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Tencent Finally Makes a Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence
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Tencent, the company behind China’s largest social network and the world’s biggest online games business, always gets props for its products—but not …
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Music Technology
Tencent Music IPO Shows Music Tech Investment Coming To Its Senses
Forbes - Bobby Owsinski
The Chinese music streaming service Tencent Music raised $1.1 billion last week, in what was one of the largest U.S. public offerings of the year. After a hot start where the stock gained almost 10% in
Carsharing
BMW launches ride-hailing service in Chengdu
cri.cn - chinaplus.cri.cn
Germany's BMW Group launched a ride hailing service in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Friday with 200 of its 5-Series vehicles, according to an …
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Bank Indonesia
Payment with WeChat Pay, Alipay only for foreign tourists: BI
thejakartapost.com - The Jakarta Post
Bank Indonesia has said China’s WeChat Pay and Alipay as well as other foreign payment platforms can set up shop in Indonesia, but they are only …
Quartz
China
The books, reporters, and WeChat accounts to read if you want to understand China’s electric-vehicle industry
Quartz
One of the biggest challenges of reporting our field guide to China’s electric-vehicle industry was the limited amount of quality, English-language coverage to date. That said, if you are interested in
News (China)
Former vice minister of finance accused of taking bribes
cri.cn - chinaplus.cri.cn
Zhang Shaochun, former vice minister of finance, pleaded guilty of taking bribes valued at 66.98 million yuan ($9.72 million), according to the …
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
China generates more waste than any other country. How does it deal with it?
weforum.org - Angela Chen
China’s ban on foreign waste created ripple effects in global recycling markets in 2018. US and UK markets were unable to meet domestic recycling …
Tech in Asia
China
WeChat blocks sharing of short videos from a Baidu app
techinasia.com - Xinmei Shen
China’s “great firewall” blocks a lot of foreign sites. But inside China, sites and apps are blocking each other too. Users have found that their …
Bank of China
China: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to Use Blockchain for Electronic Tax Invoices
cointelegraph.com - Max Yakubowski
Shenzhen, a major city in the Guangdong Province and the first economic special zone in China, will use blockchain technology for electronic tax …
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Technology (China)
Tencent is killing the web version of QQ, China’s earliest social network
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More and more products of the early internet are coming to an end. The same is true in China, too, where Tencent says it will shut down the web …
ZDNet
Free WeChat Video Call & Chat Messenger Guide Download | ZDNet
ZDNet
Free WeChat Video Call & Chat Messenger Guide for the beginners.Guide for WeChat Messenger - Video Call App include tips, guide, information for …
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Bank of China
Chinese retailers warned over mobile money preference - Mobile World Live
mobileworldlive.com
China’s central bank issued an unusual warning to retailers, telling them it is illegal to refuse remittances made with physical cash in favour of …
Advertising Industry
AdExchangers
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Today from AdExchanger Monday, December 10 Join Us Industry Preview, January 23-24, 2019 - Day 1, 2:05 pm - Kimberly-Clark and Pfizer discuss the work …
Tech in Asia
Messaging Apps
In brief: ByteDance is reportedly launching a messaging app to take on WeChat
techinasia.com - TIA Bot
Toutiao parent company ByteDance is planning to launch a messaging app as the firm sets its sights on WeChat and escalates its rivalry with tech …
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Technology (China)
WeChat isn’t cool enough for kids anymore so China’s viral king is planning a competitor
abacusnews.com
WeChat has an absolute stranglehold on smartphones in China. But now many people are betting that there is room for other social apps. Bytedance, the …
Technology (China)
Briefing: Bytedance to raise funds for AI and media content
technode.com - Dec 10, 2018
Reading Time: 1 minute What happened: Bytedance is reportedly in talks to secure RMB 10 billion ($1.45billion) for its first venture fund to invest in …
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Technology (China)
A surprising number of countries now accept WeChat Pay or Alipay
abacusnews.com - Julianna Wu
People in China love paying with their phones. Inside China, Alipay and WeChat Pay, which are respectively tied to the country’s biggest ecommerce …
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Technology (China)
Police arrest suspect in WeChat ransomware attack
technode.com - Dec 7, 2018
Reading Time: 1 minute Police from China’s Guangdong province have arrested a 22-year-old man surnamed Luo allegedly responsible for creating the …
Liberal View
How the Asian American backlash to affirmative action went viral
motherjones.com - Annie Ma
Demonstrators outside the federal courthouse in Boston where the Harvard affirmative action case is being heard.Liu Jie/Zuma Looking for news you can …
Jonathon Starradded this to Games
Advertising Industry
Tencent: WeChat Is More Than A Product, It’s ‘An Ecosystem’
adexchanger.com - by Allison Schiff // Friday, December 7th, 2018 – 12:35 am
What do advertisers outside of China need to know about Tencent? For one, it’s got much more going on than just WeChat – the Tencent app with the most …
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Artificial Intelligence
TD Ameritrade Teams With WeChat
thinkadvisor.com - By Marlene Satter | December 05, 2018 at 05:07 PM
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, it seems. Not only does WeChat (in Chinese, Weixin) have a billion monthly active users in its home …
CJBadded this to #China general news
Ransomware
Over 20,000 PCs infected with new ransomware strain in China
ZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu
Ransomware authors might have shot themselves in the foot by handling payments via WeChat. Local law enforcement could track ransom payments. Over …
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Android News
The 7 biggest revelations from the huge trove of Facebook emails that just leaked
Business Insider - Rob Price, Shona Ghosh and Isobel Asher Hamilton
Britain's Parliament has just given the world an unprecedented look at the ruthless tactics of Facebook's executive team. On Wednesday, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published leaked
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Ransomware
New Ransomware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 PCs
thehackernews.com - December 04, 2018
A new piece of ransomware is spreading rapidly across China that has already infected more than 100,000 computers in the last four days as a result …
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China
China’s dominant social app WeChat rolls out ‘Selfie Stickers’ for iPhone
9to5Mac - Cam MacMurchy
WeChat, or 微信 (Weixin) as it’s known inside China, dominates people’s digital lives in China in a way that no app does in the United States. It’s WhatsApp, Facebook’s news feed, Venmo, Uber, Tinder, and
Markets Insideradded this to Markets Insider
Tencent
WeSure Reaches 20 Million Monthly Active Users On First Anniversary
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire
SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- WeSure, Tencent's insurance platform, has released a report, Making Insurance Better On the Firm's First Anniversary, while rolling out Risk Quotient (RQ)
News (China)
Plateau border troops brave heavy wind and snow in Tibet
chinadaily.com.cn - 江巍
For the past 45 years, a stationary Chinese regiment has been patrolling the border area, braving strong wind and heavy snow, at the foot of …
CJBadded this to #China general news
App Store
How a TV show about a Chinese start-up gave unknown chat app Magic Crystal its big break
scmp.com - Celia Chen
A fictional messaging app featured in a Chinese TV drama about the trials and tribulations of a serial entrepreneur brought its real-world version …
Technology (China)
Hackers among most vulnerable to China's first WeChat Pay ransomware
technode.com - Dec 5, 2018
Hackers among most vulnerable to China’s first WeChat Pay ransomware Creators of illicit software may have been the most vulnerable targets of a …
South China Morning Post added this to Style
China
Why Tencent is betting that China's appetite for luxury will continue to grow
scmp.com - Jing Daily
This article was originally written by Yiling Pan and was published on Jing Daily. Calling Tencent Holdings a “video game giant” in China could soon …