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Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has tweeted that some lawmakers have ‘caved’ on reinstating a ban on the Chinese telecoms company ZTE. Photo: Bloomberg

Congress has capitulated to Trump on ZTE, a Republican senator says

Senator Marco Rubio bemoans a ‘cave on ZTE’ as the trade-off for a strengthening of foreign investment oversight.

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Chinese court moves to streamline admission of WeChat and QQ chats in civil disputes

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Chinese court to streamline use of WeChat and QQ chats in civil cases

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Founded in the Hong Kong Science Park in 2014, SenseTime has already raised more than US$1.2 billion in two funding rounds this year

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20 Jul 2018 - 2:43pm

Proponents of the scheme hope that trains will be able to run in vacuum-sealed tunnels at speeds of 1,300km per hour. Photo: Guizhou New Media Centre

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Could 1,220km/h trains debut in this remote Chinese city?

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According to outside experts who reviewed documents for CNBC, Amazon's auto-scaling technology may have broken down under the boom in traffic

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Amazon called huge conference call to deal with Prime Day glitches

20 Jul 2018 - 9:27am

The assessment, made in a report signed off by Britain’s GCHQ spy agency, will intensify the espionage debate around Huawei Technologies, which has come under increasing fire in the United States and Australia over concerns it could facilitate Chinese government spying.

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UK says Huawei ‘shortcomings’ expose new telecom networks risks

20 Jul 2018 - 8:45am 6

Online video service operators are spending huge sums to acquire exclusive videos and produce self-made content

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China football fans flock to online streamers to watch World Cup games

19 Jul 2018 - 10:23am

Google takes another step into Chinese market with AI drawing game on WeChat

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Google takes another step into China market with AI drawing game on WeChat

19 Jul 2018 - 2:18pm

Long dominated by taxis, Japan’s US$15 billion car-transport industry is starting to show signs of change

Tech

SoftBank and China’s Didi to bring taxi-hailing business to Japan

19 Jul 2018 - 2:25pm

The focus on Huawei’s research ties in the US comes at a time of heightened tensions between China and the US over the control and development of new technologies and the implications for national security.

Tech

Top Huawei executive calls on US lawmakers to safeguard academic freedom

19 Jul 2018 - 8:22pm 4

Visitors experience facial recognition technology at the Face++ booth during the China Public Security Expo in Shenzhen, China October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Tech

Future of travel: new Beijing airport embraces facial recognition tech

18 Jul 2018 - 5:36pm 16

The flexible displays are attached to a small external power supply than can be recharged

Tech

TV on a top hat now a reality thanks to China unicorn Royole

19 Jul 2018 - 10:28am 2

The blockchain name game in China echoes the trend during the internet bubble in the late 1990s, when many companies around the world added ‘dot-com’ or ‘dot-net’ to their names

Enterprises

China sees sixfold surge in new companies with ‘blockchain’ in name

17 Jul 2018 - 8:47am 2

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A Foxconn smartphone factory in China. Photo: EPA

The tools – and weapons – China can use for tech supremacy

16 Jul 2018 - 8:34am 9

America's unassailable lead in semiconductor manufacturing is the dividend from over 50 years of research and development

China can’t escape US tech dependence, but neither can the world

4 Jul 2018 - 7:50am 28

Investors tracking stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

Brace for an even bigger bubble in China’s stock markets

18 Jun 2018 - 8:17am 5

Angela Merkel officiated at the opening ceremony for an innovation centre in Shenzhen. Photo: Reuters

After her Shenzhen trip, will Angela Merkel stop in Hong Kong next time?

27 May 2018 - 9:39pm 18

Asia’s US$200 billion man would be better placed to consider disruptions closer to home

Asia’s hundred billion-dollar man should disrupt closer to home

27 May 2018 - 9:36pm 1

China lagging US in autonomous driving but gap is narrowing, says start-up Pony.ai

Start-ups

China lagging US in self driving cars but gap is narrowing, says start-up Pony.ai

19 Jul 2018 - 10:34am

Latest fundraising brings fintech brokerage a valuation of US$1.06 billion

China Tech

A copper baron’s touch turns Tiger Brokers into China’s latest unicorn

11 Jul 2018 - 8:02am

China’s Tinder embraces AI as it eyes growth from the country’s singles

China Tech

The latest use for AI in China is making sure dating app photos are real

12 Jul 2018 - 9:05am

China Internet Report offers insights into country’s internet landscape, including its unicorns, top internet companies, and most active investors

China Tech

True dominance of China's big three internet companies revealed

10 Jul 2018 - 11:36pm 17

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace (15) drives around Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Photo: AP

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NBA champion Metta World Peace to launch social sports app in China

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Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has tweeted that some lawmakers have ‘caved’ on reinstating a ban on the Chinese telecoms company ZTE. Photo: Bloomberg

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Congress has capitulated to Trump on ZTE, a Republican senator says

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Proponents of the scheme hope that trains will be able to run in vacuum-sealed tunnels at speeds of 1,300km per hour. Photo: Guizhou New Media Centre

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Could 1,220km/h trains debut in this remote Chinese city?

