Chinese authorities have announced a large jump in the death toll from recent floods. The Henan provincial government said Monday that 302 people died and 50 remain missing. The vast majority of the …
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China’s CATL unveils sodium-ion battery to diversify from lithium
A Chinese company became the first major car battery manufacturer to unveil a sodium-ion battery last week. CATL, China’s homegrown lithium-ion battery giant, counts brands like Tesla and Volkswagen …
China Mobile Phone Shipments Take A Tumble: IDC
Researcher IDC’s Mobile Phone Tracker says 79.0 million smartphones were shipped in China in Q2, down 10 percent year-on-year. The decline was the result of the weaker-than-expected demand and a lack …
China’s indebted Evergrande to sell stakes in internet unit
China’s most indebted property developer Evergrande Group (3333.HK) has agreed to sell stakes in its internet unit HengTen Networks Group Ltd (0136.HK) worth a total of HK$3.25 million ($418.2 million …
Value of China’s BeiDou industry to reach 25% of global share by 2025 Value of China’s BeiDou industry to reach 25% of global share by 2025
The value of industries related with China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is estimated to exceed 1 trillion yuan (about $155 billion) by 2025, taking up 20 to 25 percent of the global …
China orders 25 technology giants to fix raft of problems
China ordered more than two dozen technology firms to carry out internal inspections as part of a campaign to root out illegal online activity.
Joe Biden, US lawmakers working on parallel tracks to bolster China tech policy
The administration puts together a team of advisers to devise a policy that strikes a balance between national security and technological innovation.
China fixed broadband services revenue to grow at CAGR of 3.6%
Driven by a continuous rise in high fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscriptions and FTTH average revenue per user (ARPU), China’s fixed broadband service revenue is poised to increase at a compound annual …
China’s Big Tech Crackdown Shouldn’t Be Cheered by Antitrust Fans in the West
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country’s biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
Chinese mobile service revenues to grow at 3.1% to $153bn in 2026
G to drive mobile services market in China through 2026, said a study. The total mobile service revenues in China are poised to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1% from US$131.3bn…
China Unicom, Huawei Deploy Large Scale 5G Super Uplink Network in Beijing
China Unicom Beijing and Huawei jointly deployed Super Uplink at more than 1,000 commercial sites in Beijing as part of their joint 5G Capital project established in April 2020. It is the first …
China Telecom plans to list stock in Shanghai after U.S. blacklist
China Telecom Corp. is moving to sell billions of dollars worth of shares in Shanghai as the telecom carrier turns to its home market for funds.
China is underway to emerge as a technological superpower China is underway to emerge as a technological superpower
Today, it is our pleasure to have with us Professor Bert Hofman. He is the Director of East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore. He is also the former World Bank Country Director for…
