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Samsung on Wednesday took the wraps off of its latest foldable smartphones during its Unpacked event in Paris, France. The Google (GOOG, GOOGL) Android-powered phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, are a key differentiator for Samsung in its long-running battle with Apple (AAPL) for global smartphone supremacy.
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Unless you’re a PR of Hong Kong and have been living under a rock this last week, you will no doubt have caught the buzz around Hong Kong at the moment about visa-free access to China for Non Chinese PRs.
A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? To answer this question, one needs to return to the beginnings of electronic Chinese technology in the wake of World War II, and follow up through to its many iterations in the present day. In particular, we need to examine the development…
In some ways, “vigilantes” are the opposite of what their name suggests: rather than rogue agents meting out street justice, they are individuals deemed trustworthy by authorities, working under the guidance of local police forces, deputized to surveil their fellow citizens. In recent years, as Beijing has encouraged the “masses” to take a greater role in public safety, vigilante groups—and their close cousins, “safety promotion associations”—have sprung up across…
Simple question this one with an easy answer and indicative of the fact that, even though quite a straight forward issue, the information is not otherwise readily available anywhere else on the web.
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Although Chinese social media conglomerate ByteDance has not yet pursued a public listing, one of its subsidiaries is racing toward an IPO. ByteDance, the highest valued private company globally with a conservative estimate of its valuation at US225 billion, is seeking…
Although Chinese social media conglomerate ByteDance has not yet pursued a public listing, one of its subsidiaries is racing toward an IPO. ByteDance, the highest valued private company globally with a conservative estimate of its valuation at US225 billion, is seeking…
Although Chinese social media conglomerate ByteDance has not yet pursued a public listing, one of its subsidiaries is racing toward an IPO. ByteDance, the highest valued private company globally with a conservative estimate of its valuation at US225 billion, is seeking…
The U.S. Congress’ special China committee has a packed agenda for the few months left this term. But its most consequential work may be done: a more confrontational U.S. policy towards China. The Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has racked up notable successes in its brief existence. Its scrutiny put Wall Street and Silicon Valley on notice to police…
Zhipu AI, a generative AI startup in China originating from Tsinghua University, unveiled several new products at its Open Day event in Beijing. These include the GLM-4 series of open-source large models, new API models, the MaaS 2.0 platform,…
