Didi unveiled a new autonomous concept car, complete with a robotic arm in its trunk, in its first big event since it was ordered to delist in the US back in 2021
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The Communist Party's two-year crackdown on the private sector has rattled China's entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
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A Chinese startup seeking to be the country’s answer to SpaceX is preparing a satellite launch that could beat Elon Musk’s company by relying on a new generation of rocket fuel. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

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Alibaba decided against disclosing sales results for its Singles’ Day event for the first time, after forecasts that the figure may reveal an unprecedented decline trib.al/iNyMKoF

Google is getting into chips. The crunchy kind that you can eat.

They’re part of the marketing push for the latest Pixel 7 phones from the Internet giant. Kurumi Mori explains trib.al/J7DeTHK

A 75-year-old Harvard graduate is one of the driving forces behind China's AI ambitions, helping to shape some of the country's biggest startups bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

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China is considering a shake-up of Tencent similar to Jack Ma's Ant, which could require carving out its popular Wechat Pay service under a new holding company. Tencent is expected to maintain control of the new finance arm, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Alibaba earmarks US$15.5 billion to help China close nation’s wealth gap scmp.com/tech/big-tech/… via @scmpnews

How China’s private education industry has come to a tearful end scmp.com/tech/policy/ar… via @scmpnews

Didi is under investigation by China’s cyberspace administration scmp.com/tech/big-tech/… via @scmpnews

How new millennial billionaires built the biggest rival to China’s TikTok scmp.com/tech/tech-lead… via @scmpnews

Alipay and WeChat Pay’s monopoly status remains unclear in new regulation scmp.com/tech/policy/ar… via @scmpnews

Jack Ma gives video speech to rural teachers after three months of silence scmp.com/tech/big-tech/… via @scmpnews

Demise of beloved music app shows how China’s internet has changed scmp.com/tech/apps-soci… via @scmpnews

Alibaba antitrust probe presents fresh challenges for China’s regulators scmp.com/tech/policy/ar… via @scmpnews

“The race to digitise retail in China is a two-horse race between Alibaba and Tencent' scmp.com/tech/e-commerc… via @scmpnews

Shenzhen’s tech hub status turbocharged by Xi’s new policy blueprint scmp.com/tech/policy/ar… via @scmpnews

Alibaba’s Freshippo opens first membership-only store in Shanghai, challenging Costco and Sam’s Club scmp.com/tech/e-commerc… via @scmpnews