 Nov 2018 - 8:58am

JD.com apologises for sexist marketing campaign as Singles’ Day shopping event nears

E-Commerce

JD.com apologises for sexist marketing campaign as Singles’ Day nears

31 Oct 2018 - 3:25pm

The closures come as the Chinese authorities strengthen oversight of online activity and content

Tech

China blocks mobile poker apps as online crackdown widens

15 Nov 2018 - 3:59pm 1

DHL's warehouse in Shanghai, part of the company's global supply chain solutions. Photo: SCMP/Handout

Companies

SF Holding buys DHL’s supply chain unit to diversify from delivery

29 Oct 2018 - 11:38am 4

The icon for the Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat messaging application. Photo: Bloomberg

Big Tech

China orders Tencent to clean up pornography on WeChat

26 Oct 2018 - 11:13pm 1

Ma’s questions come at a turning point for Tencent, which recently announced it was reshuffling its business to focus more on the industrial internet

Apps & Social

Pony Ma asks ‘China’s Quora’ for industrial internet answers

25 Oct 2018 - 7:01am 1

If finalised, NetsPay will be the first third-party digital wallet to link with WeChat for cross-border payments in China

Enterprises

Singapore’s Nets in talks with WeChat to enable mobile payments in China

17 Oct 2018 - 3:02pm

JD.com founder Liu and wife attend Princess Eugenie’s wedding amid US rape case

Tech leaders and founders

JD.com’s Liu and wife attend Princess Eugenie’s wedding amid US rape case

16 Oct 2018 - 5:22am 6

The possible listing delay comes after a global stocks plunge amid rising US and China trade tensions

Tech

Tencent Music said to delay US IPO amid market turmoil

12 Oct 2018 - 3:42pm

Chinese millennials are buying hamburgers on instalment, fuelling micro loan industry

E-Commerce

Chinese millennials are even buying burgers on instalment plans

27 Sep 2018 - 6:19pm 11