https://www.scmp.com/rss/327888/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A controversial former Chinese state television presenter has resurfaced after his sudden disappearance a decade ago, dismissing speculation about espionage and sex rumours. Rui Chenggang, a former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, known for his exchanges with former US president Barack Obama, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd and other political figures, posted a video on a newly created YouTube channel on Monday. It was his first public appearance since he was taken away by... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3283386/rui-chenggang-former-cctv-anchor-resurfaces-youtube-dismisses-various-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3283386/rui-chenggang-former-cctv-anchor-resurfaces-youtube-dismisses-various-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:18:26 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter Bitcoin mining required so much energy that the sector would rank ninth among China’s 10 biggest carbon-emitting industrial urban centres by 2024, a dubious honour that explains why the Chinese government came down so hard this year to ban the creation of the largest cryptocurrency. The use of energy-sapping computers to solve cryptographic problems to create bitcoin – known as “mining” – is expected to generate 131 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2024, just behind the coal-mining... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3147124/chinas-2021-internet-sector-five-snapshots-tighter-regulations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3147124/chinas-2021-internet-sector-five-snapshots-tighter-regulations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:36:52 +0000 Dear reader, By the time you reach the end of this letter, almost 1,000 Chinese citizens will have accessed the internet for the first time. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Last year, China added 85 million new internet users, averaging 161 per minute. By comparison, 266 babies were born per minute globally last year. China has been the world’s biggest online community for more than a decade. Today that figure is more than 1 billion, larger than the combined populations of the US, Russia,... https://www.scmp.com/announcements/article/3146860/how-chinas-internet-continues-rapidly-change-and-why-you-should-care?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/announcements/article/3146860/how-chinas-internet-continues-rapidly-change-and-why-you-should-care?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:07:54 +0000 The coronavirus pandemic, one of humanity’s worst public health crisis in the past century, was nonetheless a boon for China’s edtech industry, as the internet and digital technology enabled millions of out-of-school children to remain educated, occupied and engaged at home. The number of online education users in China were estimated to soar 62 per cent last year to 420 million, a threefold jump in just four years, while the industry’s value was expected to have increased by 41 per cent to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3145913/covid-19-outbreak-was-boon-chinas-online-eduction-e-commerce-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3145913/covid-19-outbreak-was-boon-chinas-online-eduction-e-commerce-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Aug 2021 01:45:16 +0000 China’s technology scene has been in for a wild ride over the last year. From the US-China tech war to the Covid-19 pandemic, the landscape has been changing fast. The South China Morning Post’s third China Internet Report is an annual look at the state of the country’s tech industries. Here are the biggest takeaways from the report: 1) People are spending more time online during the pandemic As in many other places around the world, China has seen a surge in internet usage and online media... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3092028/top-10-takeaways-china-internet-report-2020?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3092028/top-10-takeaways-china-internet-report-2020?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:00:12 +0000 The South China Morning Post on Tuesday launched its third edition of the China Internet Report, and in 2020 one theme dominates more than any other – the acceleration of digital trends as a result of the Covid-19 health crisis. The pandemic has permanently changed how people in China are using technology in their everyday lives, with increased online consumption and more people than ever before working online. “The Covid-19 pandemic has left a lasting and transformative impact on China’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3091967/scmps-china-internet-report-2020-finds-covid-19-has-accelerated-digitisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3091967/scmps-china-internet-report-2020-finds-covid-19-has-accelerated-digitisation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:00:12 +0000 I stood on stage on Wednesday at the RISE conference in Hong Kong with Abacus editor Ravi Hiranand and Proof of Capital managing partner Edith Yeung to present the 2019 China Internet Report, a comprehensive 100-plus-page document painstakingly put together by a crack team at the South China Morning Post. During the course of the presentation, I observed that in writing headlines for our stories, we sometimes fall back to describing a Chinese start-up as “China’s (something)”, that “something”... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3018054/should-we-stop-calling-didi-chuxing-chinas-uber?