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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 2 in alleged US$30 million cryptocurrency fraud

More than 330 alleged victims have contacted the force’s commercial crime bureau over Atom Asset Exchange.

24 Dec 2022 - 2:16PM

13 things you may not know about China’s tech billionaires

24 Mar 2021 - 1:23PM

How has AWS fared in China’s cloud services market?

4 Feb 2021 - 2:42AM

Alibaba sees growth in cloud as China doubles down on digitalisation

China will be spending more on cloud computing, as the nation accelerates its digitisation process, pushing the revenue in the public cloud computing market to grow at over 20 per cent per annum from 2019 to 2024, according to Bernstein.

3 Feb 2021 - 10:34AM

Alibaba Cloud, China's largest cloud computing infrastructure services provider, is the digital technology and intelligence backbone unit of Alibaba Group Holding. Photo: Handout

Huawei’s smartphone chief to lead new growth businesses

Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer business group, has been tasked to lead the firm’s cloud services and artificial intelligence operations.

28 Jan 2021 - 11:15PMvideocam

Exclusive | Honor CEO says no longer restrained by US sanctions on Huawei

Since leaving Huawei in November, Honor CEO George Zhao says the company wants to make phones that surpass those of its former owner and Apple with the help of partners like Qualcomm.

27 Jan 2021 - 11:00PMvideocam

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WeChat tops Ferrari in value as Covid-19 lifts internet brands

The latest ranking shows how the pandemic has upended China’s businesses, turning technology companies into the biggest winners, as tens of millions of stay-at-home people are forced to conduct their consumption, work, and leisure via internet services.

26 Jan 2021 - 11:24PM

The logo of Alibaba Group seen at its office in Beijing on January 5, 2021. Photo: Reuters

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

Banking & finance

WeChat’s owner Tencent seeks US$6 billion loan after deals

Tencent has in recent years spent billions of dollars buying stakes in promising start-ups, extending its reach in areas from social media to grocery delivery.

23 Jan 2021 - 12:44AM

Covid hits China’s tech heartland as one NetEase employee tests positive

NetEase has asked staff at its Beijing office to work from home after an employee tested positive for Covid-19, according to local media reports.

23 Jan 2021 - 4:58PM

NetEase office building in Beijing is closely located with a range of major internet companies in China, including Tencent and ByteDance. Photo: Shutterstock

Honor breaks free of US restrictions with new 5G phone and partnerships

Honor says it is working with Qualcomm, Intel and AMD, among others, after breaking from Huawei freed it from US restrictions.

22 Jan 2021 - 3:38PM

Honor's new View40 smartphone is the first from the brand since being sold by Huawei, which is currently restricted from using US technology after being blacklisted in 2019. Photo: Honor

Electric & new energy vehicles

NIO has rivals as China’s EV and battery makers eye 1,000km range target

The distance would extend the top-end of Tesla’s Model Y Long Range version by two-thirds, if the solid-state batteries live up to expectations. That would be a game changer in China, the world’s biggest electric car market.

26 Jan 2021 - 3:31PM

Automotive industry

A year of poor planning led to carmaker’s massive chip shortage

The quagmire reveals the risks for carmakers from Ford Motor to Volkswagen as vehicles become smarter and technologically more complex. Carmakers with more software and chip expertise are set to face a smoother ride, while those whose traditional strength is metal-bending are potentially more prone to supply hiccups.

20 Jan 2021 - 2:57PM

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

Food delivery drivers want more legal protections after Ele.me tragedies

China’s second-largest food delivery company is promising safety upgrades after one driver died on the job and another set himself on fire, but gig workers say they want more.

18 Jan 2021 - 10:59PMvideocam

Food delivery company Ele.me is facing a public backlash after a worker lit himself on fire while protesting unpaid wages. This came just a week after another delivery driver died while on the job. Photo: Roy Issa

China technology

Beijing rolls out measures for satellite-based internet development

The Chinese capital is already home to a comprehensive supply chain for satellite manufacturers and space transport providers.

15 Jan 2021 - 1:27PM

An artist’s rendering of Elon Musk’s Starlink low Earth orbit satellite in orbit. As of November 2020, SpaceX has launched 955 such satellites for the Starlink system’s global service coverage. Photo: Handout

Kuaishou has a big issue – how to turn a profit from its 300 million users

Kuaishou’s model has been criticised by some analysts for an over-reliance on celebrity influencers and a costly user acquisition strategy.

23 Jan 2021 - 9:58PM

Autonomous vehicles

Tesla rival Xpeng says autonomous driving update coming for Lunar New Year

Xpeng says mass-produced models of its P7 sports sedan will get an over-the-air update before Lunar New Year for its level 3 autonomous driving technology that allows drivers to take their attention off the road.

26 Jan 2021 - 3:41PM

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Trump’s social media ban derided in China amid crackdown on Big Tech

Chinese pundits and academics call Trump’s social media ban a cautionary tale as the country cracks down on Big Tech.

13 Jan 2021 - 10:20PMvideocam

Trump’s ban or suspension from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube became a hot topic in China, where some criticised the power that large tech companies wield. Illustration: SCMP

Ant Group fintech rival JD Digits restructures amid crackdown

Fintech company JD Digits has been restructured as JD Technology, with the addition of JD.com’s artificial intelligence and cloud businesses, amid increased scrutiny of fintech in China after Ant Group’s scuttled IPO.

12 Jan 2021 - 10:42PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s electric car war heats up with NIO sedan’s record driving range

Competition is heating up in China’s electric vehicle market as almost 200 carmakers and internet start-ups jostle for supremacy in an industry where one in five cars are likely to be powered by a non-fossil fuel source by 2025.

26 Jan 2021 - 3:31PMvideocam

China technology

Inside China Tech: 2021 starts where 2020 ended – tensions and tiffs

A round-up of our top China tech stories of the past week, including a dispute between ByteDance and Tencent, and Beijing’s plan to restructure the country’s national labs

9 Jan 2021 - 7:00PM

A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE

Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla faces a new foe as Baidu enters the fray for electric cars

The search engine giant is teaming up with carmaker Geely to design and make smart electric vehicles, joining a crowded field of partnerships racing to challenge the dominance of Tesla.

8 Jan 2021 - 9:54PMvideocam

Staff work on an engine production line of Geely Automobile in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo: Xinhua

Sharing economy

Ele.me hit by online backlash after delivery worker’s death

Chinese food delivery giant Ele.me is facing a backlash on social media after initially promising to pay only US$309 in compensation to the family of a gig worker who collapsed on the job.

8 Jan 2021 - 8:36PM

Elon Musk richer than Jeff Bezos as Tesla stock outpaces all S&P 500 rivals

Tesla’s ascent thrusts its brash founder into a role occupied by only a handful of other people in recent decades and underscores the dramatic stock moves that have upended the global wealth rankings.

8 Jan 2021 - 5:38PMvideocam

Banking & finance

Baidu picks CLSA, Goldman for secondary listing in Hong Kong

Baidu joins a wave of US-listed Chinese firms in seeking a trading foothold in Hong Kong amid simmering tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Companies from JD.com to NetEase raised about US$17 billion through share sales in Hong Kong last year, according to Bloomberg’s data.

8 Jan 2021 - 4:43AM

Workers flank a Baidu AI robot at the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

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