Police earlier threatened to use live rounds on ‘rioters’ who used lethal weapons such as molotov cocktails against them Hong Kong protest latest updates: riot police storm Polytechnic University after… Read more »
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world…. Read more »
Police threaten to use live rounds on ‘rioters’ who use lethal weapons such as molotov cocktails against them Violence between riot police and protesters reached new heights on Sunday as… Read more »
Unrest continues to escalate as protesters fight police from barricaded campus Riot police and protesters waged a day-long battle at a university in Hong Kong on Sunday, as police fired… Read more »
Carrie Lam’s ban on face masks provokes wave of fear and fury ahead of march on Sunday Hong Kong’s metro system has been suspended and many of its banks and… Read more »
On September 17, HTC announced that cofounder Cher Wang would be stepping down as CEO. In her place, Yves Maitre stepped into the role of Chief Executive, after more than… Read more »
Thousands hit the streets, crowds set fire to stations and police fire live ammunition Thousands of people swept into the streets of Hong Kong for a night of violent protests… Read more »
‘If they don’t do what we want, we have tremendous power’ Impeachment inquiry concerns similar behavior with Ukraine Trump calls on China to investigate Biden – live Donald Trump has… Read more »
Samsung this morning confirmed with Reuters that it has shuttered handset production in China. The move comes as the company continues to struggle in the world’s No. 1 smartphone market…. Read more »
Class boycotts held after 18-year-old hit with live ammunition, as dozens of protesters face court charged with rioting Hundreds of students, alumni and staff have held a sit-in denouncing police… Read more »
With so many scandals around the quality of tap water these days, especially in the US, many people are turning to bottled water to drink. But this requires single-use plastics… Read more »
Violence erupts as thousands protest on 70th anniversary of communist rule in China Hong Kong police have shot a protester with live ammunition for the first time in four months… Read more »
Violent protests break out across Hong Kong, overshadowing celebrations in Beijing to mark 70 years of Communist party rule Protester shot with live round during rally Xi Jinping warns ‘no… Read more »
The People’s Bank of China has approved PayPal’s acquisition of a 70% equity state in GoPay (Guofubao Information Technology Co. (GoPay), Ltd.), which will make PayPal the first foreign payment… Read more »
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion has listed in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, a Transsion spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller of smartphones in… Read more »
Police fire teargas at rally marking five-year anniversary of pro-democracy movement Large numbers of police were on the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday night as officers conducted stop and… Read more »
Tesla is rolling out a new software update that adds a slew of new features to its cars. These include the new “Smart Summon” feature, which will allow cars equipped… Read more »
Alibaba Group introduced its first AI inference chip today, a neural processing unit called Hanguang 800 that it says makes performing machine learning tasks dramatically faster and more energy-efficient. The… Read more »
Video shows what appears to be Uighur or other minority prisoners led away by police Drone footage has emerged showing police leading hundreds of blindfolded and shackled men from a… Read more »
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple has added another $120 million to a Series D funding round led by Sina, operator of China’s biggest microblogging site Weibo, bringing the total haul to… Read more »
Demonstrators surround government complex, throwing rocks and molotov cocktails A peaceful rally in Hong Kong has descended into chaos as police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters who hurled… Read more »
SimShine, a computer vision startup based in Shenzhen, has raised $8 million in pre-Series A funding for SimCam, its line of home security cameras that use edge computing to keep… Read more »
Jack Ma stepped down as Alibaba’s chairman today, handing the role over to the company’s current CEO Daniel Zhang. The transition was announced a year ago. Ma will continue serving… Read more »
Alibaba Group said today it has acquired NetEase Kaola for $2 billion and will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China. The announcement follows weeks… Read more »
After weeks of media reports, Alibaba may finally be nearing an agreement to acquire NetEase’s cross-border e-commerce unit, Kaola. Chinese tech news website 36kr reports that a deal may be… Read more »
Zhihu may not be as well known outside of China as WeChat or ByteDance’s Douyin, but over the past eight years, it has cultivated a reputation for being one of… Read more »
After 1997 UK replaced passports giving right of abode with visa-free travel documents with no work rights Calls for the UK to restore the right of abode to people in… Read more »
A number of malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were targeting Uyghur Muslims, TechCrunch has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said the websites were… Read more »
A new 15% tariff on Chinese imports will go in effect just after midnight Sunday, placing levies on hundreds of household goods and consumer tech, including a bevy of Apple… Read more »
Unrest deepens on anniversary of Beijing’s move to limit democratic reforms in territory Hong Kong riot police have stormed a metro station, using batons to beat passengers as violent clashes… Read more »