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3018054/should-we-stop-calling-didi-chuxing-chinas-uber?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:30:13 +0000 China’s internet giants used to be called copycats for creating clones of Western social media platforms back in their home market – but those days are long gone and that trend is now in reverse. Today, global internet companies from the US to Southeast Asia are looking to replicate Chinese concepts – from models such as the all-in-one super app, to social commerce as well as short video, according to findings from the China Internet Report 2019. The second edition of the China Internet Report,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3018026/chinese-internet-firms-are-no-longer-copycats-heres-how-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3018026/chinese-internet-firms-are-no-longer-copycats-heres-how-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:19:17 +0000 If you happen to have just bought an expensive Android phone, chances are you waited more than two years before upgrading. Around the world, people are holding onto their handsets longer, with iPhone owners staying put for close to three years on average. Smartphones aren’t flying off the shelves as quickly as they once were, but it isn’t bad news for everyone. It turns out that while big brands like Samsung and Apple both sold fewer phones last year than in 2017, Chinese brands like Huawei and... https://www.scmp.com/big-guns/chinese-brands-thrive-slowing-smartphone-market/article/3017974?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/big-guns/chinese-brands-thrive-slowing-smartphone-market/article/3017974?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:04:24 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS If you happen to have just bought an expensive Android phone, chances are you waited more than two years before upgrading. Around the world, people are holding onto their handsets longer, with iPhone owners staying put for close to three years on average. Smartphones aren’t flying off the shelves as quickly as they once were, but it isn’t bad news for everyone. It turns out that while big brands like Samsung and Apple both sold fewer phones last year... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029472/chinese-brands-thrive-slowing-smartphone-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029472/chinese-brands-thrive-slowing-smartphone-market?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:04:24 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS In China, you can tell that a government project is a big deal when it gets its own theme song and music video. This year, that honor goes to the social credit system, scheduled to be in full effect by 2020 according to the China Internet Report 2019.  Detailed in a policy document published in 2014, social credit is intended as a carrot-and-stick mechanism for the country’s more than 1.4 billion citizens. It punishes individuals and businesses who fail... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029471/chinas-social-credit-system-becoming-reality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029471/chinas-social-credit-system-becoming-reality?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:19 +0000 In China, you can tell that a government project is a big deal when it gets its own theme song and music video. This year, that honor goes to the social credit system, scheduled to be in full effect by 2020 according to the China Internet Report 2019.  Detailed in a policy document published in 2014, social credit is intended as a carrot-and-stick mechanism for the country’s more than 1.4 billion citizens. It punishes individuals and businesses who fail to follow rules and regulations, and it... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/chinas-social-credit-system-becoming-reality/article/3017971?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/chinas-social-credit-system-becoming-reality/article/3017971?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:19 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS At first glance, it looked like the car was driving itself. A backup driver was sitting behind the wheel, but his hands laid idle as the vehicle cruised steadily on a deserted road in Beijing.  The car, though, wasn’t controlled by a computer. It was driven by a human, who was steering the vehicle from a remote panel located more than 600 miles away in Shanghai. The stunt, performed at this month’s Shanghai Auto Show, demonstrated just one of the many... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029470/china-racing-ramp-5g-connections-its-biggest-cities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029470/china-racing-ramp-5g-connections-its-biggest-cities?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:17 +0000 At first glance, it looked like the car was driving itself. A backup driver was sitting behind the wheel, but his hands laid idle as the vehicle cruised steadily on a deserted road in Beijing.  The car, though, wasn’t controlled by a computer. It was driven by a human, who was steering the vehicle from a remote panel located more than 600 miles away in Shanghai. The stunt, performed at this month’s Shanghai Auto Show, demonstrated just one of the many potential technologies promised by 5G.    At... https://www.scmp.com/future-tech/china-racing-ramp-5g-connections-its-biggest-cities/article/3017967?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/future-tech/china-racing-ramp-5g-connections-its-biggest-cities/article/3017967?