and therefore it’s trying to steer its people to use technology that can be accessed and monitored by the government,” Heath told CNN Tech. Earlier this month, WeChat, a popular chat service with hundreds of…
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China blocks WhatsApp messages
Users in China have reported widespread disruptions in recent days … WhatsApp provides message encryption technology that likely does not please Chinese authorities, which closely monitor and restrict cyberspace through their “Great Firewall”. ( read…
China’s Ping An Technology aims to generate half its business from external customers
Ping An Technology, a subsidiary of China’s second-largest life insurer, is aiming to develop a multi-billion-yuan business in coming years by offering in-house technologies and services to external customers. The strategy will see it go…
China blocks WhatsApp in latest online crackdown: report
China is blocking the messaging app WhatsApp ahead of a large Communist Party meeting slated for October, according to The New York Times. Next month, Beijing will host the Communist Party’s congress in order to…
WhatsApp blocked in China
“The government wants to monitor internet communications, and therefore it’s trying to steer its people to use technology that can be accessed and monitored by the government,” Heath told CNN. Earlier this month, WeChat, a…
WhatsApp service disrupted in China as censorship tightens
China has the world’s biggest population of internet users … Meanwhile, Beijing is cracking down on the use of virtual private networks — technology that creates encrypted links between computers and can be used to…
After Google and Facebook, WhatsApp banned in China
But a The New York Times report claims the messaging service now appears to be blocked in most parts of mainland China. WhatsApp was the last available products from Facebook in the country, after the…
China May Make Life a Little Easier for American Electric Automakers
South China Morning Post reports that a robo-dentist has autonomously … Still, if it can crack the making of its own specs, their arrival could further cement AI butler technology as the primary way we…
China’s state-owned business reform a step in the wrong direction
When a mix of Chinese privately owned and state-owned companies came together in August to buy shares in China Unicom’s $11.7bn offering, Beijing heralded it as another milestone for reform of country’s state-owned enterprises. It…
Unicom seeks closer investor ties with data centre unit
State-owned China Unicom, the country’s second largest mobile operator, established a big data company as it moves to forge partnerships with its new strategic investors, China Daily reported. Hong Kong-listed China Unicom announced in August…
Unicom tapping into big data
An anti-fraud platform of China Unicom at a cybersecurity expo held in Shanghai. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd, the country’s second-largest mobile carrier by subscribers, set up a…
China Unicom, China UnionPay set up big data unit
China Unicom announced today the establishment of a big data unit in its latest effort to seek new growth as traditional business shrinks. The new subsidiary will make use of the telco’s advantage in cross-industry…
China Unicom sets up big data company
BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — China Unicom announced Monday the establishment of a big data unit in its latest effort to seek new growth as traditional business shrinks. The new subsidiary will make full use…
