Tag: Chinas

By He Jun* There has been the intensification of the wave of layoffs in Chinese internet companies, where JD.com is becoming the center of attention. According to a document that has been circulating online, JD.com’s …

For decades during the Cold War, the Soviet Union erected what British leader Winston Churchill called the “Iron Curtain” around communist Russia and its eastern and central European allies. The Berlin Wall was only its …

A worker checks sewing machines in a textile company in Lanxi, East China’s Zhejiang Province on November 29, 2021.  Photo: cnsphoto A total of 20 top authorities including Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National …

Update published April 11, 2022 China’s Internet crackdown continues. On April 8, the country’s top cyberspace regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) kicked off a formal campaign “Qinglang Comprehensive Algorithm Management Regulation in 2022” …

China’s internet sector registered steady revenue growth in the first two months of the year, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed. The business revenues of major internet and related services companies …

A staff member demonstrates a 5G remote diagnostic platform at China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Nov. 19, 2021.(Photo by Wu Zhizun/Xinhua) BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) — China’s internet sector …

flight MU5735 Photo:CFP China’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China, has demanded multiple website platforms to take prompt and strict measures on false messages and accounts that start rumors, spread conspiracy theories, or make …

From reporting on a bombed city in Ukraine to exposing the plight of a chained woman in a shabby room, some of China’s social commentators are showing surprising resilience in covering controversial issues. Given China’s …

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) share buyback boost could kickstart a wave of such returns by cash-rich Chinese internet firms, triggering investor curiosity, Bloomberg reports. Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU), JD.com Inc (NASDAQ: JD), Xiaomi Corp (OTC: XIACY), and Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC: TCEHY) shares rallied after Alibaba expecting more …

Russia’s outlawing of Facebook and Instagram after declaring the activities of the sites’ parent company, Meta Platforms, as “extremist” is part of a broadening crackdown on free speech inside the country since Moscow’s war with …