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:17 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Our new China Internet Report brings you insights into the most important trends shaping the world’s largest internet population. You can click the link to read the full report, which includes original takes from Pinduoduo co-founder Dada, SenseTime CEO Xu Li and other China tech insiders. If you’re short on time, though, don’t worry. We’ve spent the past couple of days pouring through the report for you. Here’s our TL;DR version: 1) China and the US... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029469/top-10-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report-2019?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3029469/top-10-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report-2019?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:12 +0000 Our new China Internet Report brings you insights into the most important trends shaping the world’s largest internet population. You can click the link to read the full report, which includes original takes from Pinduoduo co-founder Dada, SenseTime CEO Xu Li and other China tech insiders. If you’re short on time, though, don’t worry. We’ve spent the past couple of days pouring through the report for you. Here’s our TL;DR version: 1) China and the US increasingly operate in two separate... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/top-10-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report-2019/article/3017965?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/top-10-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report-2019/article/3017965?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:00:12 +0000 China's tech industry has undergone a rapid expansion in the past decade and created a brace of giant companies that dominate the home market. Some of these companies are also making their mark globally, from DJI's consumers drones to smartphones by OnePlus and Xiaomi. Now you can navigate this world through this interactive city, created and hosted by our sister tech site, Abacus. Check out China Tech City https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3014962/learn-about-chinas-tech-industry-through-interactive-world-featuring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3014962/learn-about-chinas-tech-industry-through-interactive-world-featuring?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:19:16 +0000 Beijing ByteDance Technology, operator of popular news aggregator Jinri Toutiao and short video app Tik Tok, plans to bring long-form content in China’s streaming video market and compete head-to-head with industry leaders iQiyi, Tencent Video and Youku Tudou. The fast-growing start-up is developing new film and television drama segments for its Xigua Video app, which will be launched either at the end of this year or early next year, according to people familiar with the initiative. It plans to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2164304/bytedance-enter-chinas-long-form-streaming-video-market-challenging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2164304/bytedance-enter-chinas-long-form-streaming-video-market-challenging?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:00:45 +0000 Zheping Huang Zheping Huang Kuaidi Dache founder Andy Chen Weixing was forced out of China’s ride-hailing industry in 2015 after his company merged with competitor Didi Dache to end a ruinous price war and form a larger service provider, Didi Chuxing. As the management at ride-hailing giant Didi struggles to contain the fallout from a second passenger killed in three months, the 35-year-old entrepreneur is back with a new blockchain-based app called VV Go that seeks to improve passenger safety and increase the income of... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2161900/chinese-ride-hailing-pioneer-returns-blockchain-app-boost-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2161900/chinese-ride-hailing-pioneer-returns-blockchain-app-boost-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000 China’s internet users in smaller cities, representing more than half of total netizens in the world’s most-populous nation, remain heavily attached to their mobile phones and are spending an increasing amount of their online time glued to short video content, according to the findings of a newly-released report. Over 80 per cent of netizens in lower tier Chinese cities – classed as tier-three to tier-five in the study – described the mobile phone as their favourite pastime and said they were... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2161653/chinas-smaller-city-net-users-are-mobile-junkies-and-prefer-short-video-content?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2161653/chinas-smaller-city-net-users-are-mobile-junkies-and-prefer-short-video-content?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:02:24 +0000 Every month, some 634 million consumers – nearly half of China’s population – pull up Alibaba Group Holding’s Taobao Marketplace and Tmall e-commerce apps on their smartphones. Whether you are a farmer after crop fertiliser or a new homeowner looking to spend 18,000 yuan (US$2,630) on a 15-piece, Victorian-style furniture set, there is something for everyone. In China, Alibaba has become synonymous with e-commerce, while its Taobao and Tmall platforms are household names. The Hangzhou-based... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2161082/how-alibabas-taobao-solved-trust-problem-china-and-changed-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2161082/how-alibabas-taobao-solved-trust-problem-china-and-changed-way?