Chinese tech
news from 12/2017
- China: A brief look at 5 consumer trends set to emerge thru 2018
- China’s Sensetime AI firm partners Japan’s Honda around smart cars
- China: Toutiao creating fake news to train its anti-fake news AI how to spot it
- China: Plex-VR Digital Technology backed to US$15.3M by Alibaba for VR/AR application of light field tech
- China: TouchPal launches AI engineer recruitment campaign with $1.5M package
- China: G7 Networks IoT firm gains $70M for fleet management IoT and big data solutions
- China: Xiaomi ‘Home’ IoT range breaks 10M unit sales in December alone
- A brief intro to 10 of China’s cashierless stores
- China: A look at the likely risks of too much reliance on AI in educating children
- China: naked Hub acquires Shanghai rival Raise Office
- Asia to continue as fastest-growing economic region to 2030, China and India leading
- China: Loan apps offer instant cash but build unmanageable debt whilst collecting invasive data
- China: Amazon launches ‘Next Generation Trade Link’ program to help China sell abroad
- China: Sprimo Labs’ personal air monitor platform and app places 2nd in 500
- China: Supermonkey share-gym startup lands ‘hundreds of millions of RMB’
- China: A quick look at Tsinghua University incubator
- China set to build unmanned, AI-powered police station in Wuhan city
- China: Alibaba, Xinhua roll out ‘robot journalism’ raising privacy fears
- China: Tech giants Baidu and Xiaomi to partner around AI and IoT
- JD, China’s 2nd largest online retailer, partners HK real estate developer for hundreds of staff-less stores
- China: Alibaba to launch two car vending machines in January
- China’s Alipay (540M users) and WeChat Pay (650M users) move into North America
- China: Xiaoe Weidian checkout-free snack bar startup lands $30M
- China: GSMA announces Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018
- China: Kuaikan Manhua comic art platform lands $177M
- China: A look at AI in medical diagnosis in the context of second-tier cities
- China: Baidu’s student micro-loan unit considered for $194m debt by IFC
- China: 36Kr Media tech news spinoff secures $45M for multifaceted services
- China: Didi Chuxing raises $4BN on $56BN valuation for global move in ride-hailing space
- China: Google to open AI research facility in Beijing
- China: WeWork, US coworking giant, expands with lease of 10-storey Shanghai tower
- A brief look at how China’s coworking space sector is set to boom
- China: A look at the gradual evolution of fitness-focused apps
- China: BigBasket grocery delivery startup backed to $300M by Alibaba
- ExpoPromoter aims to transform China’s $10BN trade show market
- China: Wuhan gov’t sets US$7.64BN guiding fund for Donghu high-tech zone development
- China: AWS opens second cloud region in Ningxia Region
- China: A look at how Shenzhen became a tech colossus
- China: A look at how the 3 huge cowork chains differentiate
- China: Hengqin island sets sights on future, spending over 10% revenue on attracting startups and talent
- Israel partners Chinese venture firms to launch 2 Beijing startup accelerators
- China: Blue Sky Labs takes $150K TechCrunch Shanghai competition prize
- Euro 65M fund for China-focused startups announced at Sino Track Goes Slush Helsinki event
- A brief look at China’s moves into attracting the world’s brightest tech minds
- China: Medlinker doctors’ social network raises $60M
- China: Oppo backs Bugatone, startup that turns any earphone into sonar sensor
- China: Nio launches its first mass-produced electric car, at half the price of a TeslaX
- A look at Chinaccelerator’s latest batch, taking on traditional business
- China: University of Toronto Impact Centre accelerator creates ‘soft landing program’ in Nanjing
- China: UrWork coworking space operator raises $45M on $1.3BN valuation
- Amadeus Next aiming for Asia-Pac growth; China, Indonesia, Vietnam in sights
- Cambodia: PiPay partners with China’s AliPay for customer use of Alipay wallet
- India: NASSCOM set to enter Dalian with online Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza platform agreement
- A look at the likely future for Indonesian and Chinese startup ecosystems
- Hong Kong: Fano Labs AI startup gains billionaire’s backing for Chinese dialect recognition
- Singapore’s oBike partners China’s TRON for ride payment using cryptocurrency
- A look at artificial intelligence in the context of the U.S.-China relationship
