China tech

Huawei Technologies will build an energy storage system at the Red Sea Project, a massive tourism complex under construction on the coast of Saudi Arabia. (Photo courtesy of Red Sea Development Co.)
China tech

Huawei pivots to renewable energy as smartphones slump

U.S. sanctions force Chinese company to pursue solar power and storage projects

3 March 2022
Honor unveils its Magic 4 Pro phone, its first premium handset for the global market. (Photo courtesy of Honor)
China tech

China's Honor unveils first premium smartphone for global market

Former budget arm of Huawei aims to move into higher-end with Magic 4 series

28 February 2022
Chinese internet users last week questioned Didi's motives in moving to pull out of Russia.
Ukraine war

China's Didi cancels exit from Russia under public pressure

Ride-hailing operator in struggle to stem losses

28 February 2022
Alibaba's sales suffer as it faces regulatory crackdown and intensifying competition.
China tech

Alibaba Group reports slowest-ever quarterly revenue growth

Profits plunge as e-commerce giant faces crackdown, heated competition

25 February 2022
Oppo's new flagship Find X5 series features a neural processing unit that uses custom AI algorithms to handle images and video. (Source photos courtesy of Oppo) 
Technology

China's Oppo aims to double high-end phone sales despite chip crunch

Smartphone maker fuels global expansion bid with first in-house chip

24 February 2022
Vietnam's OpenCommerce says it can help Chinese online vendors reach international customers. (Photo based on screenshots from OpenCommerce's website) 
Technology

Vietnam startup raises $7m in quest to challenge Alibaba in China

Shopify-like drop shipper service eyes e-commerce expansion in Asia and beyond

24 February 2022
The production line of silicon wafer at a factory in Jiaxing, China, pictured in May 2021: manufacturing capacity for less advanced semiconductors will grow rapidly.
Opinion

Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis

Only companies investing in advanced semiconductors will see their margins increase

24 February 2022
Beyond selling its Wenxing stake, ByteDance is shutting down or planning to sell all its other securities businesses.
Caixin

ByteDance to exit securities business as China tightens rules

TikTok owner's subsidiary agrees to sell entire stake for $3.16m

23 February 2022
Alibaba's cloud unit, which reported 33% on-year revenue growth for the quarter ended September, is also facing regulatory scrutiny. 
China tech

Alibaba to report quarterly results as weak online sales bite

Beijing's crackdown on China's tech sector pressures e-commerce giant

23 February 2022
A visitor tries out a headset at the Baidu booth during the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing in September 2021: Beijing will likely not want kids to start tripping out behind virtual reality headsets.
Opinion

How Xi Jinping will control the 'Sinoverse'

China's virtual reality world will extend to everyday life restrictions

18 February 2022
Zhao Weiguo appears in a photo several years ago when Tsinghua Unigroup was at its peak as one of the nation's leading chipmakers.
Semiconductors

Tsinghua Unigroup chairman out as chief of mobile chip unit

Zhao Weiguo replaced as former Chinese semiconductor champion restructures

16 February 2022
A Chery New Energy electric vehicle on display in Guangzhou. The Chinese company offers EVs priced around 100,000 yuan ($15,700). (Photo by Takashi Kawakami)
Electric cars in China

Apple assembler Luxshare to build EVs as Foxconn-style contractor

Chinese maker of AirPods launching joint venture with Chery

15 February 2022
People use smartphones next to an advertisement of TikTok in Beijing in August 2020: data regulation has driven Chinese tech companies into the unknown.
Opinion

China Tech loses its edge as data regulation laws bite

Businesses suffering as officials become de facto product managers

14 February 2022
People check out a Seres Huawei Smart Selection SF5 electric vehicle at the Auto Shanghai show in April 2021.
Caixin

Huawei's 'will they or won't they' relationship with automaking

Company looks to cars to make up for shortfall in sanctions-hit smartphones

11 February 2022
Bilibili, which is backed by both Tencent and Alibaba, has been struggling with widening losses and must now address the culture of overwork that afflicts China's online sector.  
Media & Entertainment

China video site Bilibili to add 1,000 censors after worker dies

Content monitoring team to be increased by 40% amid debate on overwork

9 February 2022
ZTE said in its annual report that it gained market share in China last year for servers, core networks and storage solutions -- the three areas where Huawei is a key player. (Source photos by Reuters) 
China tech

China's ZTE boosts chip capabilities amid Huawei's crackdown woes

Telecom gear and smartphone maker works with TSMC on advanced processors

9 February 2022
Beijing Hongsong is targeting China's massive elderly population with its social media site. (Photo courtesy of the company)
4 February 2022
Ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the short track speed skating venue is seen during a training session at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Jan. 31. 
Beijing Winter Olympics

China's Olympics health app raises privacy red flags

Organizers assert confidence in system to curb COVID spread while cases rise

1 February 2022
Live-streaming platform Douyu's booth at the 2016 ChinaJoy digital entertainment expo in Shanghai.
China tech

Tencent will take US-listed streamer DouYu private: sources

New plan comes after merger with bigger Huya Inc blocked by regulators

27 January 2022
Tencent's services for avatars and modeling real places are being introduced outside of China for the first time. (Source photos by screenshot from an online event held by Tencent's cloud computing unit and AP) 
China tech

Tencent to help Japanese companies enter the metaverse

Chinese online giant launches avatars, virtual content creation as competition grows

27 January 2022
A Tsinghua Unigroup sign at a semiconductor expo in Shanghai in 2020. The company has now ditched plans for two key memory chip projects in China. (Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
China tech

China's Tsinghua Unigroup axes major memory chip projects

Debt-laden company to overhaul mobile chip unit under new investors

26 January 2022
Xiaohongshu's booth at the Big Data Expo in Guiyang, China in May 2019. The Chinese startup is among a number of online platforms that have been scrutinized for suggestive content.
Caixin

China's Xiaohongshu fined over sexual content involving minors

Alibaba-backed social media, e-commerce app hit with $47,000 penalty

25 January 2022
TikTok gained a large following in Japan after its 2017 debut in that market.
China tech

TikTok secretly paid influencers to boost content in Japan

Practice may run afoul of industry rules against stealth marketing

25 January 2022
Meizu is a midtier smartphone maker based in Zuhai in southern China.
Business deals

Geely in talks to buy smartphone brand Meizu

Chinese automaker's move in telecommunications sector reported by local media

22 January 2022
Xiangdao Robotaxi was launched jointly by SAIC Motor, a major state-owned automaker, hailing app operator Xiangdao Chuxing, and self-driving system developer Momenta. (Photo by Noriyuki Doi) 
Automobiles

Shanghai self-driving cabs offer smooth rides in early trial

Profitability and road safety still present challenges

21 January 2022