After TikTok, what happens to internet freedom?
The meaning of internet freedom is changing. Under Trump, the U.S. seems set to tell China it was right to distrust foreign-owned social media apps.
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Chinese companies going global. Global companies ongoing efforts to capitalize on the size and growth of the China market. State-owned enterprises. Policy-based state investment. Startup unicorns with Chinese characteristics. There is no shortage of business stories to tell in China.
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15 million former Ofo users still waiting for their deposit refunds
Once the world's biggest bike-sharing company, Ofo remains buried under lawsuits and debt.
Will Trump order Chinese owner to sell TikTok?
Will Washington force Chinese internet giant ByteDance to sell its globally popular video app TikTok to a U.S. company?
China’s own Big Tech antitrust probe
Within days of U.S. Congress questioning American Big Tech companies in an antitrust probe, it looks like China may investigate its own tech giants for anticompetitive practices.
China uses drones to attack locust swarms
A broad swath of countries from Kenya to Pakistan to Laos has been dealing with huge swarms of locusts this summer. China is the latest victim.
PipeChina — the country’s newest state-owned behemoth
A series of gargantuan energy sector deals has created a new state-owned giant that will control most of the oil and gas pipelines in China.
TikTok CEO: ‘We are not the enemy’
On the same day that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company by saying it is “proudly American,” and that it competes against China’s “version of the internet,” TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer slammed Facebook for copycat products and for attacks that are “disguised as patriotism.”
New perspectives on China digital marketing
Digital marketing in China is wildly different than the rest of the world. Sign up for an educational email series — 7 emails over 7 weeks — that will bring you up to speed on how to grow your business online in China.
Facebook to attack TikTok?
Mark Zuckerberg has to defend his company’s business practices in front of the U.S. Congress. Will he use the patriotism card to divert attention to TikTok and WeChat?
China’s first Mars mission launches
China launched its first mission to Mars today, just one part of the country’s space program that has interplanetary ambitions.