Alibaba Cloud debut its cloud computer in Singapore

Alibaba Cloud, a Chinese cloud computing company, has debuted its cloud computer in Singapore, which eliminates the need for expensive desktop hardware to conduct compute-intensive operations.

The palm-sized computer, dubbed Wuying, weighs just 60g and is powered by Alibaba's Elasti...

China to Build Complete Tech Industry in the Country

China boasts of one of the largest economies in the world. However, the Asian country has not been able to fully support the technology industry. Chinese factories manufacture computers, cars, and smartphones but are dependent on imports for parts such as computer processors or chips. 

Chinese regulators fine tech giants over anti-monopoly violations

Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings were fined as they failed to report corporate acquisitions. The State Administration for Market Regulation said that the companies have failed to report 43 acquisitions, occurred around eight years ago under rules on "operating concentra...

China's Singles' Day shopping festival tonned down this year

China's biggest online shopping day also known as "Singles' Day" has been tonned down this year as President Xi Jinping pushes for common prosperity and Chinese regulators are cracking down on the technology industry.

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• China...

ALIBABA EXPECTS NO MATERIAL IMPACT AFTER BEING FINED $2.75 BILLION

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• Alibaba expects no material impact after being fined $2.75 billion.
• Alibaba was fined by China’s antitrust regulator for abusing market dominance.
• Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd shares rose as much as 9% in Hong Kong tr...

CHINESE REGULATOR MAKES ALIBABA GROUP PAY $2.8 BILLION AS FINE

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• Chinese regulator makes Alibaba Group pay $2.8 billion as fine.
• Alibaba Group has been fined for anti-competitive tactics.
• Alibaba accepted the penalty and has said to comply the same with determination.
• Tencen...

CHINA’S ENERGY MONSTER STARTUP COMPANY ENTANGLED IN OWNERSHIP DISPUTE

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• China’s Energy Monster startup company entangled in ownership dispute.
• The company is backed by Alibaba and SoftBank.
• The ownership dispite could cloud a Nasdaq flotation.
• Two Shanghai-based venture capit...

11 CHINESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES SUMMONED ON USE OF ‘DEEPFAKE’ TECHNOLOGIES

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• 11 Chinese technology companies summoned on use of ‘deepfake’ technologies.
• Alibaba Group, Tencent and ByteDance are among the companies summoned by Chinese regulators.
• Deepfakes are said to use artificial int...

CHINA’S PINDUODUO E-COMMERCE FIRM REPORTS A 146% SURGE IN QUARTERLY REVENUE

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• China’s Pinduoduo e-commerce firm reports a 146% surge in quarterly revenue.
• The company reported 788.4 million annual active buyers until the end of 2020.
• The company’s shares fell by 9% in pretrade activity ...

GLOBAL INVESTORS VALUE ANT GROUP AT OVER $200 BILLION AFTER HALTING IPO

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• Global investors value Ant Group at over $200 billion after halting IPO.
• The amount is said to be third above Ant’s valuation after its fundraising in 2018.
• Ant’s business was affected a little by regulatory s...

CHINESE ANTITRUST REGULATORS LIKELY TO LEVY ALIBABA GROUP’S ON RECORD FINE

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• Chinese antitrust regulator's likely to levy Alibaba Group’s on record fine.
• The fine is likely to surpass $975 million, an amount paid by Qualcomm in 2015.
• Chinese regulators have been stinging criticism on Jac...

CHINA TO DOLE OUT $1.5 MILLION IN A DIGITAL CURRENCY PILOT RUN DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR

• Beijing will dole out about $1.5 million in a limited trial run of the central bank’s digital currency, as told by the municipal government over the weekend.
• A sum total of 10 million yuan will be handed out through about 50,000 packets of 200 yuan, or about $30, each.

ALIBABA REPORTS HUGE QUARTERLY PROFITS EVEN AS BEIJING STIRS TROUBLE

• Alibaba reported big quarterly earnings in profits for its e-commerce business. However China's most prosperous tech firm had nervousness writ large on faces of investors on Tuesday.
• This was due to a regulatory crackdown by Beijing followed by co-founder Jack Ma's bad ...

JACK MA OVERLOOKED FOR CHINA STATE MEDIA’S COMPILATION OF TECH STALWARTS

• Jack Ma was clearly missing from a list of China's entrepreneurial stalwarts published by state media Tuesday, underlining how the iconic Alibaba co-founder has fallen on the wrong side of Beijing.
• Ma, once idolized at home for creating some of his country's largest cor...

INDIA PUTS PAID TO 59 CHINESE APPS INCLUDING BYTE DANCE’S TIK TOK AND TENCENT’S WECHAT

• On Jan.25, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology conclusively paid put to 59 Chinese applications, including ByteDance’s Tik Tok, Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu, Alibaba’s UC Browser, digital e-commerce app Club Factory, Xiaomi’s Mi Video Call, ...

ARE CHINA’S TYCOONS OUT OF LEAGUE WITH THE REST?

• One day you are right on top of the world, next day you are down in the dumps!  China’s billionaire rankings are as finicky as ever. In 2017,
• Hui Ka Yan, founder of real estate developer China Evergrande Group, was the nation’s most opulent man.

BITCOIN: FROM NOTHING TO AS MUCH AS FACEBOOK

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• Bitcoin started-off from zero
• Though unregulated and decentralized it is worth $36,000 today.

The journey of Bitcoin has been amazing. What started as open-source software, nothing worth of value in 2009 is today a $36,000 worth. It...

CHINA’S BAIDU AND GEELY’S MERGER TO ROLLOUT WITH SMART CARS

• Baidu will hone in with smart driving dynamics while Geely will offer design and manufacturing saliency.
• Geely is a pioneer in china’s automobile industry, and also is proprietor of Volvo and owns a stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler.

The two companies...

TOKYO STOCKS END FLAT ON FRIDAY WITH INVESTORS AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

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• Tokyo stocks end flat on Friday with investors away for Christmas holidays.
• The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down at 11.74 points.
• The Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE ended at 4.14 points.
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CHINA INVESTIGATES MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES AT ALIBABA

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• China investigates monopolistic practices at Alibaba.
• China’s top antitrust watchdog summoned affiliate Ant to a high-level meeting over financial regulations.
• China is said to have separately set up a joint task f...