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:30:45 +0000 More than 19 years since former English teacher Jack Ma Yun led a group of 18 people to build an online retail business in China that would become an e-commerce powerhouse, Alibaba Group Holding has its sights trained on the next big thing – the burgeoning on-demand local services market. Analysts forecast strong long-term growth for Alibaba, thanks to the inclusion of food-delivery unit Ele.me to the company’s core commerce business. This main business, which includes online retail platforms... https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2160896/alibaba-steps-push-demand-local-services-overseas-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2160896/alibaba-steps-push-demand-local-services-overseas-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Aug 2018 23:01:21 +0000 China now has as many internet users as the populations of the United States, Indonesia and Brazil combined. 802 million people in China use the internet as of June 2018. That’s according to a report by the state-run China Internet Network Information Center, released on Monday. 802 million Number of internet users in China. The figure is equivalent to 58% of the population – which is low when compared to about 89% of Americans who are online. 98.3% of China’s internet users get online on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-state-internet-report-says-it-has-802-million-internet-users/article/2160816?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-state-internet-report-says-it-has-802-million-internet-users/article/2160816?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:15:15 +0000 There are now as many internet users in China as there are people in the United States, Indonesia and Brazil combined. While two in five Chinese are still offline, the country’s internet population has grown big enough to open huge market opportunities for hi-tech companies, and provide the government with better access to keep watch over its citizens, according to an analyst. China surpassed the 800-million mark for the number of internet users for the first time, further cementing its position... https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2160609/chinese-internet-users-surge-802-million-test-governments-ability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2160609/chinese-internet-users-surge-802-million-test-governments-ability?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Aug 2018 03:45:45 +0000 People’s Daily, a mouthpiece for China’s ruling Communist Party, has called false advertising a “malignant tumour” and called on internet giants to actively shoulder social responsibility in cleaning it up. The authorities will use “heavy fists” towards such activities that cause public harm, the newspaper said in a commentary published on Tuesday. In the first half of the year, market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2160608/false-advertising-malignant-tumour-warns-peoples-daily-amid-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2160608/false-advertising-malignant-tumour-warns-peoples-daily-amid-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Aug 2018 03:30:00 +0000 Tencent Holdings-backed Qutoutiao, operator of a mobile app that aggregates Chinese news and short videos, may have raised some red flags even as the company looked to attract investors for its proposed US$300 million initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. Shanghai-based Qutoutiao, whose name means “fun headlines”, revealed those concerns as part of the mostly boilerplate clauses in its 47-page-long risk disclosure contained in a prospectus published on Friday. The company said it... https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2160561/china-start-ups-us300-million-ipo-risk-disclosure-no-licences-ebola?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2160561/china-start-ups-us300-million-ipo-risk-disclosure-no-licences-ebola?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:30:15 +0000 Tencent Holdings may run the world’s biggest video games business by revenue and China’s most widely used social media platform, but the company is finding out that it too is subject to the sometimes unpredictable workings of the government. Shenzhen-based Tencent, along with other companies in China’s gaming industry, have been forced to wait patiently on the sidelines amid a regulatory restructuring that has led to a months-long halt on government approval of new games. “There’s a temporary... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2159918/regulatory-wait-sends-tencent-first-profit-drop-2005?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2159918/regulatory-wait-sends-tencent-first-profit-drop-2005?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:02:56 +0000 VipKid, China’s largest online education start-up, is expanding its course offering and adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of a plan to deliver services in 100 countries over the next three years, following its US$500-million funding round in June that valued the company at more than US$3 billion. The company’s expansion initiative, announced at a press conference Beijing on Thursday, followed reports last month that rival start-up Liulishuo planned to raise up to US$300 million... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2158220/vipkid-expand-100-countries-investment-chinas-online-education?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2158220/vipkid-expand-100-countries-investment-chinas-online-education?