Showing 1 - 10 of 13
China touts state-backed transport super-app
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2023
» HONG KONG: China will soon launch a state-backed platform for transport that will include everything from ride-hailing to cargo trucking, road transport, railway, ferry and flight services, the state-run Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.
China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang's memorial
AFP, Published on 06/12/2022
» BEIJING: Sirens wailed across China as the country came to a standstill Tuesday during a public memorial service for former leader Jiang Zemin, a tentative moment of unity after anti-lockdown protests shook the nation last week.
China mourns Jiang as funeral planning begins
AFP and Bloomberg, Published on 01/12/2022
» BEIJING: Mobile apps and state media websites turned black-and-white, flags on some government buildings in Beijing were at half-mast, and flowers were laid on Thursday as China mourned the death of former leader Jiang Zemin.
Hacker offers to sell data of 48m Covid app users
Reuters, Published on 12/08/2022
» BEIJING: A hacker has claimed to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a Covid health code mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of public data in the city in just over a month.
Chinese central bank boss vows to further fintech crackdown
AFP, Published on 08/10/2021
» BEIJING - China will strengthen supervision of the online payments industry and continue its anti-monopoly crackdown, the governor of the central bank said, indicating Beijing will press ahead with a regulatory crackdown on the country's technology giants.
China's crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BEIJING - When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble in Sichuan.
California WeChat users claim China surveillance in lawsuit
AFP, Published on 21/01/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO - California WeChat users sued its parent company Tencent on Wednesday, saying the mobile app is used for spying on and censoring users for the Chinese government.
China begins anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» BEIJING: China has launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba, regulators said on Thursday, heaping further pressure on the e-commerce giant and sending its share price tumbling.
Elderly 2.0: China looks to tap digital 'silver dollar'
AFP, Published on 23/12/2020
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - Li Changming just purchased a new Huawei smartphone and the 70-year-old retiree is still a bit puzzled by a high-tech device that China policymakers hope will help unlock spending by millions of older Chinese.
Alibaba fintech arm eyes record IPO with Hong Kong-Shanghai listing
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» HONG KONG - The financial arm of Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba is planning the biggest IPO in history, raising as much as $35 billion in a joint listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, a report said Thursday.