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News on Internet & Tech Industry in China

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Strong as ‘Oak’?

Huawei goes on the 5G offensive after US ban, readying new OS for launch
Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456)

Since Washington announced that it was banning US companies from selling software and components to Huawei last month, the Chinese telecom giant has been scrambling for alternative options. According to Bloomberg, the firm has as many as ...

Second half substitutes

Huawei’s 5G supply chain still depends on US tech
Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456)

Not so long ago, the idea that China was in any way challenging the US in the technology stakes would have belonged to a parallel universe. And if Donald Trump has his way, it will do so again in the race to commercialise 5G. This week Trump ...

Plotting for profit

‘Free’ versus ‘paid’ battle it out as models for China’s online literature
Jun 7, 2019 (WiC 455)

JK Rowling tries not to talk about her wealth but its immensity made headlines in 2003 when the Edinburgh-based writer was described as richer than the Queen, thanks to the royalties generated by the Harry Potter series. Last year her ...

The heart of the matter

SMIC’s delisting in New York is yet another milestone in the Sino-US tech war
May 31, 2019 (WiC 454)

The Chinese name of SMIC is Zhongxin Guoji. The first two Chinese characters are a pun on ‘China’s heart’ while the latter two mean ‘international”. The name sums up the patriotic mission that the state-backed foundry has struggled with ...

Why WeChat’s latest rival is Bytedance’s Flipchat
May 31, 2019 (WiC 454)

Meitu, known for its beauty-centric camera apps, has shut down its smartphone business. Handset makers Smartisan and Meizu have needed cash injections from local governments to stay afloat. But the setbacks for China’s more marginal handset ...

Out of their league

A bad quarter for Baidu, which drops it further behind its BAT rivals
May 24, 2019 (WiC 453)

In the Oxford English Dictionary, a word is regarded as ‘obsolete’ or ‘archaic’ if no evidence of its written usage can be found after 1930. The term ‘BAT’ hardly fits that bracket, but it is showing signs of becoming outdated. Short ...

No more kills, but win a cake

Chinese censors extend their reach to Tencent’s video games
May 17, 2019 (WiC 452)

PUBG – or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – was one of China’s most popular online video games. In the 15 months since it was released by Tencent it accrued 400 million players worldwide – 150 million more than Fortnite, ...

The decoupling continues

Oracle shuts R&D unit in China, shedding 900 staff as the tech war escalates
May 17, 2019 (WiC 452)

What do you get if you tip some dried fish into a pot of gently boiling frogs? In China, the answer is an unappetising dish of late 30-something ex-Oracle employees – according to the firm’s former Chinese engineers. “We were like warm ...

The silver screen

How a dance app is targeting China’s ‘damas’
May 10, 2019 (WiC 451)

Salsa, Hip hop and Revolutionary: these are just three of the genres available on Tangdou – a mobile app for middle-aged Chinese women who like to dance. The app – launched in 2015 – offers instructional videos to break down the trickier ...

Qualcomm shutters JV in Guizhou
May 3, 2019 (WiC 450)

In mid-April, Apple and Qualcomm called a halt on their lengthy wrangle over patent royalties. The knock-on effects have been felt in China, where the government has been trying to loosen the US semiconductor giant’s grip on mobile chip ...

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