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:45 +0000 Google’s potential return to China with a censored search app, after almost a decade since it left the country, could mark the strongest challenge yet to domestic online search market leader Baidu. US-based Google has been developing a censored mobile search app that would comply with Chinese regulations, though whether that would be rolled out still depends on approval from the government, a person familiar with the plans told the South China Morning Post. The plan for a search app was first... https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2158050/google-could-give-baidu-serious-run-its-money-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2158050/google-could-give-baidu-serious-run-its-money-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:45 +0000 Google plans to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, marking a major shift in strategy for the US internet giant nearly a decade after it exited the world’s second largest economy over Beijing’s strict censorship rules, according to a report by The Intercept. The final version of Google’s modified search app, which will blacklist sites on human rights, democracy, religion and other issues deemed sensitive by the Chinese government, has already been shown to authorities and is... https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2157850/google-reported-launch-censored-search-engine-china-marking-shift?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2157850/google-reported-launch-censored-search-engine-china-marking-shift?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:30:30 +0000 Baidu chairman and chief executive Robin Li Yanhong is taking a page out of fellow tech billionaire Pony Ma Huateng’s playbook, by pushing to introduce mini-programs, which have helped Ma’s Tencent Holdings surpass 1 billion users and boost engagement time. But Li could not resist taking a dig at the competition – “We design to enrich people’s lives, not to help them kill time”. Nasdaq-listed Baidu, China’s largest search engine operator, is “gaining share”, compared to most “super apps”,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2157795/baidu-follows-tencents-lead-building-super-app-ecosystem-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/2157795/baidu-follows-tencents-lead-building-super-app-ecosystem-new?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Sohu.com, once known as one of China’s leading internet portals, has fallen out of the league of companies worth at least US$1 billion in market value, another step in the long decline from its peak in 2011. Shares of Nasdaq-traded Sohu dropped 4.7 per cent to an 11-year low in New York on Tuesday. The company’s stock has declined more than 70 per cent since the record US$105.74 set on April 29, 2011. The prolonged slump has cut its market capitalisation to US$981.1 million. Sohu did not... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157714/sohu-chinese-internet-pioneer-tumbles-out-billion-dollar-stock-market-club?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157714/sohu-chinese-internet-pioneer-tumbles-out-billion-dollar-stock-market-club?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:45:48 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS China has twice as many internet users as the United States has people -- and that gap is only going to grow. That's one of the many things you can learn from the China Internet Report 2018, a joint venture between us at Abacus, the South China Morning Post and 500 Startups. I sat down with the SCMP's Kong Ho Chua and Edith Yeung of 500 Startups to talk about the report. We went over the big takeaways, Edith laid out her advice to startups worried about... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028675/listen-our-breakdown-china-internet-report-podcast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028675/listen-our-breakdown-china-internet-report-podcast?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:22:14 +0000 China has twice as many internet users as the United States has people -- and that gap is only going to grow. That's one of the many things you can learn from the China Internet Report 2018, a joint venture between us at Abacus, the South China Morning Post and 500 Startups. I sat down with the SCMP's Kong Ho Chua and Edith Yeung of 500 Startups to talk about the report. We went over the big takeaways, Edith laid out her advice to startups worried about competing with China's tech titans, and we... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/listen-our-breakdown-china-internet-report-podcast/article/2156997?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/listen-our-breakdown-china-internet-report-podcast/article/2156997?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:22:14 +0000 The China Internet Report, a unique collaboration between Abacus, 500 Startups, and the South China Morning Post, highlights four overarching trends that have emerged in China’s thriving tech industry. In this podcast the principal authors of the report – Edith Yeung, partner and head of China at 500 Startups; Ravi Hiranand, executive producer of Abacus; and Chua Kong Ho, SCMP's technology editor – discuss the following trends: 1. Giants are doing everything Whether it’s building, investing, or... