The Guangdong Communications Administration ordered 201 apps to be rectified for infringing user rights, while shutting down eight others for illegal services.

Kuaishou’s model has been criticised by some analysts for an over-reliance on celebrity influencers and a costly user acquisition strategy.

A comprehensive update to China’s internet regulation details the types of services covered and banned activities, even if conducted from overseas servers.

ByteDance says Tencent is not approving a WeChat mini program for its cloud office software Feishu, known as Lark overseas, marking another battle over users.

The former flagship consumer brand run by Huawei is expected to launch smartphones with Qualcomm 5G chipsets around the middle of this year, Chinese media reported.

In China there is a growing audience, and pool of talent, for content that caters for the country’s elderly generation.

‘Do these headphones cure deafness or what?’ says one comment on microblogging site Weibo, where AirPods Max are currently trending.

Open-source artificial intelligence tools, such as Baidu’s PaddleGAN, enabled independent developer Hu Wengu recreate the faces of China’s ancient rulers.

The Cyberspace Administration of China has drafted new rules to narrow the scope of personal data collected by apps in the world’s largest internet market.

Beijing-based Meituan reported a 28.8 per cent increase in third-quarter revenue on the back of a rebound in food delivery transactions nationwide.

It is an ‘open secret’ that viewer counts and virtual gifts on live streams are often generated by fake accounts, experts say.

Founders of the first Chinese influencer company to go public want to take the firm private amid fierce competition and tighter regulations in the domestic social media market

Muddy Waters’ report showed ‘lack of a basic understanding’ of live-streaming industry, says social media firm Joyy in a rebuttal to charges of fraud made by the short seller

Muddy Waters’ claim that up to 90 per cent of YY Live’s live-streaming revenue is fraudulent triggered a sell off in shares of listed Chinese social media company Joyy

The Chinese telecoms giant will not hold any shares or be involved in Honor’s future business management or decision-making activities after its sale to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology, it says.

Early online experiments with AI and machine learning have been praised by exhibitors and buyers, but many remain eager to return to physical trade shows.

Gaming giant Tencent reported strong quarterly earnings, as China’s major internet platform operators face Beijing’s new antitrust initiative.

China’s industry and information ministry says it is 40 per cent ahead of its annual target for 5G base stations, with nearly 700,000 installed since June last year.

Tencent President Martin Lau presents Tencent as a collaborator in finance in a fintech webinar made public this week, saying China’s regulators encourage innovation from “trusted operators” if it is beneficial to society.

Mobile operators are facing blowback from consumers, unsatisfied with network coverage, expensive handsets and hard sell tactics.

While many live streamers enter the market in China with dreams of hitting it rich, only a few make it to the big leagues.

The latest round of US sanctions against Huawei in August shrank the Shenzhen-based smartphone maker’s share in its home market, according to research firm Canalys.

Jio Platforms, the Indian wireless operator and handset maker, is working with US chip maker Qualcomm to develop 5G solutions and accelerate the network roll-out

ByteDance-owned Smartisan is eyeing up education market for growth, moving beyond smartphones.

China is estimated to account for up to 45 per cent of the global demand for Apple’s 5G iPhone 12 Pro, TF Securities International analyst Kuo Ming-chi says.

China has been an important market for Apple in recent years and the company saw 225 per cent quarterly growth in iPhone sales in the second quarter.

Beijing’s plan doubles down on hopes that Shenzhen will become a global leader in technology and finance and a showcase for Xi’s vision of an ideal Chinese society

E-commerce live-streams and short videos will be the main drivers of future growth for China’s online video and audio industry, a new report says.

Tencent’s do-everything app WeChat has a huge user base in China, but it is a relatively late entrant to short video and live-streaming e-commerce compared with Douyin and Kuaishou.

Budget smartphone brand Honor has lived up to its name as the unsung hero that has helped Huawei overtake Apple and Samsung in sales at home and abroad.