China Protectionism Creates Tech Billionaires Who Protect Xi
China’s tech giants will add star power to the country’s political festivities this week, paying homage to President Xi Jinping and endorsing constitutional changes for him to remain president indefinitely.
This Week in China Tech: Xiaomi’s 460 Investments, Tencent’s Gamble and a New ‘Blockchain Academy’
China’s technology scene is always shifting, and this week we’ve seen big news coming from Xiaomi, Tencent, Wanda, Baidu, among others. Here are the some of the most interesting tech stories out of China you might not have heard about.
Baidu's Robin Li Is Helping China Win the 21st Century
When Robin Li looks back at the question now, he can laugh. But things were different in 1992, when the Baidu CEO was a tongue-tied Chinese student applying for a computer-graphics graduate program in the U.S.
China Chides Tech Firms over Privacy Safeguards
China reprimanded three top tech firms on Friday over poor privacy protections, as tech companies face an increasing backlash from consumers and authorities over excessive data collection practices.
China’s Baidu Being Probed after CEO Tests Driverless Car on Public Roads
Baidu Inc, China’s biggest search engine provider, is under investigation to determine whether it had broken any laws after its chief executive tested a driverless car on public roads.
Kai-Fu Lee on Artificial Intelligence in China
from Sinica PodcastKai-Fu Lee is one of the most prominent figures in Chinese technology. He founded China’s noted early-stage venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures after launching...
Google Is Already Late to China’s AI Revolution
“Some of the major Chinese companies are some of the most sophisticated deep learning and data companies in the world.”
China’s Mobile Economy
China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom is a cutting-edge text that spotlights the digital transformation in China. Organized into three major areas of the digital economy within China, this ground-breaking book explores the surge in e-commerce of consumer goods, the way in which multi-screen and mobile Internet use has increased in popularity, and the cultural emphasis on the mobile Internet as a source of lifestyle- and entertainment-based content.
How Chinese Internet Giant Baidu Uses AI and Machine Learning
Baidu is currently considered to be pack leader amongst the Chinese internet giants as they race to develop and deploy machine and deep learning technology.
Alibaba Dethrones Baidu in China’s Digital Advertising Market
Mobile ads are witnessing quick growth, but not everyone is in for a win this year.
Search Giant Baidu Shuts Online Literature Forums to Stamp Out Piracy
Internet giant Baidu said May 23, it would gradually take down discussion forums on literature from its popular online bulletin board service to remove content suspected of infringing upon intellectual property rights.
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Baidu Should Have Even Higher Standards Than Google, Because It's All China's Citizens Have
Many believe Baidu's claims that it performs strict due diligence before accepting ads.
China Investigates Baidu After Student’s Death From Cancer
Chinese regulators have begun an investigation into the Internet giant Baidu due to misleading medical advertising.
Baidu, China's Version of Google, Is "Evil," a Growing Number of Users Say
A Chinese college student recently died of cancer after receiving questionable treatment from a hospital advertised on Baidu.
Baidu Head of Comms and China Tech Figure Kaiser Kuo Is Leaving the Firm to Return to the U.S.
Formerly a journalist with Red Herring and China Now, Kuo is a high-profile figure in China’s tech scene.
Should Internet Censorship Be Considered a Trade Issue?
A new report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative lists, for the first time, Chinese Internet censorship as a trade barrier. The possible implications are complex: it could strengthen the hand of U.S. businesses, but also...
Traditional Red Envelopes Are Going Digital Thanks To China’s Largest Internet Companies
This year, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are all offering their own version of online red envelopes.
China Ban Hits Google’s Search Ad Share; Baidu Gains
Google’s share of 2015’s $81.59 billion search ad market at 54.5%, down from 54.7% in 2014 and 55.2% in 2013.
China Appears to Attack GitHub by Diverting Web Traffic
In recent attacks on sites that try to help Internet users in China circumvent censorship, the Great Firewall appears to have been used as a weapon.
U.S. Coding Website GitHub Hit With Cyberattack
The attack appears to underscore how China’s Internet censors increasingly reach outside the country.
China Cities Crack Down on Illegal Cabs Using Car-Hailing Apps
The Chinese capital will impose fines of as much as 20,000 yuan ($3,200) each on 41 unauthorized vehicles that offered rental services via the apps, CNR said Jan. 7.
China’s Baidu Set to Partner with Uber and Reportedly Invest up to $600M
If Baidu does put money into Uber, it will be a significant expansion of its international portfolio of products and investments. Baidu has focused on emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, Egypt and Brazil, where it recently acquired e-...
More Internet Companies Should Go Abroad
More Chinese Internet companies should compete internationally, as they now have the ability and can make the world’s cyber environment more balanced and just.
Map Visualizes Chinese New Year Migration
An estimated 3.65 billion trips will be made during the world's largest seasonal migration.
‘Saturday Night Live’ comes to China's Internet
One such episode portraying Hu Jintao berating Barack Obama over the national debt shows the potential for more political discussion in China's television industry.
China’s Baidu to Pay $370 Million for Internet Video Business
Acquiring the video business from P.P.S. will increase Baidu’s position in China’s fractious market for online entertainment and help iQiyi compete better against Youku Tudou.
Dirty Business for China’s Internet Scrubbers
Flames of a public relations disaster were licking at the heels of a private equity firm when China’s most notorious Internet-scrubbing company rode to the rescue.
Saving the Shenzhen-based firm’s image was not cheap, and it took more than...
China’s Dark PR: Time to Say Goodbye to Paid Censorship
Over the weekend, news broke that three Baidu employees were arrested on suspicion of accepting payoffs in return for deleting posts from Baidu’s online forums. A fourth employee was not arrested, but was fired by Baidu. A Baidu spokeswoman told...
Scandal in Baidu and Chongqing
from Sinica PodcastA year after our first show memorialized Google’s retreat from the China market, our first anniversary sees Sinica host Kaiser Kuo and his employer on the defensive as Gady Epstein and Bill Bishop grill Kaiser over recent allegations of copyright...
Troubles and Ambitions in China
from Sinica PodcastWatch your rice, folks. That’s our takeaway from this week’s Sinica, which ruminates on troubles old and new in the Middle Kingdom. Up for discussion in particular are Chinese activities in Rwanda, dodgy rice, ongoing worker troubles at Apple...