Blog China ends 9-month freeze on video-game licensing Dec 31, 2018 Commercial licensing had been on hold since March. (Bloomberg pic) HONG KONG: China has ended a nine-month freeze on video games, approving 80 new…
Innovation China Is Building Its First Huge Battery Storage Facility Dec 28, 2018 Batteries Not Included The Chinese government approved the plans for a massive energy storage grid in Gansu Province on Monday, according to a…
Blog Digital marketing set for phenomenal growth in China next year Dec 26, 2018 SEVERAL Asian and global studies have pointed out that Chinese consumers love shopping online and spend an enormous amount of time watching…
Tech Industry Google’s China search project gets stung Dec 25, 2018 Google CEO Sundar Pichai said last week the company has “no plans” to launch a search product in China. James Martin/CNET Google’s Dragonfly…
iPhone Apple Hit With Sales Ban on Older iPhones in China, Qualcomm Says Dec 25, 2018 The Nov. 30 decision by a Chinese intellectual-property court is the first in the world’s largest smartphone market that seeks to curtail iPhone…
Tech and Gadget China demands release of Huawei executive Dec 6, 2018 The Chinese embassy in Canada strongly protested the arrest of Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer, at the behest of U.S. authorities on…
Artificial intelligence Baidu sets record for AI patents in China with 2,368 filings Dec 6, 2018 Baidu, often considered China’s equivalent of Google, has set a record for the number of AI-related patents filed in the country. The search engine…
Social Media How Google handled plans for censored search in China Nov 30, 2018 Days after Google employees published an open letter calling for the company to cancel its controversial efforts to create a censored search engine…
Mac Trump Suggests Tariffs Could Be Placed on iPhones and Laptops Imported From China | Mac Nov 27, 2018 In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he might implement a 10 percent tariff on iPhones and laptops…
Tech and Gadget Coolpad M3 unveiled in China at CNY 799 Nov 26, 2018 Last we heard of Coolpad was much earlier this year, somewhere in May, when the company sued three group firms of Xiaomi, possibly worth up to $10…