SAN FRANCISCO — China’s state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years, substituting selectivity for what had been a scattershot approach to their targets and showing a new determination by Beijing to push its surveillance state beyond its borders. The government has poured considerable resources into the change, which is […]
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On sale in China since 2014 and in the U.S. since 2016, the Buick Envision compact crossover will soon receive a second facelift in its home market – and we already know what it will look like. As is usual in China before the launch of a new model, the Ministry of Industry and Information […]
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Launched in 2017 as a compact SUV exclusively for the Chinese market, the Baojun 530 has been updated for the 2020 model year. Changes include the updated grille design, slimmer and longer headlights and new bumper at the front, whereas the silver trim added at the back and new wheels complete the more dynamic look. […]
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In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake — people in Japan already had the ability to play games directly onto their mobile phones. Since then, Japan’s mobile ecosystem has become such a dominant force that it generated $13.3B […]
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“When you find this letter, I might have already been arrested or killed.” This is how a 22-year-old protester in Hong Kong began what he worries could be the last letter to his family. He used the pseudonym “Nobody”; like most of the young people who have been confronting the police on the front lines, […]
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Video As violence escalates between demonstrators and the police in Hong Kong, protesters have started writing “last letters” to their loved ones, in case they don’t return. These notes chronicle the mental and emotional state of frontliners coming to terms with risking death for their beliefs.CreditCreditOrlando de Guzman/The New York Times HONG KONG — Protesters […]
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China’s assertive campaign to police discourse about its policies, even outside of its borders, and the acquiescence of American companies eager to make money in China, pose a dangerous and growing threat to one of this nation’s core values: the freedom of expression. The Communist state is becoming more and more aggressive in pressuring foreign […]
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Tesla has been granted approval to start local production of its vehicles at Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai. Confirmation came on Thursday, when Tesla was added to a government list of approved automotive manufacturers from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Reuters reports. With this approval, the automaker can start local production the moment it’s […]
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(Reuters) — Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday. Vincent Pang, senior vice president and board director at the company said some firms had expressed interest in both a long-term deal or […]
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As you might have heard, Blizzard has come under massive fire recently for their decision to suspend a Hearthstone professional player for a year. This was because the player, Ng Wai Chung, also known as blitzchung, decided to show his support for the Hong Kong protests during his post-game interview. Advertising Now it looks like […]
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Since his election, Jair Bolsonaro has made good on his promises to open formerly protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon to development. The recent surge in deforestation and fires is a direct result of this policy change. Unless the international community takes action, Mr. Bolsonaro’s presidency poses a real threat to the world’s largest tropical […]
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A group of Republican and Democratic party congress members have come together to condemn Hearthstone publisher Activision Blizzard for punishing a player that criticized China. In a separate letter, the same group lambasted Apple for removing an app from its store at the request of China. The group includes Senators Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio […]
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Chevrolet is working on a larger, seven-seat version of the Blazer that has just made an appearance thanks to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Unsurprisingly, the crossover looks virtually identical to the standard Blazer. However, it has a significantly longer rear end, which is instantly obvious from the larger third quarter windows. While the […]
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BEIJING — A century after his birth and nearly 15 years after his death, Zhao Ziyang, the reformist Chinese Communist Party leader who opposed the armed suppression of student protests in 1989, was given a quiet burial in Beijing on Friday under police guard. The low-key, long-delayed ceremony was the latest episode showing that even […]
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Even though the Chinese market has been in a prolonged slump, contributing to Jaguar Land Rover’s massive $4.4 billion loss in Q1 of this year, the automaker has seen its numbers improve in the past three months. China sales for JRL cars went up 18% in September to 8,779 units, 17% in August to 8,783 […]
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A report from China suggests that Apple will launch the AirPods Pro with noise-cancellation for $250. It claims that Apple could launch the new AirPods Pro as soon as the end of this month as they have already entered into mass production. The new AirPods will feature an entirely new metal design for better heat […]
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By Marshall Auerback, a market analyst and commentator. Produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute From the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt onward through to the 1990s, the Democrats had long been considered the party of the working class. That perception lingered long after the fact that by the 1990s, […]
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SHANGHAI — China’s economic slowdown worsened in the July-to-September period, according to data released on Friday, as the trade war with the United States and a host of other problems leave Beijing struggling to meet its goals. The figures show China continues to grow at its slowest pace in nearly three decades of modern record-keeping. […]
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There were many things LeBron James could have said earlier this week when asked about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. He could have, like Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey, expressed tepid support for the protesters. He could have, like new Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai, made the case that this was a complicated […]
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Earlier this year, China’s EV brand Denza, a 50:50 joint venture between BYD and Daimler, presented the sleek Concept X designed by Mercedes-Benz. Since things move really fast in China’s auto industry, the company has already revealed the production model that’s called the Denza X. The midsize crossover stays remarkably close to the concept from […]
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