due in part to their lack of awareness of how big mobile payments are in mainland China ,” said Candice Koo, manager director of Cancan, a payment service provider which sponsored the study. “[The low…
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China says VPN crackdown aimed at ‘cleaning’ the internet
spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at a press conference. “Law-abiding individuals and businesses won’t be affected,” he said. Related: WhatsApp is being targeted by China’s censors, experts say China’s internet is…
China to launch unhackable quantum messaging service
“We plan to use the network for national defence, finance and other fields, and hope to spread it out as a pilot that if successful, can be used across China and the whole world,” said…
The $12 Billion Investment In China Unicom Could Spur The Next Leg Up For Lumentum, Oclaro
Reuters stated in an article Friday that two of China’s biggest techland companies, Baidu and JD.com, were joining up with other Chinese mega-tech companies including Alibaba and Tencent in investing a collective $12 billion in…
China’s Internet Giants Heed Unicom Call
Nisha Gopalan is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering deals and banking. She previously worked for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones as an editor and a reporter. If there’s a lesson that China’s private…
Number of Chinese mobile internet users reach 1.17 billion
The number of mobile internet users in China has reached 1.17 billion by the end of the first half of 2017, said the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on July 19. Compared with…
China set to launch an ‘unhackable’ internet communication
As malicious hackers mount ever more sophisticated attacks, China is about to launch a new, “unhackable” communications network – at least in the sense that any attack on it would be quickly detected. The technology…
PT Expo China 2017 to be held in Beijing from Sep. 27-30
BEIJING, July 24, 2017 /CNW/ — One of Asia’s most influential Information and Communications Technology (ICT) events PT Expo China (PTEXPO) will be taking place at China National Convention Center in Beijing from 27 Sep…
China seeks glimpse of citizens’ future with crime-predicting AI
China, a surveillance state where authorities have unchecked access to citizens’ histories, is seeking to look into their future with technology designed to predict and prevent crime. Companies are helping police develop artificial intelligence they…
It’s time for Canada to stand up to China’s censorship crackdown
Last week, Guangzhou Huoyun Information Technology Ltd. told Reuters that the company had received a directive to begin blocking VPN services. Similarly leaked and off-the-record accounts have been coming fast and thick in recent weeks.…
China Plans to Use Artificial Intelligence to Gain Global Economic Dominance by 2030
It states that by 2020 China should match the rest of the world, and that five years later China should achieve “major breakthroughs” in the technology. By 2030, the plan states, AI should lay the…
On a disputed South China Sea island, Beijing unveils a high-tech cinema
Over 200 Chinese moviegoers attended a screening on Yongxing Island in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The cinema is operated by Hainan Film Company and comes with…
China Unicom says talks with strategic investors ongoing, no agreements signed
BEIJING (Reuters) – Telecommunications operator China United Network Communications (600050.SS) said on Sunday it is still in talks with potential strategic investors and has not yet signed any binding agreements. Reuters reported on Friday that…
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