The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2022

LGBTQ dating app Grindr has been removed from the Apple App Store in China, and is also unavailable on popular Android app marketplaces, Bloomberg reports. The tightening of restrictions comes ahead of China hosting the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which are due to kick off later this week. Ahead of the winter olympics.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The developers of audio chat room app Clubhouse plan to add additional encryption to prevent it from transmitting pings to servers in China, after Stanford researchers said they found vulnerabilities in its infrastructure. In a new report, the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) said it confirmed that Shanghai-based company Agora Inc.,

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing had ordered officials at central government agencies not to use iPhones or other foreign-branded devices for work or bring them into the office. The decision is part of the country's move away from its reliance on foreign tech and to enhance its. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

Reuters’ source, a government official, didn’t specify the punishment for breaking the rules after that. But a 2019 government panel recommended a jail sentence of up to 10 years for cryptocurrency-related offenses. The Indian government outlined its plans in January , when it published an agenda for the upcoming legislative session.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

DigiTimes reports that possible fresh Covid outbreaks in China could impact PC and laptop launches early next year due to labor supply disruptions. China's government started relaxing strict Covid lockdowns after fierce protests occurred across the country.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

are increasingly going global, but recent regulatory crackdowns in China , which instructed local K-12 tutoring startups to go nonprofit, have led to a chill among check-writers looking at the country. When I first started reporting on edtech over a year ago, U.S.-based Edtech investors based in the U.S.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Apple has removed Quran Majeed , a popular app for reading and listening to the Quran, from the App Store in China, the BBC reports. The company reportedly removed the app at the request of government officials, a somewhat surprising move given Islam is a protected religion in the People’s Republic of China.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Huawei worked on a facial recognition system to monitor and track China’s Uighur minority, according to a new report from video surveillance researchers at IPVM. First reported by The Washington Post , the report draws on documents posted publicly to Huawei’s website, obtained via Google search.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Airbnb’s chief trust officer Sean Joyce left the company after just six months in 2019 because the former FBI deputy director took issue with the company’s data sharing practices in China, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. He feared it could allow the Chinese government to track foreign visitors and its own citizens.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. But imagine what it could do in the hands of an authoritarian government?”. The company did not respond to a request for comment on the Financial Times report.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A China-based former Zoom employee is being charged with harassment for allegedly disrupting video calls commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. He allegedly used this position to target dissidents and activists both inside and outside the People’s Republic of China, collecting account information and disrupting meetings.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The plan to create the robots was set out in a blueprint document published last week by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The government wants to aid more fledgling companies in the field, set industry standards, develop talent and deepen international cooperation, reports Bloomberg, with the goal.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Google, Facebook, and Twitter are pausing the processing of data requests from the Hong Kong government as they review a new security law that went into effect on July 1st. Twitter also halted its handling of government requests as of July 1st, with Facebook announcing its pause on Monday, The New York Times reported.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

On Friday, Apple published a new human rights policy committing to “freedom of information and expression” after facing years of criticism over the company’s willingness to follow mainland China’s censorship laws. In a letter to Congress in 2017, Apple revealed that it removed 674 VPN apps from its App Store in China.

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TechSpot

JULY 1, 2022

According to a South China Morning Post report, the Chinese government is spearheading the development of a desktop operating system that could replace the need for American-made ones like Windows and macOS.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Toyotas first wholly-owned electric Lexus plant in China could be larger than Teslas Shanghai Gigafactory, according to since-deleted publicly available documents shared by a Chinese blogger, revealing significant details on the latest investment in China by the worlds biggest automaker.

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TechSpot

MAY 9, 2022

SCMP reports that China on Saturday told livestreaming platforms to step up governance on how under-18s use their services. The news comes just weeks after reports revealed the country was preparing to slam its $30 billion livestreaming industry with new regulations. Last month, it launched a new campaign to clean.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

While still small at 5%, Chinas share of the global memory chip market is growing, and market leaders SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron should be worried. Well-trodden path In some ways, China isnt doing anything new. China is the largest consumer electronics manufacturing nation in the world and will be for the foreseeable future.

