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Ride-sharing Giant Didi Chuxing Goes to Australia

China’s ride-sharing scene is dominated by Didi Chuxing, a service that actually merged with Uber China in a $35 billion deal back...

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Vehicles

China Will Track All Cars with RFID Chips in 2019

If you thought the Chinese social credit system was 1984-levels of dystopia, think again. And get even more paranoid, as China wants...

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Phones

Second App Launch in China by Google

Google’s Files Go app has now released in China, making it the company’s second China-specific app. As most Google products are still...

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Phones

You Can File for Divorce on WeChat IM App in China

WeChat, China’s most popular instant messaging service, is used by more than 100 million Chinese citizens for many casual functions like chatting...

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Security

Chinese Students Are Monitored with Facial Recognition Cameras

China has fully embraced facial recognition technology, previously making headlines with their own “Skynet” technology, a tech that uses facial recognition to...

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Misc

China’s Social Credit System Stopped 11 Million Flights

Back in December, reports were popping up about the deployment of China’s social credit system, a rating system for their citizens’ “trustworthiness.” Since...

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Smart devices

Dancing Drones Break Guinness World Record In China

Chinese UAV firm Ehang Egret launched 1,374 drones over the city of Xian in a colorful display of 3D formations which included...

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Phones

Trump’s Administration Just Forced ZTE to Shut Down

Huawei’s troubles with bringing their smartphones to the US didn’t affect just them. It seems that ZTE fell in the same “trap”,...

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Phones

Meizu 15 Phones Goes Against the Year’s Biggest Trends

Meizu surprised the whole industry this week with their decidedly rebellious new phone lineup. Meizu 15 series goes against the biggest trends...

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Smart devices

China to Stop Excessive Car Honking with Acoustic Cameras

Excessive honking has practically become embedded into the fabric of urban life, particularly in heavily populated cities with a large amount of...

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Vehicles

Alibaba And Ford Show Off Giant Vending Machines For Cars

At the end of last year, Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba announced it was planning to sell cars out of huge vending machines and...

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Science

China’s Biggest Search Engine Can Clone Your Voice

Last year, we saw advanced lip syncing tech used to create convincing speeches from former US president Barack Obama. Today, researchers from...

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Vehicles

Pony.ai Brings Self-Driving Cars In China For The First Time

Pony.ai, a company with headquarters in Fremont, California, and Guangzhou, China, launched the first ever self-driving car fleet for ride-sharing in China!...