At least, according to Xiaomi. Just ahead of its massive IPO, the Chinese tech company’s founders echoed a common refrain at a Saturday press conference…
LIQUID COURAGE
China has banned ads suggesting alcohol can help women be less shy about sex
In one ad, a nervous woman in a cafe drinks a few glasses of a carbonated beverage and works up the courage to confess her…
PATTERN RECOGNITION
There’s an unexpected alliance between Google and two Chinese tech giants
On Monday (June 18), Google announced it would invest $550 million in JD.com, the Chinese e-commerce company that competes against Alibaba. The deal comes as…
COME TOGETHER
Republicans and Democrats can unite—against helping this one Chinese company
Democrat and Republican lawmakers remain as split as ever on issues from immigration policy to taxes. But they invariably agree on one thing–the US should…
CLASH OF CLANS
As China’s Didi expands globally, it’s competing with the very companies it backed to fight Uber
Is Didi quitting the global “anti-Uber alliance”? Didi Chuxing, China’s answer to Uber, announced today (June 15) it will expand into Australia starting June 25…
SPEED UP
One car maker is investing especially aggressively in ride-hailing
Toyota, the 80-year-old Japanese car maker, is betting big on the future of transportation—and staring to resemble another Japanese company that has spent heavily on…
CLARION CALL
No, China won’t be building an internet link to this Pacific island nation
Australia today (June 13) formally agreed to help build a 4,000 kilometer (2,500 mile) underwater cable connecting it to the Solomon Islands, which has long…
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North Koreans woke up to photos of their leader shaking hands with an American president
North Korea typically has no kind words for Donald Trump. In the past, state media has referred to him as a “psychopath” and a “lunatic,”…
DRILL THRILLS
The biggest concession Trump gave to North Korea wasn’t in the signed document
Donald Trump’s historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today (June 12) ended with a signed document that laid out four basic commitments—establishing…
UNOFFICIAL RELATIONS
The Trump-Kim summit is overshadowing a big moment for Taiwan
While the world watches the summit between president Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un unfold, another significant event will take place elsewhere in Asia. On…
THINK DIFFERENT
North Korea’s ruling elites love the iPhone, sanctions be damned
In one of the many staged photographs of Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea appears seated at a desk beside what looks like…
DATA DILEMMA
Facebook gave user data to the Chinese company at the heart of US-China tech tensions
Of all the companies benefiting from Facebook’s sharing of user data with device makers, a practice under scrutiny after a series of reports from the…
