China has fostered development of its own technologies for decades, and the continuing trade war with the US makes it more imperative than ever. Illustration: Yan Jing Tian

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Topic | China technology

Zen Soo , Chua Kong Ho , Yang Yang

Published: 12:03pm, 19 Jun, 2019

Updated: 3:14pm, 17 Sep, 2019

China has fostered development of its own technologies for decades, and the continuing trade war with the US makes it more imperative than ever. Illustration: Yan Jing Tian

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Zen Soo

Zen Soo joined the Post in 2015. She covers China technology, in particular e-commerce, online to offline and mobile payments. She also writes about Southeast Asian tech companies.

Chua Kong Ho

Kong Ho is technology editor at the South China Morning Post.

Yang Yang

Before joining the Post in 2019, Yang was a TV producer and editor for 2M Media Group in Washington, where she produced mini-documentaries and studio interviews.