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President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in June 2019. Photo: Reuters

Business of climate change

Chinese solar panel maker plans US factory in win for Biden clean-energy push

Beijing-based JA Solar is building a new plant in the US in another win for the Biden administration as its incentive-laden climate law continues to attract big foreign investments.

12 Jan 2023 - 11:19AM

Samsung profit slumps by most in decade on weak demand for memory chips

6 Jan 2023 - 10:03AMvideocam

ByteDance’s tower under lockdown in Shanghai’s Covid-19 outbreak

11 Mar 2022 - 8:58AM

Didi in talks for a second-quarter IPO in Hong Kong, sources say

Didi, China’s largest ride-hailing company, is likely to list in Hong Kong in the second quarter as its bankers have started discussion with the bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

14 Jan 2022 - 4:05PMvideocam

Didi’s logo behind a floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 30, 2021. Photo Reuters.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng, NIO and Li Auto post triple-digit rise in November deliveries

Xpeng Motors delivered 15,613 vehicles last month, a jump of 270 per cent from a year ago. Shanghai-headquartered NIO reported 10,878 deliveries, more than doubling last year’s number, and Beijing-based Li Auto delivered 13,485 EVs, a surge of 190 per cent year on year.

1 Dec 2021 - 9:50PMvideocam

Banking & finance

Investors zero in on bitcoin, health tech as inflation gathers pace

Sustainable investing, health tech and cryptocurrencies can offer protection against inflation, banking and finance experts tell the Post’s China Conference.

17 Jun 2021 - 7:29AMvideocam

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Business of climate change

China’s online retailers race to slash plastics, packages to shrink carbon footprint

China’s online retail industry, the world’s largest, is one of the key sectors identified by regulators to be subjected to a timetable to come up with more sustainable packaging solutions.

19 May 2021 - 12:39PM

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Greater Bay Area

Smart helmet firm Livall targets food delivery firms amid safety push

Smart helmet maker Shenzhen Qianhai Livall loT Technology is in talks with China’s leading food delivery firms about intelligent helmets that will improve the safety of their riders.

26 Apr 2021 - 8:30AMvideocam

Binance Tesla security token raises questions about Hong Kong licence

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume globally, is marketing its first security token backed by Tesla stocks trading on the Nasdaq exchange to investors – including those in Hong Kong.

22 Apr 2021 - 6:05PMvideocam

Renewable energy

Apple accelerates green energy push in China, brings 2GW online

Apple is working on its global manufacturing supply chain by significantly increasing the number of suppliers that are transitioning to renewable energy.

19 May 2021 - 2:10PMvideocam

Apple is making considerable efforts to become a carbon neutral company. Photo: AP Photo

Xiaomi leaves fans hanging on Mega Launch day

Tech watchers have been hoping to hear about chips and EVs, but Lei Jun spent Xiaomi’s Mega Launch talking about Mi Pro, Mi Ultra and Mi Lite.

31 Mar 2021 - 11:54AM

Xiaomi Corp chief executive Lei Jun presents the company’s latest flagship smartphone, the 11Ultra, at its product launch in Beijing on March 29, 2021. Photo: Handout

Samsung Electronics

Samsung warns of severe chip crunch while delaying key phone

The world’s largest smartphone maker is seeing a ‘serious imbalance’ in global semiconductors, suggesting that shortages may spread beyond cars.

18 Mar 2021 - 9:34AM

A new app lets people gamble on Fortnite and Call of Duty matches

The founders said the Covid-19 pandemic pushed them to create their idea for a betting app.

17 Mar 2021 - 10:24AM

In China, Huawei’s smartphone star power dims as US sanctions bite

US restrictions have vastly reduced Huawei’s ability to supply new smartphones, forcing retailers to shut franchise stores or switch to selling other domestic brands.

8 Mar 2021 - 10:00AM

After the Clubhouse block, can audio-only chat apps go mainstream in China?

As Clubhouse fades in China after being blocked, several Chinese social audio apps are in the spotlight as potential replacements, but questions remain whether they can go mainstream.

11 Feb 2021 - 3:49PMvideocam

The social audio app Clubhouse is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken February 8, 2021. Photo: Reuters

China technology

Will Chinese video app in massive Hong Kong IPO be a good investment?

Short video app has offered a place to shine online for millions of underdogs but investors have to gauge if it can turn this appeal into sustainable profits.

26 Jan 2021 - 11:39AMvideocam

US sanctions on China

Huawei founder sees decentralised control as a way to beat US sanctions

A newly published speech that Ren Zhenfei gave in June reveals the Huawei CEO’s thinking on strategies for surviving US sanctions.

24 Feb 2021 - 4:43PMvideocam

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Quantum computing

China Telecom launches quantum encrypted phone calls for smartphones

With a special SIM card and app, some China Telecom smartphone users in Anhui province can make phone calls protected by quantum encryption, which could tip people off to potential eavesdroppers.

7 Jan 2021 - 9:50AM

China Telecom, one of the country’s three state-owned telecoms giants, announced a new pilot programme allowing smartphone users to make phone calls protected by quantum encryption. Photo: AP

Eight holiday gift ideas for tech lovers at any budget

From laptops and keyboards to video games and wireless chargers, the SCMP Tech team wraps up our top gift ideas for 2020 at any budget.

22 Dec 2020 - 3:45PM

Chinese netizens mock ‘insane’ price tag of Apple’s AirPods Max

‘Do these headphones cure deafness or what?’ says one comment on microblogging site Weibo, where AirPods Max are currently trending.

9 Dec 2020 - 9:00PM

Artificial intelligence

AI enables developer to recreate faces of China’s ancient emperors

Open-source artificial intelligence tools, such as Baidu’s PaddleGAN, enabled independent developer Hu Wengu recreate the faces of China’s ancient rulers.

8 Dec 2020 - 8:32AM

Independent Chinese video game developer Hu Wengu says the recreated faces of ancient Chinese rulers, such as Emperor Taizu of Song, were generated by artificial intelligence technology based on ancient paintings. Photo: Handout

Deaf live-streamers join China’s online shopping craze

The Kaola shopping platform is China’s first to host deaf live-streamers, but real-time machine translation of sign language remains a challenge.

5 Dec 2020 - 8:00AMvideocam

Deaf live-streamer Shaoman co-hosts a video shopping session with fellow host Chengxiao CC on Alibaba's Kaola e-commerce platform. Picture: Screeshots of Kaola

E-books and audiobooks

ByteDance wants web novels to be free, but readers aren’t so sure

TikTok owner ByteDance hopes free content on Tomato Novel will help it take on Tencent’s China Literature, its dominant competitor that continues to attract top talent.

2 Dec 2020 - 6:00AM

Palo Alto researchers said Baidu apps could have tracked users ‘over their lifetime’

Google removed Baidu’s search and map apps after researchers found the apps were collecting sensitive data, including numbers used in SIM cards that can track users across devices.

26 Nov 2020 - 12:25PM

Singles' Day (11.11)

Millions of shoppers are raising virtual cats for Singles’ Day deals

E-commerce platforms in China are gamifying the world’s largest shopping festival to capture more of shoppers’ attention in a world flooded with online entertainment options.

10 Nov 2020 - 2:17PM

Players of a Taobao game for Singles' Day this year can dress up virtual cats to win more coupons. Picture: Tmall via Weibo

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