China tech

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global decided to delist in New York after facing scrutiny from Chinese authorities over data protection.
China tech

China to enforce cross-border data transfer rules in September

Communications, finance and transportation among sectors to face security reviews

9 July 2022
College students attend a commencement ceremony in Chongqing on June 22. Graduates face an increasingly tight labor market.
China tech

More Chinese college grads want careers as streamers, influencers

State-sector jobs also popular as young people seek stability

8 July 2022
China's CanSemi Technology has raised around $672 million to fund the construction of new facilities and expand its production.  (Screenshot from CanSemi website)
DealStreetAsia

China chipmaker CanSemi raises $672m to boost output

Company wants to build new production facilities to supply south of country

5 July 2022
China's Great Wall Motor sold 500 limited-edition Ora Good Cat EVs, its entire stock, in 58 minutes at the model's launch last week.
Automobiles

Chinese automakers dominate booming Thai EV market

Government pushes PTT-Foxconn joint venture to roll out cars within year

5 July 2022
Tencent, operator of China's popular WeChat app, says its online advertising business fell 18% to 18 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) in the first quarter. (Screenshot from Tencent's website)
China tech

Chinese companies slash advertising as COVID slowdown bites

Internet groups Tencent and Baidu rule out quick recovery in ad budgets

29 June 2022
Alibaba Group Holding has been subject to multiple penalties from China's antitrust regulators.
China tech

China completes overhaul of antitrust law to corral Big Tech

Legislation takes effect Aug. 1, keeping pressure on sector despite earlier signs of easing

25 June 2022
An Osaka hotel featuring a gaming floor. Tencent's Japanese business has been posting triple-digit annual growth, driven by cloud services for games. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)
Technology

Tencent to open third data center in Japan on cloud computing demand

Chinese tech giant to also add new metaverse offerings

22 June 2022
An ad promoting China's "618" shopping event. Company sources at JD.com say its community group-buying business, Jingxi Pinpin, is unsustainable. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta).
Caixin

JD.com retreats again from money-losing group-buying business

Early gains prove transitory; e-commerce giant to end service in 7 provinces

21 June 2022
ByteDance's 2019 acquisition of the core group behind 101 Studio was seen as laying the groundwork to challenge the dominance of Tencent Holdings in mobile gaming.
17 June 2022
An advertisement for China's "618" online shopping festival outside a shopping mall in Beijing. The blitz is the country's second-biggest retail event after the end-of-year Singles' Day.
Retail

China's COVID-hit shoppers focus on value as retail blitz wraps up

'Prudent' spending during '618' festival expected to top last year's event

17 June 2022
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E-bikes in Indonesia and stormy skies for China's cloud giants

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

16 June 2022
Didi Global had a solid debut on the OTC Pink Market on Monday, rising 7.4%. 
Markets

Didi's ride from the NYSE to OTC: 5 things to know

Chinese company's transition to Pink Market may not be dead end for investors

14 June 2022
New Oriental's Dong Yuhui offers English lessons while pitching food products on video app Douyin. At right is the headquarters of New Oriental Education & Technology in Beijing. (Source images from Douyin and Reuters)
Education

Livestreaming with bonus English lessons drives HK stock surge

Shares of China's Koolearn double as pivot from online tutoring accelerates

13 June 2022
Alibaba Group is facing tougher competition and a Chinese government crackdown on internet businesses.
Companies

Ailing Alibaba tries to heal itself from within

Founding member Dai emerges as key to Chinese tech giant's future

12 June 2022
As of the end of 2021, Huawei has been granted more than 110,000 patents worldwide.
Caixin

Huawei steps up efforts at domestic licensing of thousands of patents

Telcom giant holds over 110,000 patents for smartphones, Wi-Fi devices, others

11 June 2022
The cancellation of Ant Group's IPO in 2020 was a symbolic event in Chinese regulators' clampdown on tech firms. 
IPO

U.S.-listed China stocks tank after Ant IPO revival reports denied

Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduodo suffer big declines

10 June 2022
Didi Global has been barred from signing up new customers for its ride-hailing services and other apps since last July. 
Transportation

Didi to exit NYSE on June 10 amid uncertainty about China restart

Group readies apps for relaunch but Beijing undecided on penalty for ride-hailer

9 June 2022
Top online sales host Li Jiaqi is known as China's "Lipstick King" for selling 15,000 tubes in five minutes on Alibaba's Taobao livestreaming platform.
Media & Entertainment

Disappearance of China's online sales king is blow to Alibaba

Li Jiaqi is latest superstar livestreamer to go silent amid crackdown on sector

8 June 2022
Chinese truck-hailing apps Huochebang and Yunmanman were halted from taking on new customers for nearly a year after Beijing opened a cybersecurity probe against their owner Full Truck Alliance.
China tech

Beijing begins to relax pressure on New York-listed trio

Full Truck adds clients again after yearlong halt while Didi nears delisting

6 June 2022
China’s e-book market is increasingly hazardous given Beijing’s tightening censorship and data-security controls.
Media & Entertainment

Amazon.com closes book on Kindle in China

Pioneering e-reader has lost market share to local rivals

2 June 2022
Alibaba is building up its home delivery service through logistics platform Cainiao to stem a loss of business to rivals including JD.com and Pinduoduo.
Retail

Alibaba boosts local warehouse network to speed up daily orders

Online shopping group seeks to better match rivals' home-delivery offerings

2 June 2022
Beyond the uncertainty surrounding COVID, Chinese companies listed in the U.S. face the risk of delisting over whether oversight is granted to an American accounting regulator.
Markets

U.S.-listed Chinese equities climb on stimulus and easing lockdown

China tech stocks stage broader rally as investor optimism grows

1 June 2022
Japan's Fugaku, developed by the Riken Institute and Fujitsu, has been knocked off the top spot in a ranking of supercomputer calculation speeds after a two-year reign. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
Technology

Japan's Fugaku cedes fastest computer crown to U.S.'s Frontier

America and China in race to the top of cutting-edge supercomputing

30 May 2022
A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan: Semiconductor sanctions require commitment from only a handful of companies.
Opinion

Sanction semiconductors to deter China's Taiwan ambitions

China spends more on microchips than crude oil

30 May 2022
Huawei has sought to diversify its operations under pressure from U.S. sanctions.
China tech

Huawei's quick-delivery data center cuts construction time by half

Modular facility requires smaller space, responds to breakdowns with AI

27 May 2022