The world's most populous nation, China is undoubtedly an important market in the global ICT landscape. Our coverage zooms in on key market segments including cybersecurity, mobile as well as the social media and Internet landscape.
Chinese internet giant talks up new product releases such as Anti-Bot Service and its datacentre footprint in Asia-Pacific as key differentiators against cloud rivals, Amazon Web Services and Google.
Despite all the hype and expectations surrounding 5G, Huawei has said there is no urgency on waiting for the Australian government's decision, because the technology will evolve slowly.
5G trials have attained speeds of 14Gbps using mmWave spectrum, China Mobile Hong Kong has announced.
Investment in blockchain needs to focus on protocol and fundamental infrastructure, says the founder of Node Capital, a Chinese venture capital focused on the technology, as the area is not mature enough and has potential for huge growth.
Google, which exited the Chinese market in 2010 due to government censorship, is rumored to be returning to the country with a censored app to comply with local laws.
The Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo has been criticized by the media for selling knockoffs after its initial public offering in the US in late July.
The initial push for sustainable corporate initiatives has given way to a longer view that leverages the value of digitized information, IoT analytics, and optimization via environmental monitoring.
The export trade ban and $1.4 billion penalty aimed at ZTE by the US government has led to the Chinese tech company reporting a first-quarter consolidated net loss of 5.3 billion yuan or $778 million.
Huawei made 326 billion yuan, or almost $48 billion, in revenue during the first half of 2018.
The social media giant that has been blocked for a decade has had its approval to stand up an innovation hub withdrawn by the Chinese government.
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Global car giant Hyundai Motor has invested an undisclosed sum into Chinese e-scooter maker Immotor to collaborate on person mobility businesses.
The world's most popular social network remains banned in China as the government requires censorship on the site's content.
Australia is facing multiple barriers in deploying and adopting 5G technology, 5G World Alliance chair Latif Ladid has said, suggesting better promotion, university curricula, 'pressure groups', and a detailed 5G roadmap.
Nanjing, the capital of China's Jiangsu province, has launched a 10 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) blockchain investment fund to foster the token economy and public blockchain projects.
While finding several low-priority issues in its annual evaluation of Huawei's Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, the UK's NCSC overall found Huawei to be providing 'unique, world-class cybersecurity expertise'.
I've had hands-on experience with some amazing smartphones from China that you may not have heard about before. Here is a selection of my favourites.
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I tested some of the best Bluetooth headphones I could find, and loved some of their features.
Xiaomi plans to make the Mi Mix available in China this November.
I noticed lots of tech habits in China on my recent trip to the country. Here are the main trends which I think will be adopted over here soon.
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Controversial Global hacking conference Hack In The Box just celebrated its ten-year mark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event attracted hackers from all over the world and company participants that included Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, Amazon, sponsor 'friends' such as Megaupload, and many more.
The Chinese tech giant drafts engineers straight from universities around the country to drive its huge R&D effort. What do they find when they get to Shenzhen - and more to the point, what are the canteens like?
For such a tiny hockey puck, it's surprising just how much of a voyage my new Apple TV went on to get to my living room.
The unfinished Fujitsu K Computer, at more than 8 petaflops, is more than three times more powerful than China's second place machine.
A run down of some of the most controversial decisions or actions by Google, including some of their biggest mistakes to date.
One of the most interesting groups of technologists in China are the shanzhai. They form small companies which cluster together in larger groups, trying to produce new gizmos so fast that nobody can quite catch up with them.
From China to France to Romania, researchers are working to prevent the flu's spread.
China President Hu Jintao pays a visit to Microsoft's headquarters to meet execs and get a look at new technology.
Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Public Security created two anime-style cartoon Internet police mascots "to intimidate."
Facebook has set up a subsidiary in Hangzhou, China, with registered capital of $30 million, Chinese technology website 36kr.com reported on Tuesday, citing an official business registration filing. Read more: https://zd.net/2JT7uzQ
The Chinese city of Nanjing has launched a 10 billion yuan blockchain investment fund to foster the token economy and public blockchain projects in China. Read more: https://zd.net/2LgIzeX
Suning Logistics revealed it signed a strategic partnership with Baidu Apollo to accelerate commercial application of self-driving tech, which could see mass production of unmanned delivery vehicles by 2020. Read more: https://zd.net/2N3fNew
Huawei, Intel, and China Mobile have completed 5G interoperability and development testing, which they said would help accelerate the commercialisation of 5G networking equipment globally. Read more: https://zd.net/2MZXnLs
Chinese e-commerce operator says its artificial intelligence copywriting tool, which can produce 20,000 lines of copy a second, has been used by merchants on its sites a million times a day.
Chinese internet giant Tencent is seeking to spin off its online music entertainment business and aim for an initial public offering in the US, according to a stock filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Read more: https://zd.net/2KEJB49
HTC and China Mobile have announced a 5G Devices Forerunner Initiative, aiming to push 'mass VR adoption' and accelerate production and deployment of 5G devices and infrastructure in China. Read more: https://zd.net/2Kpwekb
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is set to become the largest tech listing across the world this year despite its last-minute decision to pull its application for a mainland share offering. Read more: https://zd.net/2MntZPc
Google has announced a multimillion-dollar investment in JD.com, hoping to break into the Chinese retail market and win over 'hard to please' consumers. Read more: https://zd.net/2LYPsgV
BNZ's merchant customers can now accept Alipay thanks to a pilot underway with Verifone.
The ALP has given approval to a possible banning of Huawei from Australian 5G network deployments, stating it is in line with the 2012 ban imposed on the company by the then-Labor government that denied Huawei the ability to bid for NBN work.
The deal with ZTE was a 'personal favour' to the Chinese president, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has said, and it boosted 'goodwill' for the North Korea summit.
As the International Space Station (ISS) faces future funding cutbacks, China has jumped into the fray with off-world plans of its own.
Trump has said that he is working with the president of China to give ZTE 'a way to get back into business, fast'. Read more: https://zd.net/2jV989H
In a Hong Kong Exchanges filing on Wednesday, ZTE told investors that 'major operating activities of the company have ceased' because of the US Commerce Department's export ban. Read more: https://zd.net/2IcBNl1
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