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President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in June 2019. Photo: Reuters

Business

Chinese solar panel maker plans US factory in win for Biden clean-energy push

Beijing-based JA Solar is building a new plant in the US in another win for the Biden administration as its incentive-laden climate law continues to attract big foreign investments.

12 Jan 2023 - 11:19AM

Samsung profit slumps by most in decade on weak demand for memory chips

6 Jan 2023 - 10:03AMvideocam

China meets with US firms as it seeks to restore confidence, boost growth

19 Nov 2022 - 1:37AMvideocam

Tech Trends

Foxconn woos fleeing workers with US$70 subsidy as exodus hits iPhone capacity

Foxconn is offering workers who fled its Zhengzhou compound a subsidy of US$70 to return to work as the world’s largest iPhone factory tries to limit fallout from a Covid-19 lockdown.

8 Nov 2022 - 2:48PM

This file photo taken on May 6, 2022 shows a man walking past the Foxconn headquarters in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Photo: AFP

Big Tech

Apple warns of iPhone delays due to Covid chaos at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory

Apple has broken its silence on the Covid-19 chaos at the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, saying production and holiday shipments of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max lines will be affected.

7 Nov 2022 - 11:39AM

China Business

Frenchman launches Carrat – a smart bracelet aimed at protecting women

Carrat is a piece of wearable tech in the form of a stylish bracelet with a connected mobile app, which alerts emergency contacts once activated.

6 Nov 2022 - 5:00PMvideocam

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Big Tech

Shein faces new competition from Pinduoduo’s fast-growing new app

Temu has become the most-downloaded shopping app in the US this month as it aims to compete in cheap fast-fashion, but higher costs in the competitive consumer market could prove challenging.

6 Nov 2022 - 8:00AM

The logo of Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo printed on boxes in a shopping mall during the 5.5 shopping festival in Shanghai on May 2, 2020. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

World’s largest iPhone plant rushes to tame fear after worker exodus

While Chinese state media reports have painted a rosy picture inside Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory, workers say the situation remains subpar.

4 Nov 2022 - 9:30PMvideocam

Big Tech

Foxconn’s disruptions in Zhengzhou may prompt more production outside China

The recent exodus of workers from the world’s largest iPhone factory in China signals the increased demand for Apple’s suppliers to shift more manufacturing to markets like Vietnam and India.

3 Nov 2022 - 1:26AMvideocam

Big Tech

Apple supplier Foxconn boosts cash incentives for iPhone workers in Zhengzhou

Foxconn’s move to increase cash incentives comes after thousands of panicked workers fled from its Covid-19-hit iPhone factory in the central Chinese city.

1 Nov 2022 - 7:00PMvideocam

Foxconn Technology Group said a worker at its iPhone factory in the central city of Zhengzhou can earn more than 15,000 yuan in extra pay for a full month’s attendance. Photo: Shutterstock

Policy

China grants no video game licence in October despite industry’s struggles

The absence of new approvals comes after the government issued more than 300 licences between April and September.

1 Nov 2022 - 2:06AMvideocam

Staff are seen at a booth promoting Tencent’s popular Honor of Kings online game in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo

Big Tech

Worker exodus from world’s largest iPhone factory hits Apple supply chain

An unknown number of workers have fled the iPhone production plant run by Foxconn Technology Group in Zhengzhou as Covid-19 cases flare.

31 Oct 2022 - 4:01PMvideocam

Politics

China’s biggest iPhone factory acts after workers flee Covid-19 outbreak

Move comes after city authorities sent task force over viral social media clips showing workers walking back to their hometowns.

30 Oct 2022 - 8:10PM

Tech War

China chip start-ups rush to tout AI chip breakthroughs after Nvidia sales ban

Analysts say that Chinese chip companies still lag far behind Nvidia, which has a near monopoly on GPUs used to train AI models.

30 Sep 2022 - 12:42AM

China AI chip companies are touting their expertise. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

TikTok owner ByteDance to offer more paid leave to employees

The expanded leave offerings will bring ByteDance’s policy more in line with those of global peers, which often provide more generous employee benefits.

29 Sep 2022 - 11:15PMvideocam

The ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech Trends

Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 cuts jobs as founder calls for consolidation

Beijing-based 360 Security Technology is cutting staff and selling overseas investments as part of a consolidation plan, which includes a new focus on digital security amid increasing threats from cyberattacks.

29 Sep 2022 - 9:00PM

Big Tech

Pony Ma explains Tencent’s vision for the future of the internet

Tencent finally elaborates on the meaning of ‘immersive convergence’, two years after founder Pony Ma Huateng called it the future of the internet.

28 Sep 2022 - 7:30PMvideocam

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Culture

How a Chinese network of fake accounts infiltrated Facebook

This is the first time that Facebook has taken down Chinese-based accounts for foreign interference and engagement in US politics.

28 Sep 2020 - 3:29PM

Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering in Asian and American politics.

Games

‘Always men’: the sexism problem in China’s gaming industry

Sexism in gaming is common worldwide but more openly tolerated in China, where feminism is silenced and stigmatised.

9 Oct 2020 - 12:59PMvideocam

Tech

Meet Realme, the breakout smartphone brand rivalling Xiaomi

Realme is the budget-conscious sibling of Oppo and OnePlus that’s winning over millions of fans across India and Southeast Asia.

16 Sep 2020 - 11:52AM

Culture

Why China is becoming a nation of cord-cutters

Deregulation in 2014 brought sports to streaming services, permanently changing the industry.

31 Aug 2020 - 11:42PM

A generation of TV viewers in China has grown up without ever paying for cable TV. So while cord-cutting takes a toll on the cable industry, audiences hardly notice. Photo: Shutterstock

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