Hong Kong’s tech news in June
June 2021’s tech news from HK – reports, articles & downloads
The June 2021 Hong Kong tech news round-up gathers items on subjects including robotics in education, the Apple Daily newspaper and blockchain technology, the city’s fintech strategy, implementation and trialling of the mainland’s ‘digital yuan’, and more.
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- RTHK to erase archival content over one year old, meaning programs covering 2019 HK protests would be wiped from RTHK web and social media. Hong Kong’s response? Blockchain.
- Hong Kong: An intro to PopSand Robotics and their education-focused robot aimed at helping children learn English through conversation
- Hong Kong to test connecting China’s e-CNY, the ‘digital yuan’, with its domestic payments network, heralding second stage of digital currency trials in the city
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority launches Fintech 2025 Strategy, featuring focus on CBDCs and cross-border payments
- Hong Kong: Amber Group cryptocurrency trading firm raises $100M Series B, ten times the company’s 2019 Series A, offering algorithmic trading and more
- Hong Kong: Apple Daily pro-democracy tabloid forced to shut down by mainland government – now backed up on a censorship-resistant blockchain
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