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2157012/podcast-social-media-ai-business-and-how-people-use-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2157012/podcast-social-media-ai-business-and-how-people-use-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:02:03 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Cryptocurrency may be banned in China, but there’s a blockchain boom of sorts happening right now. The number of companies with “blockchain” in their name soared in the first seven months of the year, with 4,000 companies registered from January to July 16 -- that’s six times as many compared to the entire year before, according to the South China Morning Post. In comparison, the US has only 817 -- about a fifth of the number in China. The China... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028638/china-sees-spike-companies-blockchain-their-name?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028638/china-sees-spike-companies-blockchain-their-name?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:00:30 +0000 Cryptocurrency may be banned in China, but there’s a blockchain boom of sorts happening right now. The number of companies with “blockchain” in their name soared in the first seven months of the year, with 4,000 companies registered from January to July 16 -- that’s six times as many compared to the entire year before, according to the South China Morning Post. In comparison, the US has only 817 -- about a fifth of the number in China. The China Internet Report 2018 highlights how heavily the... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/china-sees-spike-companies-blockchain-their-name/article/2155667?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/china-sees-spike-companies-blockchain-their-name/article/2155667?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:00:30 +0000 Chua Kong Ho,Zen Soo,Iris Deng Chua Kong Ho,Zen Soo,Iris Deng When Singapore-based e-commerce start-up ShopBack decided to shift its business strategy, co-founder Joel Leong looked to China for direction instead of Silicon Valley. “When ShopBack first launched, we focused heavily on e-commerce via desktop,” Leong said. “But we later realised that companies in China were very focused on mobile apps.” That led the company to adopt a mobile-first strategy by launching its own ShopBack app, which directs users to buy products and services from the mobile apps... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2155155/chinas-internet-ecosystem-model-increasingly-being-copied-globally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2155155/chinas-internet-ecosystem-model-increasingly-being-copied-globally?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:30:30 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS 500 Startups partner Edith Yeung talks with Ravi Hiranand about how AI technology like facial recognition can solve "pain points" in China, and the use of blockchain in areas like gaming.  Baidu’s new blockchain game allows you to gamble on the World Cup For more insights into China tech, sign up for our tech newsletters, subscribe to our Inside China Tech podcast, and download the comprehensive 2019 China Internet Report. Also roam China Tech City, an... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028621/how-china-using-artificial-intelligence-and-blockchain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028621/how-china-using-artificial-intelligence-and-blockchain?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:30:00 +0000 500 Startups partner Edith Yeung talks with Ravi Hiranand about how AI technology like facial recognition can solve "pain points" in China, and the use of blockchain in areas like gaming. https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/how-china-using-artificial-intelligence-and-blockchain/article/2154634?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/how-china-using-artificial-intelligence-and-blockchain/article/2154634?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:30:00 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS About one in six people in the US have gotten used to commanding their Amazon Echo or Google Home with voice. But in China, where consumers seem quick to adopt new technology like mobile payment, smart speakers still don’t have much appeal. In 2017, US consumers bought 25 million smart speakers. But in China, they bought just 350,000. To put that number into context, the country has over 100 smart speaker developers (including all of the tech giants)... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028619/why-arent-people-buying-smart-speakers-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028619/why-arent-people-buying-smart-speakers-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:45:00 +0000 About one in six people in the US have gotten used to commanding their Amazon Echo or Google Home with voice. But in China, where consumers seem quick to adopt new technology like mobile payment, smart speakers still don’t have much appeal. In 2017, US consumers bought 25 million smart speakers. But in China, they bought just 350,000. To put that number into context, the country has over 100 smart speaker developers (including all of the tech giants) and China’s 772 million internet users,... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/why-arent-people-buying-smart-speakers-china/article/2154623?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/why-arent-people-buying-smart-speakers-china/article/2154623?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:45:00 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Abacus executive producer Ravi Hiranand, South China Morning Post technology editor Chua Kong Ho, and 500 Startups partner Edith Yeung explain the big names and wider trends shaping China's technology at RISE 2018 in Hong Kong.  