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Five Chinese indie games from Tencent GWB Awards worth checking out
Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced this year’s winning indie games from its Game Without Borders Game Awards (GWB) in mid-August. In its fourth year, the Award is organized by GWB, Tencent’s indie...
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SMIC to invest $7.5 billion in building new 12-inch wafer factory in Tianjin
Major Chinese chip maker SMIC announced on August 26 that it will invest $7.5 billion to build a new plant in Tianjin, the neighboring city of Beijing, to produce 12-inch silicon wafers at a rate of...
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Oppo launches ColorOS 13 with a brand new look
Major Chinese phone vendor Oppo released ColorOS 13 in China, an operating system for phones made by Oppo and its sister brands OnePlus and Realme, at the 2022 Oppo Developer Conference (ODC) on...
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Honor 70 review: a mid-end phone with style
Chinese phone maker Honor released the Honor 70 for the overseas market on Saturday at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2022, an industry exhibition in Germany. The model was first launched...
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TSMC plans to mass produce 2nm chips in 2025 and adopts US EDA software: report
Chip manufacturer TSMC will use chip design software from US firms to produce 2nm chips and expect to reach volume production of 2nm chips in 2025. The chipmaker increased its revenue growth target...
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Huawei releases Mate 50 series phones with satellite texting support
Chinese telecom giant Huawei introduced its new high-end Mate 50 phone series at a Tuesday product release event. The series features camera and glass upgrades and supports satellite texting. Why it...
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Bilibili revenue growth continues to slow as monthly active users hit 300...
Chinese video platform Bilibili reported on Thursday revenue of RMB 4.9 billion (US$732.9 million), a 9% yearly increase for the second quarter of 2022, continuing its trend of slowing growth. The...
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Vivo V25 Pro review: a competent budget with decent cameras
Major Chinese phone vendor Vivo launched its new V25 Pro overseas last month, targeting mid-end markets. Launched in 2015 with the V1, the V series is a product line exclusive to overseas regions. The...
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Chinese tech giants Tencent and ByteDance top global mobile markets: report
Chinese tech majors Tencent and ByteDance were the top-grossing publishers in global mobile app stores for the first half of 2022, according to a report by business insight firm Sensor Tower. The...
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Huawei Cloud expands into Ireland and Indonesia as it explores new overseas...
Huawei’s cloud services arm announced plans to expand into two new international regions on Monday. Indonesia and Ireland will soon be covered by Huawei Cloud, the unit’s CEO Zhang Ping’an announced...
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BEYOND Expo | Zheng Xuexuan on Covid-19 rapid construction projects and...
On the opening day of BEYOND Expo 2022 on Wednesday, Zheng Xuexuan, chairman and president of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, shared his ideas on the approaches to high-quality...
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BEYOND Expo | Merck China president Allan Gabor shares insights on AI and...
In his speech during Wednesday’s virtual event, Allan Gabor, president of Merck China and executive vice president of Merck Electronics, shared his insights on the AI and biomedicine industry and...
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Nvidia looks to bypass US ban with alternative GPU products for Chinese clients
Top GPU maker Nvidia told Caixin (in Chinese) on Wednesday that they will provide alternative GPU products to Chinese clients as many of them face imminent supply issues after the US government...
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ByteDance’s Pico launches new VR headset Pico 4, competing with Oculus
TikTok owner ByteDance bolstered its lineup of VR headsets on Thursday by unveiling the new Pico 4 and 4 Pro as strong alternatives to the Meta Oculus, with prices starting from 429 euros ($421.79)....
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Vivo updates foldable phone X Fold+ with high-end Qualcomm processor
Chinese phone vendor Vivo launched its second generation foldable phone, the X Fold+, in China at a release event on Monday night, with a price tag of RMB 9,999 – RMB 10,999 ($1,396 – $1,536). Why it...
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BEYOND Expo | SenseTime’s Xu Li on commercial possibilities of metaverse natives
SenseTime’s co-founder Xu Li shared his vision and insights on digital natives of the metaverse and how their habits can redefine business models in the immersive virtual world. This keynote speech...
