Tag: China
China Censorship Crushes Small Developers; Some Smell Opportunity
Chinese government meddling on the Web, including censorship on the mammoth WeChat social network, is boosting anxiety among game developers and smaller...
S. Korea’s Riiid Snags $18 Million: Asian Edutech’s AI Boom
South Korean edutech startup Riiid said it has secured $18 million in Series C funding, tapping into Asian countries’ demand for robotic tutors that...
Cailu Raises $10M to Attack Fake News Problem, Shape Future Media
Singapore’s GBCI Ventures led a $10 million investment in Cailu, a Chinese news platform that seeks to use Blockchain and token payments...
Alipay to Boost Facial-Recognition Payment with Beauty Filter
Paying for groceries in a growing number of stores in China requires neither cash, credit cards, or phone. Just a face to...
China Yanking Podcast Apps May Chill Investment
China’s two top podcast-sharing Apps -- Himalaya FM and Lizhi FM -- were yanked from some Android markets amid Hong Kong protests,...
Despite China’s Support, Hydrogen Vehicles Lag Electric Rivals
Hydrogen-powered vehicles, despite being wildly hyped by China’s government, are at an early stage and may not be widely available decades. And...
Chinese Gut Bacteria Developer Xbiome Has Raised $10 Million for Clinical...
Xbiome, which calls itself China’s first AI-based company that specializes in the development of gut microbiome, has raised a total of about...
US-China Trade War Risks Creating ESG Black Hole
The escalating tariff war between the world’s two largest economies isn’t just hurting Chinese investment in the U.S. It may lead China...
DNA Robots May Soon Help Fight Breast Cancer in Humans
Scientists are seen close to delivering on a years-long promise -- molecule-scale nanorobots that destroy breast cancer proteins at their most basic,...
The Father of China’s Electric Car Says Hydrogen-Fueled Cars Are the...
Just as electric vehicles go mainstream, the man known as the father of China’s electric car movement, Wan Gang, says that hydrogen-fueled...
China Moves to Ban Crypto Mining Farms
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China is yet again trying to curb the rapid growth of...
BlackRock Zeroes In on China
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The burgeoning offerings of the world’s second-largest economy, China, are irresistible...
Blackstone Leads Robust Foreign Investment in Chinese Real Estate Market
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Blackstone Group is spearheading an investment upswing in Chinese commercial real...
China’s Hellobike Seeks Up to $1B in New Push for Capital
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A few years after Chinese startups turned dockless bike-sharing into a...
Qutoutiao Lands $117M Loan From Alibaba
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Qutoutiao Inc., a Chinese mobile content aggregator, landed a $117 million loan,...
Tencent Leads $297 Million Series B Funding for Online Chinese Grocer...
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Chinese online grocery chain Yipien Fresh raised $297 million (RMB 2...
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