Books
12.18.19Tech Titans of China
Nicholas Brealey Publishing: The rise of China’s tech companies and intense competition from the sector is just beginning. This will present an ongoing management and strategy challenge for companies for many years to come. Tech Titans of China is the go-to guide for companies (and those interested in competition from China) seeking to understand China’s grand tech ambitions, who the players are, and what their strategy is.Featuring detailed profiles of the Chinese tech companies making waves, the tech sectors that matter most in China’s grab for super power status, and predictions for China’s tech dominance in just 10 years.{chop} Related Reading:“The Inside Story of China’s Stunning Rise from Tech Imitator to Innovator,” Marcus Baram, Fast Company, September 5, 2019
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03.07.18China Protectionism Creates Tech Billionaires Who Protect Xi
Bloomberg
China’s tech giants will add star power to the country’s political festivities this week, paying homage to President Xi Jinping and endorsing constitutional changes for him to remain president indefinitely.
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02.08.18This Week in China Tech: Xiaomi’s 460 Investments, Tencent’s Gamble and a New ‘Blockchain Academy’
Forbes
China’s technology scene is always shifting, and this week we’ve seen big news coming from Xiaomi, Tencent, Wanda, Baidu, among others. Here are the some of the most interesting tech stories out of China you might not have heard about.
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01.18.18Baidu's Robin Li Is Helping China Win the 21st Century
Time
When Robin Li looks back at the question now, he can laugh. But things were different in 1992, when the Baidu CEO was a tongue-tied Chinese student applying for a computer-graphics graduate program in the U.S.
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01.12.18China Chides Tech Firms over Privacy Safeguards
CNBC
China reprimanded three top tech firms on Friday over poor privacy protections, as tech companies face an increasing backlash from consumers and authorities over excessive data collection practices.
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07.06.17China’s Baidu Being Probed after CEO Tests Driverless Car on Public Roads
Reuters
Baidu Inc, China’s biggest search engine provider, is under investigation to determine whether it had broken any laws after its chief executive tested a driverless car on public roads.
Sinica Podcast
06.07.17Kai-Fu Lee on Artificial Intelligence in China
from Sinica Podcast
Kai-Fu Lee is one of the most prominent figures in Chinese technology. He founded China’s noted early-stage venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures after launching and heading up Google’s China operations during their years of growth from 2005 to...
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06.02.17Google Is Already Late to China’s AI Revolution
Wired
“Some of the major Chinese companies are some of the most sophisticated deep learning and data companies in the world.”
Books
05.02.17China’s Mobile Economy
China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom is a cutting-edge text that spotlights the digital transformation in China. Organized into three major areas of the digital economy within China, this ground-breaking book explores the surge in e-commerce of consumer goods, the way in which multi-screen and mobile Internet use has increased in popularity, and the cultural emphasis on the mobile Internet as a source of lifestyle- and entertainment-based content. Targeted at the global business community, this lucid and engaging text guides business leaders, investors, investment banking professionals, corporate advisors, and consultants in grasping the challenges and opportunities created by China’s emerging mobile economy, and its debut on the global stage.The year of 2014-15 marks the most important inflection point in the history of the Internet in China. Almost overnight, the world’s largest digitally-connected middle class went both mobile and multi-screen (smart phone, tablets, laptops, and more), with huge implications for how consumers behave and what companies need to do to successfully compete. As next-generation mobile devices and services take off, China’s strength in this arena will transform it from a global “trend follower” to a “trend setter.”Understand what the digital transformation in China is, and impact on global capital markets, foreign investors, consumer companies, and the global economy as a whole.Explore the e-commerce consumption boom in the context of the Chinese market.Understand the implications of the multi-screen age and mobile Internet for China’s consumersSee how mobile Internet use, its focus on lifestyle and entertainment is aligned with today’s Chinese culture.Learn about the mobile entertainment habits of China’s millennial generation and the corresponding new advertisement approaches.The development of China’s mobile economy is one of the most important trends that will reshape the future of business, technology, and society both in China and the world. China's Mobile Economy introduces you to the digital transformation in China, and explains how this transformation has the potential to transform both China and the global consumer landscape. —John Wiley & Sons, Inc.{chop}
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02.13.17How Chinese Internet Giant Baidu Uses AI and Machine Learning
Forbes
Baidu is currently considered to be pack leader amongst the Chinese internet giants as they race to develop and deploy machine and deep learning technology.
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09.22.16Alibaba Dethrones Baidu in China’s Digital Advertising Market
CNBC
Mobile ads are witnessing quick growth, but not everyone is in for a win this year.
Caixin Media
05.25.16Search Giant Baidu Shuts Online Literature Forums to Stamp Out Piracy
Internet giant Baidu said May 23, it would gradually take down discussion forums on literature from its popular online bulletin board service to remove content suspected of infringing upon intellectual property rights.China’s biggest search engine...