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ByteDance launches Pico 4 in China with local content
TikTok owner ByteDance launched its Pico 4 VR headset in China on Tuesday, following its unveiling to the overseas market on Sept. 23, offering more exercise content and incorporating a number of...
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BEYOND Expo | How has the pandemic changed consumer electronic trends
In recent years there has been a concerted push within the field of consumer electronics toward smart devices and digital services, with the emergence and growth of sectors such as smart home, digital...
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Oppo Watch 3 Pro: a high-end Android watch that lasts for days
Chinese phone maker Oppo released its new generation of smartwatches, the Watch 3 series, in August with a price tag of RMB 1,599 – RMB 2,099 ($228 – $300). The company first entered the watch market...
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Ex-Microsoft exec Harry Shum defines the future of the metaverse
The “metaverse” has quickly found its way into mainstream vocabulary since last year, with an array of tech majors eager to stake their claim within it. But how should we really define the metaverse...
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The US’s moves to contain China’s semiconductor industry: a timeline from July
On Friday, the US announced a new set of semiconductor export restrictions aiming at cutting China off from accessing certain high-end chips and further limiting the country’s ability to try to make...
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Chinese EV makers Nio, Xpeng, and Li Auto expand bets on self-produced chips:...
Major Chinese EV makers – Nio, Xpeng, and Li Auto – are all making moves in producing their own chips for vehicles, as the former two focus on AI chips for autonomous driving and the latter works on...
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AlienWorlds and STEPN on social and gaming trends in Web3
Companies have been exploring different gaming and social experiences in the Web3 spaces as they continue to build out the next generation of 3D internet experiences. Ownership and community have been...
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Chinese semiconductor firms bear heavy fallout of US chip sanction
Since the US issued one of the broadest export controls on semiconductor technology to China in a decade last Friday, China’s semiconductor industry has seen its market value tumble for days in a row....
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Key tech policies from China’s 20th Communist Party Congress
On Oct. 16, top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party gathered in Beijing to meet for the 20th Party Congress. The week-long meeting, held every five years, attracts 2,340 delegates from the party to...
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Apple pauses plan to source YMTC storage chips: report
Apple has paused its plans to use storage chips from Chinese supplier Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) due to mounting geopolitical pressure and criticism from US policymakers, sources told Nikkei...
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BEYOND Expo | How can graphene change the world
From transportation to defense to smartphones, graphene, the lightweight and ultra-strong material, can be used in various fields and has the potential to become a ubiquitous engineering material....
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BEYOND Expo | How AI can accelerate drug research and development
As AI technology becomes a ubiquitous invisible force in our daily life, traditional fields such as medical research and development have embraced the technology to speed up processes and change the...
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TSMC sees declining 6nm and 7nm utilization due to weak smartphone demand:...
Chip manufacturer TSMC sees a declining utilization in 6nm and 7nm processes as people buy fewer smartphones and PCs amid a global economic slowdown. It expects to cut utilization of certain chips in...
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Memory chip maker SK Hynix expresses concern about its China business amid US...
South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix reported less promising than expected quarterly results on Oct. 25, with net profits dropping 67% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022. Comments from a...
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Singles Day 2022: Consumer electronics see strong sales growth on JD
Singles Day, China’s biggest year-end shopping event, kicked off its pre-sale period across platforms on Monday. Sales data from e-commerce giant JD, a platform known for consumer electronic...
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HHOGene GPods: New earbuds look to glow in competition
HHOGene, a new consumer electronics brand founded by the former CEO of Alibaba’s DingTalk Chen Hang, launched its first product GPods, an earbud that can beam lights, and have raised more than...
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Huawei launches budget foldable phone Pocket S
Chinese telecom giant Huawei introduced the Pocket S, a budget flip-style foldable phone, on Wednesday in China. The phone has a lower price range compared to other foldable phones, priced between RMB...
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Apsara Conference 2022: Alibaba Cloud embraces open-source and cloud-powered...