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TechSpot

JUNE 29, 2023

Nvidia's share price took a tumble yesterday following a report that the US government is considering tightening its export controls on AI chips to China as a way to prevent them being used for military applications. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

IPO is one of several key moments of the recent regulatory shift inside China regarding its leading technology companies. The other is Ant’s IPO that never happened , pulled in the wake of criticisms of the Chinese government’s handling of newer technologies by the previously prominent Alibaba founder Jack Ma.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Megvii, one of China’s largest facial recognition startups, is gearing up for an initial public offering in Shanghai. The company is working with CITIC Securities to prepare for its planned listing, according to an announcement posted by the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Tuesday. China tech competition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Must-Read: Millennial Impact Report. Must-Read: Diversity in Giving Report. 67% of internet users live in countries where criticism of the government, military, or ruling family are subject to censorship. 1 in 3 use WeChat Pay in China. Live Reporting Using Social Media. 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

China is a key market for Tesla. Tesla says it’s established a data center in China to store and process information produced by its vehicles locally. All data generated from the sales of vehicles in the Chinese mainland market will be stored in China.”. If Tesla used cars to spy in China or anywhere, we will get shut down.”.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Google provided some user data to the government of Hong Kong last year, despite promising it would not process such data requests from authorities, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The company told the news outlet it “produced some data” in response to three of the 43 requests it received from Hong Kong’s government.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group's Chairman, has confirmed the companies' partnership at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. He revealed that Apple talked to a number of other companies in China for a potential partnership, but it decided to team up with Alibaba in the end.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Facebook is testing Instagram’s Reels feature in India, Business Insider reports. The news emerged just days after the Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps. Last month, TechCrunch reported that the feature had expanded to France and Germany.

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The Verge

APRIL 10, 2021

China has hit Alibaba, one of the country’s biggest online retailers, with a record $2.8 billion yuan) fine, after an investigation found the ecommerce giant violated China’s anti-monopoly law, The New York Times reported. Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images. billion (18.2

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A major Chinese supplier of consumer electronics components, Lens Technology, has been accused of using forced Uighur labor workers from the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang, China, according to a report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) shared with The Verge. The Washington Post first reported TTP’s findings on Tuesday.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As financial troubles escalate at Danke, China’s authorities are stepping in to hold the once-promising apartment rental and sharing company accountable. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, China’s rental market cooled, putting stress on Danke’s funding vehicle. when it went public in January.

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TechNode

JANUARY 31, 2025

Toyota maintained its title as the worlds largest automaker in 2024, reporting sales of more than 10.8 million cars, but its sales in China felll by 6.9% to approximately 1.8 million units due to competition from Chinese rivals, according to its earnings release. Reuters , Caixin , 36Kr , in Chinese]

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has threatened the government funding of chipmaker Intel after the company made what Rubio described as “humiliating apologies” to China.

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TechSpot

MARCH 27, 2023

Cook was one of the more than 50 chief senior executives and government officials from around the world to attend the government-organized event in Beijing, the first since its suspension due to the Covid outbreak. The Wall Street Journal reports that Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon was also an attendee, as. Read Entire Article

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TechNode

JULY 4, 2024

Chinas eastern Jiangsu province is looking to buy an undisclosed number of Tesla Model Y electric vehicles in the 2024-2025 budget year, marking the first time in years that the company’s cars would be purchased officially by the authorities. TechNode reporting, Reuters , Jiangsu gov announcement, in Chinese ]

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The Verge

MARCH 7, 2022

Amazon is allegedly employing suppliers in China with links to forced labor, according to a report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a research group owned by the nonprofit watchdog organization Campaign for Accountability (via NBC News ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

China will establish a new department tasked with overseeing the development of the countrys emerging low-altitude aviation sector and initiate pilot programs for passenger transport using electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) in six domestic cities, including Shenzhen, Caixin reported. Caixin, in Chinese ]

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Apple’s new Private Relay feature, which is designed to obscure users’ browsing data and protect their privacy, won’t be available in China, Reuters reports. The move is the latest concession Apple has made in order to offer its services in China, a market which Reuters notes accounts for almost 15 percent of its revenue.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In China, however, the level of trust in NGOs fell significantly from the previous year. Government was least likely to be seen as ethical or competent.

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