Joanna Chiu
China Editor at Rest of World
China editor, @RestofWorld covering global tech and business. Award-winning author, #ChinaUnbound. Founder, @NuVoices. Ideas & pitches: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
restofworld.org | Selina Cheng |Joanna Chiu
At a HuaweiiHuaweiHuawei is a Chinese technology company focused on mobile phones and telecommunications, and is seen as a poster child for China’s global tech ambitions.READ MORE store in a bustling shopping mall in northern Hong Kong last week, shoppers flocked to the Mate XT, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, which can turn into a full-sized tablet.
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Nov 27, 2024 |
restofworld.org | Selina Cheng |Joanna Chiu
In the 1970s, China became the world’s factory when it started allowing international manufacturers to set up shop and produce goods cheaply within its borders. Initially, Chinese factories made low-end products like plastic toys, then more sophisticated items like personal computers, smartphones, and automobiles for tech giants like Apple, Tesla, and Volkswagen. Chinese industries have since matured: They’re making big-ticket tech products at lower costs than Western competitors.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
restofworld.org | Joanna Chiu |Viola Zhou
Silicon Valley tech giants, including Microsoft and Google, have supported tech companies that provide censorship and policing technologies in China, according to publicly available corporate and promotional materials reviewed by Rest of World. Data GrandYear incubated:2017, by MicrosoftSpecialty:Text processing and automationKey takeaway:Has provided censorship tools since at least 2017 and provided automation software to Chinese police since at least 2020, according to Data Grand online posts.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
restofworld.org | Joanna Chiu
A few months after OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the service began to take off in China, with citizens using it to satirize pro-government figures and for homework help. Because OpenAI restricted access to China-based users, local developers created mirror sites to facilitate access to the service. But the ChatGPT boom in China was short-lived. The Chinese government blocked ChatGPT’s domain on March 2, 2023, new research has found.
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Aug 3, 2024 |
restofworld.org | Joanna Chiu
Microsoft’s $1.4 billion investment in UAE’s G42 highlights how the U.S.-China tech rivalry is disrupting global partnerships and AI initiatives.
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