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Tech leaders and founders
13 things you may not know about China’s tech billionaires
The number of billionaires in China keeps growing, especially in tech with Beijing as the world's billionaire capital since 2015.
24 Mar 2021 - 1:23PM
IPO
Lenovo’s approved plan to IPO on Star could test drive CDR success
4 Feb 2021 - 4:00PM
Kuaishou
How new millennial billionaires built the biggest rival to China’s TikTok
27 Jan 2021 - 8:30AM
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Big Tech
Tencent
Tencent’s Pony Ma is now China’s second-richest man
Pony Ma overtakes Pinduoduo’s Colin Huang and Alibaba’s Jack Ma in net worth as Tencent edges closer to US$1 trillion club
26 Jan 2021 - 11:24PM
Pony Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings, is currently China’s second richest person. Photo: Bloomberg
Big Tech
US sanctions on China
SMIC urges China to embrace advanced packaging as Moore’s Law slows
SMIC vice-chairman Chiang sees advanced chip packaging as a way to drive development as the number of clients needing advanced nanometre nodes shrinks.
24 Feb 2021 - 4:43PM
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Companies
IPO
Kuaishou looks for more ways to monetise users, trim losses before Hong Kong IPO
Tencent-backed video-sharing app Kuaishou Technology said it was looking to expand its monetisation model and reverse losses, having won approval for a US$5 billion to US$6 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong.
17 Jan 2021 - 11:07PM
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Banking & finance
Video-sharing app Kuaishou cleared for Hong Kong IPO up to US$6 billion
Kuaishou Tech will kick off its blockbuster IPO next week, as the loss-making company targets a listing in early February.
15 Jan 2021 - 10:38AM
Kuaishou’s stand at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on July 30 in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty Images
United States & Canada
X (formerly Twitter)
Twitter chief defends Trump ban, says it sets a ‘dangerous’ precedent
Jack Dorsey said permanently suspending Donald Trump’s account was ‘the right decision’, as Snapchat joined other platforms in banning the US president.
14 Jan 2021 - 9:16PM
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Tech
Huawei
Huawei aims to put Harmony OS on 400 million devices this year
Huawei says it wants Harmony OS deployed on more than 200 million of its own devices and more than 100 million third-party devices in 2021, but breaking the Apple and Google mobile OS duopoly remains a challenge.
13 Jan 2021 - 10:52PM
Business
Stocks
Lenovo to sell CDRs in further opening of Shanghai’s Star Market
The pending sale would be a breakthrough for Shanghai’s Science Technology and Innovation Board, or Star Market, in its pitch to attract China’s technology champions and most promising start-ups to raise capital in their home ground.
13 Jan 2021 - 10:52PM
Companies
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 - 9:54PM
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Staff work on an engine production line of Geely Automobile in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Photo: Xinhua
Companies
Tesla
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 - 5:38PM
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Tech leaders and founders
Huawei
Huawei looks to cloud services as US sanctions hit smartphone business
Firm’s founder Ren Zhengfei says the Chinese giant should learn from global leaders Amazon and Microsoft.
3 Jan 2021 - 10:47PM
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Tech
Intel
Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options
Third Point is pushing Intel to explore strategic alternatives including whether it should keep chip design and production under one roof.
30 Dec 2020 - 10:26AM
Enterprises
Alibaba
What is the controversial tactic that triggered Alibaba antitrust probe?
Chinese regulators will investigate the ‘picking one from two’ practice as part of their antitrust probe into Alibaba Group Holding over suspected monopolistic practices.
24 Dec 2020 - 7:31PM
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The State Administration of Market Regulation has officially started investigating Alibaba Group Holding over suspected monopolistic practices. Photo: Bloomberg
Tech
Video gaming
Police probe poisoning case after Game of Thrones game CEO falls ill
Yoozoo, known as the game developer of Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming, said its founder and CEO has been hospitalised after the Shanghai police announced an investigation into a suspected poisoning case.
24 Dec 2020 - 2:50PM
Tech leaders and founders
Tesla
Elon Musk says Apple CEO refused talks for Tesla at US$60 billion
Apple’s stock has climbed, while Tesla has slipped, on a Reuters report that Apple is aiming to produce a driverless car for consumers in 2024.
23 Dec 2020 - 10:19AM
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E-commerce
Smartisan founder promises triple refunds for fake Pierre Cardin jumper
Tech entrepreneur and popular live-streamer Luo Yonghao says his company checked suppliers’ qualifications before agreeing to cooperate with them, but now suspects them of forging documents and deliberately committing fraud.
16 Dec 2020 - 5:15PM
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Luo Yonghao, the indebted founder of smartphone brand Smartisan, apologised in a video after jumpers he sold in a live stream turned out to be fake. Screengrab: Weibo
Economics
Indonesia
Indonesia: Widodo steps up bid to woo investment from Tesla’s Elon Musk
The president’s personal invitation comes as Southeast Asia’s largest economy looks to venture into the burgeoning electric-vehicle industry.
15 Dec 2020 - 10:41PM
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Banking & Finance
Banking & finance
Hong Kong likely to attract more tech listings in next decade, Tsai says
Tech leaders in Southeast Asia among companies likely to choose Hong Kong for listings, Alibaba’s Joe Tsai said at a HKEX forum.
4 Dec 2020 - 10:33PM
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Lifestyle
Singapore
Singaporeans in space: the start-ups powering city state’s ascent
Entrepreneurs and tech start-ups have joined the space race. Singapore is fast emerging as a space technology hub, bringing together investors, scientists, designers and inventors.
19 Nov 2020 - 4:17PM
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OPINION
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