China Avengers: Endgame gears up for a box office record in Chinaabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu Earth’s mightiest heroes are returning next week to restore order in the universe, and fans in China can’t wait to be among the first to see it. …
Samsung Galaxy Fold As Samsung’s foldable phone breaks, Huawei fans await the Mate Xabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen Now that consumers have gotten a glimpse of the first foldable smartphones, all eyes are on Samsung and Huawei delivering devices into people's …
Technology (China) The Nubia Alpha is a smartphone for your wristabacusnews.com - Chris Chang I finally had the chance to strap a very strange device to my wrist. It has a 4-inch flexible OLED display and a camera on the front for taking …
Technology (China) Consumers say Amazon failed in China because it didn't adaptabacusnews.com - Josh Ye When Amazon announced it would stop operating its China marketplace starting July 18, Chinese consumers hardly seemed disappointed. Amazon deserves …
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch is coming to China thanks to a tie-up with Tencentabacusnews.com - Josh Ye The Nintendo Switch is finally coming to China. But far from being happy, some gamers are actually disappointed… because it’s being distributed by …
Baidu Explore Notre Dame from your couch with Baidu's new VR experienceabacusnews.com - Masha Borak Images of flames over Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this week shocked the world. For those of us who haven’t had the chance to see the real thing, …
India Google and Apple pulled TikTok from app stores in Indiaabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen Google and Apple have complied with an Indian high court order and pulled TikTok from Google Play and the iOS App Store in India. The app became …
Minecraft Minecraft draws ire of China’s porn watchdogabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu Kids love Minecraft, and most parents are happy to let their children play it. In China though, the game has turned into the unlikely target of …
Technology (China) This selfie-enhancing app maker wants to take care of your skin in real life tooabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu Remember that selfie app called Meitu that went viral in the US two years ago and turned everyone from Barack Obama and Donald Trump into airbrushed …
Online Life Pop star threatens to sue China’s biggest anime site over mocking videosabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen Funny videos making fun of celebrities are common on social media and video platforms, but one Chinese pop star has decided he’s had enough. Bilibili, …
Online Life The best bit of Game of Thrones’ season premiere was censored in Chinaabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen Chinese Game of Thrones fans really hoped they would be able to watch an uncensored version of the show’s final season. But when they streamed the …
Online Life TikTok, PUBG Mobile face bans in India over fears they're corrupting kidsabacusnews.com - Josh Ye Two of the hottest apps in India today both come from China: TikTok and PUBG Mobile. Now they have something else in common, too. The two popular …
Terry Gou Terry Gou, the man who built the manufacturing empire for iPhones and Kindlesabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu One of Taiwan’s richest tycoons, Terry Gou is the founder of Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai. The Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer operates …
Online Life Weibo reverses brief ban on a lesbian page after outcryabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen Homosexuality is not illegal in China, but the LGBT community still faces censorship on social networks. Online protests broke out on Chinese social …
Technology (China) Tencent wants its own gaming phoneabacusnews.com - Masha Borak The biggest gaming company in the world might be working on its own gaming phone, according to unconfirmed reports. Tencent is better known for games …
Technology (China) Jack Ma and Richard Liu defend China’s overtime work culture, but ordinary workers can’t relateabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu If you love your job, you should be happy working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week -- or even longer. So said Jack Ma, whose rags-to-riches story has …
Technology (China) Can bike sharing survive in China?abacusnews.com - Karen Chiu The business of bike sharing is a tough nut to crack almost anywhere in the world. But nowhere is the industry’s rise and bust as dramatic as in …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Future Robotic driving instructors are here to make lessons less stressfulabacusnews.com - Masha Borak Driving instructors might soon be joining the list of jobs to be replaced by AI in the near future. A company in China has developed an AI-powered …
Online Life Digital photo provider draws backlash after claiming rights to first black hole photoabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen China’s biggest stock picture provider has vanished, and it’s all because of the first photograph taken of a black hole. The country erupted in …
Technology (China) Chinese users say Samsung’s Galaxy S10 phones have overheating issuesabacusnews.com - Xinmei Shen For a while, it seemed like the Galaxy S10 series could help Samsung gain back some market share in China. In the last few days, however, customer …
Online Life Chinese netizens: What happens to our digital accounts when we die?abacusnews.com - Karen Chiu From Instagramming vacation pictures to binging on Fortnite, many of us now spend a huge chunk of time building our lives online. But what happens to …
The Future Why are 5G phone makers skipping the US for other markets?abacusnews.com - Masha Borak At long last, 5G is finally here. Well, sort of. At least 5G smartphones are here, and all the major Chinese brands are jumping at the opportunity to …
Online Life Players are dropping China’s most popular gameabacusnews.com - Masha Borak Honor of Kings is not just China’s most popular video game. The MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) mobile game has become a full-fledged …
Technology (China) Is OnePlus going to unveil more than one phone in its next launch?abacusnews.com - Karen Chiu By now it’s customary for major smartphone makers to roll out multiple models with each product launch. Samsung’s latest Galaxy S10, for instance, …
Technology (China) Samsung S10 5G first look: A supersized phone with six camerasabacusnews.com - Chris Chang I have two main issues with supersized phones: They’re too big to fit in my pocket, and they can be uncomfortably heavy. The Samsung S10 5G solves …
Online Life China now has a Communist propaganda app for kidsabacusnews.com - Masha Borak Despite its reach, Chinese Communist Party propaganda is impressively boring: It's long, opaque and full of incomprehensible formulas. So how does …
Gear & Gadgets Unheard is a rare gem that merges a detective game with audio dramaabacusnews.com - Josh Ye What if all that was left of a crime scene were audio tapes of every relevant conversation? That is the peculiar scenario presented in the detective …
The Future Pay with your face in this Chinese subway stationabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu Whether you’re in New York or Beijing, getting into the subway usually requires reaching into your pocket to pull out a fare card or a smartphone. …
Online Life Beijing wants to use facial recognition to blacklist unruly touristsabacusnews.com - Masha Borak In this week's news on China's widespread face recognition tech, Chinese authorities have found a new target in need of constant surveillance: Unruly …
Online Life Crashed app causes chaos during rush hour commute in one of China’s largest citiesabacusnews.com - Karen Chiu It’s annoying when any app crashes on your phone, but most of the time it’s just a minor inconvenience. What happens when the app is an integral part …
