Eric Jing, CEO of Ant Financial Bobby Yip | Reuters Chinese financial technology firm Ant Group has begun the process of a concurrent initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Ant, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, said Monday it would list its shares on both the STAR of …
Read More »Chinese tech giant Tencent launches new online shopping feature on WeChat app
A smartphone with WeChat and other social media app icons seen on display on June 29, 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. S3studio | Getty Images News | fake pictures Tencent has launched tools to help merchants build virtual stores on its popular WeChat messaging service in China, taking on …
Read More »Trump adviser Navarro calls TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer an ‘American puppet’
A TikTok logo seen appears on a smartphone with the Chinese flag in the background. Omar Marques | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images White House business adviser Peter Navarro called new TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer an “American puppet” for working on the Chinese-owned social media app. In an …
Read More »Microsoft spins the Xiaoice chatbot for Chinese users
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., gestures as she speaks during a Bloomberg event on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | fake pictures Microsoft will no longer be the father of a user-friendly virtual chatbot …
Read More »Why India cannot withdraw from China, despite geopolitical tensions
A person holds a sign calling for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps during a protest on June 30, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | fake pictures A border clash with China in the Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead and soured public sentiment, and …
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