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Google takes another step into Chinese market with AI drawing game on WeChat

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Google takes another step into China market with AI drawing game on WeChat

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Huawei has maintained fast growth momentum despite headwinds for broader industry shipments this year

China Tech Business

Huawei has Apple in its sights as it targets 200m shipments in 2018

Thursday, 19 July, 2018, 11:25pm

Mah Shao-qian, a recent Student of the Year Awards winner, said there was increased emphasis on the start-up culture in Hong Kong, which helps encourage more people to become entrepreneurs

China Tech Start-ups Enterprises

Elon Musk-inspired entrepreneur sees tech driving Hong Kong’s start-up culture

Thursday, 19 July, 2018, 6:07am

The deal marks the latest investment made by Bitmain, which is also the world’s biggest supplier of cryptocurrency mining equipment, in the red-hot blockchain sector

Enterprises Innovation China Tech China Business Companies

China’s largest bitcoin miner invests in Hong Kong blockchain start-up

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, 1:00am

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi gets US$500 million funding boost from Booking Holdings

Start-ups Apps & Gaming China Tech

China’s Didi gets US$500 million boost from Priceline parent

Tuesday, 17 July, 2018, 6:19pm

Chinese court moves to streamline admission of WeChat and QQ chats in civil disputes

China Tech

Chinese court to streamline use of WeChat and QQ chats in civil cases

20 Jul 2018 - 10:02pm More on WeChat

Founded in the Hong Kong Science Park in 2014, SenseTime has already raised more than US$1.2 billion in two funding rounds this year

Enterprises

SoftBank fund seeks investment in Chinese AI giant SenseTime

20 Jul 2018 - 2:43pm More on Artificial intelligence

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The EU’s decision would bring the running total of Google fines to about €6.7 billion after last year’s penalty over the US firm’s shopping-search services

Enterprises

Google fined record US$5 billion by EU, told to alter Android model

18 Jul 2018 - 8:26pm 7 More on Google

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Google takes another step into Chinese market with AI drawing game on WeChat

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19 Jul 2018 - 2:18pm More on WeChat

The EU’s decision would bring the running total of Google fines to about €6.7 billion after last year’s penalty over the US firm’s shopping-search services

Enterprises

Google fined record US$5 billion by EU, told to alter Android model

18 Jul 2018 - 8:26pm 7 More on Google

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium (left) has dual cameras, while the Huawei P20 Pro has a three-camera set-up, including a telephoto lens. Photo: Ben Sin

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Xperia XZ2 Premium, first Sony dual-camera phone, a match for best

16 Jul 2018 - 1:38pm More on Sony

Initiatives taken by Chinese internet companies to create expanded online platforms and super apps, which support multiple services to offer more convenience to users, are now being duplicated by online firms based overseas

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Mah Shao-qian, a recent Student of the Year Awards winner, said there was increased emphasis on the start-up culture in Hong Kong, which helps encourage more people to become entrepreneurs

China Tech

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19 Jul 2018 - 6:07am More on Technology

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi gets US$500 million funding boost from Booking Holdings

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China’s Didi gets US$500 million boost from Priceline parent

17 Jul 2018 - 6:19pm More on Didi Chuxing

The blockchain name game in China echoes the trend during the internet bubble in the late 1990s, when many companies around the world added ‘dot-com’ or ‘dot-net’ to their names

Enterprises

China sees sixfold surge in new companies with ‘blockchain’ in name

17 Jul 2018 - 8:47am 2 More on Blockchain

Apps & Gaming

Chinese court moves to streamline admission of WeChat and QQ chats in civil disputes

China Tech

Chinese court to streamline use of WeChat and QQ chats in civil cases

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Innovation

Founded in the Hong Kong Science Park in 2014, SenseTime has already raised more than US$1.2 billion in two funding rounds this year

Enterprises

SoftBank fund seeks investment in Chinese AI giant SenseTime

20 Jul 2018 - 2:43pm More on Artificial intelligence

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The EU’s decision would bring the running total of Google fines to about €6.7 billion after last year’s penalty over the US firm’s shopping-search services

Enterprises

Google fined record US$5 billion by EU, told to alter Android model

18 Jul 2018 - 8:26pm 7 More on Google

Google takes another step into China market with AI drawing game on WeChat

19 Jul, 2:18pm

China’s largest bitcoin miner invests in Hong Kong blockchain start-up

18 Jul, 1:00am

The digital world is looking to China, not Silicon Valley – here’s why

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China Internet Report offers insights into country’s internet landscape, including its unicorns, top internet companies, and most active investors

China Tech

True dominance of China's big three internet companies revealed

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Science & Research

China’s AI industry gets the most funding, but lags the US in key talent, says Tsinghua

China Tech

China’s AI industry gets the most funding, but lags US in key talent

19 Jul 2018 - 10:40am 2 More on Artificial intelligence

The race to cash in on the satellite-launching industry is heating up around the world, with spaceports also planned from Canada to Alaska to Guam

Europe

Britain to join space race, building launch site in northern Scotland

16 Jul 2018 - 9:02pm More on Space

‘One hundred billion neutrinos go through your thumbnail every second, but in all likelihood not a single one of them will ever hit an atom of your thumb in your lifetime’

World

Scientists trace distant origin of ghostly neutrino particles

13 Jul 2018 - 11:03pm More on Science

E-commerce

City’super first opened in Hong Kong in 1996. Photo: Dickson Lee

Companies

Hong Kong’s supermarket chain City’super eyes China expansion

16 Jul 2018 - 9:58pm 1 More on Retailing

Women drive cross-border transactions on WeChat Pay as ‘she economy’ expected to be worth US$700 billion by 2019

China Tech

Women drive cross-border transactions on WeChat Pay

19 Jul 2018 - 10:48am More on Mobile payments

Initiatives taken by Chinese internet companies to create expanded online platforms and super apps, which support multiple services to offer more convenience to users, are now being duplicated by online firms based overseas

Enterprises

The digital world is looking to China, not Silicon Valley – here’s why

15 Jul 2018 - 4:12pm 12 More on China technology

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