A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan
A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan
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Jack Liu
Jack Liu

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan
A Chinese government report last week said that China’s three internet giants - Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent - all have mobile software categorised as rogue apps. Photo: Martin Chan
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