Wency Chen

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Coco Feng |Wency Chen

TikTok has weakened the roles of two US-based executives in a leadership reshuffle, as the short-video app operator faces an uncertain future in its largest market, with a ban deadline looming unless Beijing-based owner ByteDance divests. Nicole Le Bourgeois, who leads TikTok Shop’s US operations, no longer directly reports to TikTok e-commerce head Bob Kang Zeyu.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Ann Cao |Wency Chen

German and Japanese car brands are rushing to integrate China-developed artificial intelligence (AI) models into their cockpit systems, as Tesla awaits Beijing’s approval to install full self-driving (FSD) on its models sold on mainland China. At the Shanghai Auto Show this week, AI models developed by Chinese tech companies – including Hangzhou-based start-up DeepSeek and Big Tech firms ByteDance, Baidu and Alibaba Group Holding – have emerged as popular choices for carmakers.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Wency Chen |Coco Feng

Chinese cross-border e-commerce merchants – on platforms including Amazon.com, Shein, Temu and ByteDance-owned TikTok Shop – are rushing to cancel discounts and explore new markets, in a knee-jerk response to increased US tariffs and the end of the “de minimis” exemption from duties.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Wency Chen

The cloud storage provider has sought to restore public trust after a public outcry from a doxxing incident involving the child of a vice-president.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Coco Feng |Wency Chen

Unitree Robotics, one of the hottest start-ups in China, issued a warning about scams that aimed to exploit growing interest from investors seeking to acquire shares of the privately held company amid a frenzy around the humanoid robot sector. “All new Unitree shares and old equity belonging to shareholders are directly managed by the company’s financing head and communicated through official email,” the Hangzhou-based company said in a WeChat post on Wednesday.