Meituan’s turnaround to profitable business is a lesson for Uber and other on-demand businesses
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Huawei’s Mate 30 contains no American parts in response to tensions with the US
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Huawei’s reputation in China took a hit following a saga that saw a former employee jailed for demanding severance pay after he was let go
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Alibaba’s Ant Financial is launching a $1B investment fund
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A look at video-first e-commerce, a trend that started in China but is tipped to take off elsewhere
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Another controversial leak from ByteDance’s content moderation policy: Its approach to preventing online bullying on TikTok is to limit the reach of “vulnerable” users – those with disabilities, or who are “fat or gay”
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Beijing has reportedly told state offices to replace overseas-made software and hardware over the next 3 years
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There’s concern ARM’s China unit is playing a strong role in helping China’s state semiconductor ventures get off the ground
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Anyone buying a SIM card in China will be required to submit to a facial recognition scan – the move is said to be about tackling fraud, but it will arm carriers and the government with yet more personal data
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Sequoia has a new $3.4B fund for the US and China
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WeWork is still pushing hard in China despite layoffs and struggle to fill its office spaces
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Drone firm Ehang priced its US IPO, plans to raise nearly $50M which is less than expected
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