OTTAWA – China fears cyberattacks because it is creating cutting-edge technology that others will want to steal, says its envoy to Canada, a rebuttal of the widely held view that the country is a leader…
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China Unicom’s Ivory Tower
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.’s painful 4 percent tumble on Wednesday is a crude reminder of the dangers of trading on reform hopes. The catalyst for the stock’s biggest drop in more than two months…
China’s ‘dockless’ bike sharing could be coming to a street near you
One of China’s largest operators, Mobike, unleashed 1,000 of its orange-wheeled bicycles in the rainy English city of Manchester. Chinese startups want to export their bike-sharing revolution all around the world. The companies are rolling…
China sees free trade with Canada as way to avoid future Norsat-like uncertainty
OTTAWA – China is hoping a future free-trade deal with Canada will help it avoid future controversies such as the national security concerns that surfaced over a Chinese takeover of a Canadian satellite technology company.…
After China spending spree, rainmaker Hu says time to look closer to home
BEIJING Primavera Capital Group, one of China’s largest private-equity firms, is paying closer attention to domestic opportunities in sectors such as health and technology in the face of stricter capital controls at home and rising…
China detains dozens over funding of elevated bus project
To many people, China’s futuristic road-straddling bus seemed too good to be true. Now, authorities say it may have been little more than a scam. Beijing police said this week they have detained 32 people,…
China rocket failure likely to set back next space missions, chance for India to move ahead
Experts say the still unexplained mishap shows that for all its triumphs, China’s space program is not immune to the tremendous difficulties and risks involved in working with such cutting-edge technology. “China’s approach has been…
China Mobile scrambles to catch up after it’s snared by using wrong tech standard
China Mobile, the world’s largest wireless network operator by subscribers, may be scrambling to catch up with rivals China Unicom and China Telecom to deploy so-called internet of things (IoT) infrastructure, following the Chinese government’s…
China Mobile Beijing and Huawei launch pilot project for MEC-based smart stadium
China Mobile Beijing and Huawei have jointly launched a pilot project for a smart stadium at Beijing South Railway Station based on multi-access edge computing (MEC). This is the first time China Mobile Beijing has…
India, China To Spur Global Mobile Industry By 2020
Kisan Sanchar, a huge network of 35,000+ farmers in Haryana, India, is gradually inducing a social revolution by informing and updating the farmers about the health hazards of using unapproved fertilizers and pesticides in their…
Huawei creates new China-focused ecosystem for MEC development
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom head the 13-strong group The virtual MEC ecosystem collaborative circle also includes SDOs and vendors Designed to help commercialise MEC and reach out to the industrial Internet Huawei…
China communist party mouthpiece slams Tencent game; shares slide
Tencent did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Honour of Kings, a multiplayer role-playing battle game, is the most popular mobile game in China with around 55 million daily active users – more…
All-network smartphones change mobile tech game
A China Mobile staff member in Ganyu, Jiangsu province, helps a client with 4G service. [Photo by Si Wei/For China Daily] Two of China’s major telecom carriers, which trail the market leader, have joined forces…