The top ten things you need to know from the China Internet Report   For more insights into China tech, sign up for our tech newsletters, subscribe to our Inside China Tech podcast, and download the comprehensive 2019 China... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028618/highlights-rise-2018-china-internet-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028618/highlights-rise-2018-china-internet-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:30:15 +0000 Abacus executive producer Ravi Hiranand, South China Morning Post technology editor Chua Kong Ho, and 500 Startups partner Edith Yeung explain the big names and wider trends shaping China's technology at RISE 2018 in Hong Kong. https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/highlights-rise-2018-china-internet-report/article/2154545?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/highlights-rise-2018-china-internet-report/article/2154545?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:30:15 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS We’ve been poring over the China Internet Report 2018 for days now. You can read the full report here, but we’ve also pulled out the top ten takeaways for you: 1) China has nearly 3 times the number of internet users as the United States, and the gap will only widen. China has 772 million internet users, vastly more than the 292 million in the US. And there’s still plenty of room to grow -- internet penetration is only at 55% in China, while in the US,... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028616/top-ten-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028616/top-ten-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:45 +0000 We’ve been poring over the China Internet Report 2018 for days now. You can read the full report here, but we’ve also pulled out the top ten takeaways for you: 1) China has nearly 3 times the number of internet users as the United States, and the gap will only widen. China has 772 million internet users, vastly more than the 292 million in the US. And there’s still plenty of room to grow -- internet penetration is only at 55% in China, while in the US, it’s 89%. 2) Beijing is China’s unicorn... https://www.scmp.com/top-ten-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report/article/2154023?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/top-ten-things-you-need-know-china-internet-report/article/2154023?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:45 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS Chinese internet users love short video apps. In 2017, the amount of time Chinese internet users spent watching short videos tripled from the year before. 600 million people actively use short video apps — almost 80% of all mobile internet users in China, according to the 2018 China Internet Report. They became so popular that Douyin, known as Tik Tok overseas, had to add an anti-addiction feature -- alerting users if they spend over 90 minutes straight... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028617/why-are-chinese-internet-users-so-hooked-short-video-apps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028617/why-are-chinese-internet-users-so-hooked-short-video-apps?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:45 +0000 Chinese internet users love short video apps. In 2017, the amount of time Chinese internet users spent watching short videos tripled from the year before. 600 million people actively use short video apps — almost 80% of all mobile internet users in China, according to the 2018 China Internet Report. They became so popular that Douyin, known as Tik Tok overseas, had to add an anti-addiction feature -- alerting users if they spend over 90 minutes straight in the app, locking them out completely if... https://www.scmp.com/why-are-chinese-internet-users-so-hooked-short-video-apps/article/2154402?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/why-are-chinese-internet-users-so-hooked-short-video-apps/article/2154402?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:45 +0000 In most parts of the world, it’s unimaginable for a popular app or an online trend to disappear overnight just because the government wants it to. In February this year, China’s hottest mobile trend was HQ Trivia-like quiz apps. More than a dozen sprung up in a month. The best-performing ones had millions of people tuning in daily, with the record of 4.3 million for a single game. Developers were excited -- one believed that they were “the future of television”. And then it came to a halt. Right... https://www.scmp.com/how-chinas-tech-scene-shaped-government/article/2154415?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/how-chinas-tech-scene-shaped-government/article/2154415?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:30 +0000 This article originally appeared on ABACUS In most parts of the world, it’s unimaginable for a popular app or an online trend to disappear overnight just because the government wants it to. In February this year, China’s hottest mobile trend was HQ Trivia-like quiz apps. More than a dozen sprung up in a month. The best-performing ones had millions of people tuning in daily, with the record of 4.3 million for a single game. Developers were excited -- one believed that they were “the future of... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028615/how-chinas-tech-scene-shaped-government?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3028615/how-chinas-tech-scene-shaped-government?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:30:30 +0000