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China video-sharing service Bilibili recruiting more graduates in Thailand, SE Asia
Published on 06/09/2022
» Video-sharing services provider Bilibili is ratcheting up its recruitment of fresh graduates across Southeast Asia, as the Shanghai-based company joins other Chinese tech firms that are expanding in the region amid a slowing economy and tightened internet regulation on the mainland.
China bans nationalist blogger who rallied against tech giant
Published on 24/08/2022
» China has blocked the social media accounts of a nationalistic blogger who waged a campaign against a major Chinese tech firm, in the latest censorship of an outspoken patriotic voice.
Fan fury in China after 'Friends' LGBTQ plotline censored
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» BEIJING: The highly anticipated return of "Friends" to Chinese streaming platforms soured quickly after fans noticed an LGBTQ plotline was cut from the American sitcom -- and their complaints were censored too.
Tennis star Peng Shuai reappears in Beijing, WTA not reassured
Published on 21/11/2021
» BEIJING: Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been a matter of international concern for weeks, attended a tennis tournament in Beijing on Sunday, according to official photos published by the tournament organised by China Open.
Chinese version of TikTok limits kids under 14 to 40 minutes per day
Published on 20/09/2021
» HONG KONG: ByteDance's short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is limiting users under the age of 14 years old to just 40 minutes of use per day, tightening technology restrictions on China's youth as Beijing seeks to further crack down on "internet addiction" following recent video game time limits.
The foreign legion of YouTubers defending China
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» BEIJING: With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western "conspiracies" against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.
China's youth react to gaming curbs with anguish and cunning
AFP, Published on 15/08/2021
» BEIJING: It is Zhang Yuchen's last summer break before high school, but events have taken an unwelcome turn -- the 14-year-old's game time has been decimated as China's tech firms try to dispel accusations that they are selling "spiritual opium" to the country's youth.
'Blind box' craze grips China's youth and mints toymakers a fortune
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» BEIJING - Tiny unicorns and cartoon girls in clown costumes line the shelves of Wang Zhaoxue's study in Beijing -- tokens of China's mania for "blind boxes" that has made fortunes for toymakers and even caught the attention of those in power.
Chinese streaming site Bilibili sinks on Hong Kong debut after $2.6 bn IPO
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» HONG KONG - Video streaming site Bilibili sank on its first day trading on Hong Kong's stock exchange on Monday as investors fret over a global sell-off in Chinese tech shares.
China's Baidu debuts in Hong Kong after $3.1 bn IPO
AFP, Published on 23/03/2021
» HONG KONG: Chinese search engine Baidu debuted on Hong Kong's stock exchange Tuesday after raising $3.1 billion in its initial public offering, the latest mainland tech giant to flock to the financial hub.