Leading Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba Cloud held its annual developer and tech event Apsara Conference on Nov. 3, revealing a series of products and services powered by its cloud services....
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Covid outbreak in Zhengzhou Foxconn plant: a timeline
Foxconn’s facilities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou have made headlines around the world in recent weeks, as Covid outbreaks and control policies have hit the world’s largest iPhone assembly line....
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Tencent to expand hit game Honor of Kings into a ‘universe’
Chinese gaming giant Tencent held a special event on Nov. 12 to celebrate the seventh anniversary of its hugely popular TiMi Studio-developed title Honor of Kings. At the event, the firm provided new...
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Canon exec shares progress in lithography and views on the Chinese chip market
The China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2022 was held in Shanghai from Nov. 5-10, with primary chip manufacturing tool makers such as ASML, Lam Research, Canon, and Nikon among those in attendance....
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Tencent’s overseas gaming revenue helps lead Q3 recovery
Chinese tech giant Tencent posted its results for the third quarter of 2022 on Wednesday, reporting RMB 140.1 billion ($19.7 billion) in revenue, a 2% year-on-year decline. The figure missed analysts’...
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UK demands Wingtech-owned chipmaker to sell its fab in the country
The UK government required the semiconductor firm Nexperia BV to sell most of its acquired Welsh wafer fab due to “risk to national security” on Wednesday. Nexperia BV is a Dutch subsidiary of China’s...
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Baidu AI completes an unfinished ink painting: how does it work, and is it...
Chinese tech giant Baidu recently showed off its AI capabilities with the unveiling of a newly “completed” ink painting by Chinese painter Lu Xiaoman (1903 – 1965), which was finished by the firm’s...
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Vivo introduces X90 series with Zeiss-branded cameras
Major Chinese phone vendor Vivo launched its flagship series X90 on Tuesday for the home market, partnering with optical giant Zeiss for camera sensor and lenses. Why it matters: The phone came with a...
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Unilever, Huhtamaki, and Bluepha share paths to a plastic-free future
Plastics play a central role in numerous industries. The material has become firmly embedded in our lives, but increasingly that’s a statement that can be taken literally – microplastics were found in...
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Xiaomi sales decelerate at home and abroad: report
Xiaomi sees slowing sales across all its main offerings, from smartphones, AIoT, and internet service, its third-quarter earnings report shows. The smartphone and electronics maker reported quarterly...
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Tecno Phantom X2 5G: A pricier mid-end with decent design
Phantom, a sub-brand of Chinese smartphone maker Tecno, released the X2, an update to its premium phone series, on Wednesday at a release event held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Tecno operates and...
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Vivo’s iQOO pursues overseas expansion with new flagship phone
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo’s sub-brand iQOO announced its new flagship phone the iQOO 11 on Thursday. The phone, which will be available in certain markets across Southeast Asia for the first time,...
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Xiaomi launches flagship Xiaomi 13 series phones with Leica optics
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi unveiled its new Xiaomi 13 Series at a release event on Dec. 11, with camera systems from Leica and nine colors for the standard version and four for the Pro version. The...
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Oppo reveals new health tracker device
Chinese phone maker Oppo on Wednesday released its first smart health device, called OHealth H1. A small oval-shaped device that can take six key health measurements, OHealth H1 is targeted at family...
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Oppo updates foldable phone offering with slender Find N2
Chinese phone maker Oppo launched two new foldable phones – Find N2 and Find N2 Flip – for the Chinese market at a release event on Thursday. Available in three colors, the Find N2 has a price range...
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How can technology help the fashion industry move towards sustainability?
An intrinsic part of most people’s daily lives, the fashion industry also consumes a huge amount of resources. The industry is the second highest polluting industry, after petroleum. One cotton shirt...
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Oppo to invest $1.4 billion in OnePlus under “dual-primary” brand strategy
Major Chinese phone maker Oppo will treat Oppo and OnePlus as “dual-primary” brands, it was announced at an event to mark the 9th anniversary of OnePlus on Dec. 17. Oppo will invest RMB 10 billion...
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