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05.05.16Baidu Should Have Even Higher Standards Than Google, Because It's All China's Citizens Have
Quartz
Many believe Baidu's claims that it performs strict due diligence before accepting ads.
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05.03.16China Investigates Baidu After Student’s Death From Cancer
New York Times
Chinese regulators have begun an investigation into the Internet giant Baidu due to misleading medical advertising.
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05.02.16Baidu, China's Version of Google, Is "Evil," a Growing Number of Users Say
Quartz
A Chinese college student recently died of cancer after receiving questionable treatment from a hospital advertised on Baidu.
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04.25.16Baidu Head of Comms and China Tech Figure Kaiser Kuo Is Leaving the Firm to Return to the U.S.
TechCrunch
Formerly a journalist with Red Herring and China Now, Kuo is a high-profile figure in China’s tech scene.
Conversation
04.12.16Should Internet Censorship Be Considered a Trade Issue?
A new report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative lists, for the first time, Chinese Internet censorship as a trade barrier. The possible implications are complex: it could strengthen the hand of U.S. businesses, but also stands...
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02.09.16Traditional Red Envelopes Are Going Digital Thanks To China’s Largest Internet Companies
TechCrunch
This year, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are all offering their own version of online red envelopes.
Conversation
04.01.15New Chinese Cyberattacks: What’s to Be Done?
Starting last week, hackers foiled a handful of software providers that promote freedom of information by helping web surfers in China reach the open Internet. The attacks that drastically slowed the anti-censorship services of San Francisco-based...
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03.31.15China Ban Hits Google’s Search Ad Share; Baidu Gains
International Business Times
Google’s share of 2015’s $81.59 billion search ad market at 54.5%, down from 54.7% in 2014 and 55.2% in 2013.
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03.30.15China Appears to Attack GitHub by Diverting Web Traffic
New York Times
In recent attacks on sites that try to help Internet users in China circumvent censorship, the Great Firewall appears to have been used as a weapon.
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03.29.15U.S. Coding Website GitHub Hit With Cyberattack
Wall Street Journal
The attack appears to underscore how China’s Internet censors increasingly reach outside the country.
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01.07.15China Cities Crack Down on Illegal Cabs Using Car-Hailing Apps
Bloomberg
The Chinese capital will impose fines of as much as 20,000 yuan ($3,200) each on 41 unauthorized vehicles that offered rental services via the apps, CNR said Jan. 7.
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12.14.14China’s Baidu Set to Partner with Uber and Reportedly Invest up to $600M
TechCrunch
If Baidu does put money into Uber, it will be a significant expansion of its international portfolio of products and investments. Baidu has focused on emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, Egypt and Brazil, where it recently acquired e-...
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07.21.14More Internet Companies Should Go Abroad
Xinhua
More Chinese Internet companies should compete internationally, as they now have the ability and can make the world’s cyber environment more balanced and just.
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01.27.14Map Visualizes Chinese New Year Migration
Wall Street Journal
An estimated 3.65 billion trips will be made during the world's largest seasonal migration.
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01.06.14‘Saturday Night Live’ comes to China's Internet
Associated Press
One such episode portraying Hu Jintao berating Barack Obama over the national debt shows the potential for more political discussion in China's television industry.
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05.17.13China’s Baidu to Pay $370 Million for Internet Video Business
Deal Book
Acquiring the video business from P.P.S. will increase Baidu’s position in China’s fractious market for online entertainment and help iQiyi compete better against Youku Tudou.
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02.24.13Dirty Business for China’s Internet Scrubbers
Flames of a public relations disaster were licking at the heels of a private equity firm when China’s most notorious Internet-scrubbing company rode to the rescue.Saving the Shenzhen-based firm’s image was not cheap, and it took more than two months...
Media
12.24.12The Most Popular Chinese Web Searches of 2012
What did China search for in 2012? It wasn’t the hotly disputed Diaoyu Islands or the widely-watched London Olympics.On Baidu.com, China’s homegrown search engine commanding about eighty-three percent of the Chinese search market, the most popular...
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08.06.12China’s Dark PR: Time to Say Goodbye to Paid Censorship
Tech in Asia
Over the weekend, news broke that three Baidu employees were arrested on suspicion of accepting payoffs in return for deleting posts from Baidu’s online forums. A fourth employee was not arrested, but was fired by Baidu. A Baidu spokeswoman told the...
Sinica Podcast
04.01.11Scandal in Baidu and Chongqing
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A year after our first show memorialized Google’s retreat from the China market, our first anniversary sees Sinica host Kaiser Kuo and his employer on the defensive as Gady Epstein and Bill Bishop grill Kaiser over recent allegations of copyright...
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02.26.11Troubles and Ambitions in China
from Sinica Podcast
Watch your rice, folks. That’s our takeaway from this week’s Sinica, which ruminates on troubles old and new in the Middle Kingdom. Up for discussion in particular are Chinese activities in Rwanda, dodgy rice, ongoing worker troubles at Apple...