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Coco Feng
Coco Feng
Beijing
@CocoF1026
Reporter, Tech
Coco Feng is a Beijing-based tech reporter at the Post. She writes about artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency. She also tracks China's regulations on the internet and technology sector. Previously, she worked for the BBC and Caixin.
A woman walks by a Nintendo advertisement for the game Super Mario Maker 2 on the Switch in Tokyo on July 9, 2019. Photo: AP

China’s two largest video game companies were the big winners in August’s 15 approved imported titles, which includes Mario and Final Fantasy games.

Legal experts have expressed concerns over the proposed regulation’s implications on mainland app users’ privacy and government oversight. Photo: Shutterstock

More than 50 apps recently started accepting virtual IDs created under this proposed authentication system for user account registration and login.

ByteDance’s Douyin and Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall are shifting away from their emphasis on low prices as they search for a way out of the ongoing e-commerce price war in China. Photo: Shutterstock

Douyin says it will be more ‘refined’ in pricing; Taobao changes controversial refund policy amid fierce price war that has hit earnings.

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Douyin’s gross merchandise value growth rate is expected to hit 24 per cent in 2024, a steep decline from the previous two years, according to a Goldman Sachs estimate. Photo: Shutterstock

Douyin’s gross merchandise value growth rate is expected to hit 24 per cent in 2024, a steep decline from the previous two years, according to a Goldman Sachs estimate.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action against unauthorised ChatGPT access shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year. Photo: Shutterstock

The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year.

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EVs are part of Foxconn’s ‘new business’, which also includes semiconductors and robotics. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Foxconn Technology Group, which runs the world’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, has broken ground on a ‘trial’ electric vehicle plant in the city.

Baidu’s recruitment campaign aims at finding top campus talent in AI and cultivating AI technology leaders. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Chinese tech giants Baidu, Tencent and ByteDance have embarked on a worldwide search for top talent to beef up their research into cutting-edge technologies like AI and semiconductors.

Chinese cybersecurity stocks gained the most on Monday compared with other industries, following the worldwide outage of Microsoft’s cloud services amid a faulty software update of US firm CrowdStrike. Photo: Shutterstock

Emerging largely unharmed from the global tech disruption shows that mainland China’s push for ‘safe and controllable’ computing systems has paid off.

The CrowdStrike offices in Sunnyvale, California, on July 19, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

360 Security, QAX and Tencent took swipes at CrowdStrike online after the American firm caused global Microsoft outages, wreaking havoc on businesses.

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Illustration: Henry Wong

The city of Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province in China, is attracting attention for its aggressive roll-out of a robotaxi fleet, although not without controversy.

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen,  March 18, 2023. Photo: AP

TikTok owner ByteDance has lost a legal challenge that sought to reverse a European Union decision that the firm should not favour its own service over rivals.

Several retailers in South Africa have accused Shein and Temu of abusing the country’s tariff rules. Photo: Shutterstock

Low-cost goods shipped from mainland China could potentially be subjected to higher tariffs and scrutiny in other countries, following South Africa’s latest initiative.

The Microsoft Windows recovery screen displayed at a currency exchange kiosk during a worldwide systems outage at Hong Kong International Airport on Friday. Photo: Edmond So

The Microsoft Windows outage that affected foreign businesses and luxury hotels in China on Friday left the country’s key infrastructure unaffected.

Samsung Electronics’ ByteDance AI-supported foldable handsets for China could potentially boost demand for its devices in the world’s largest smartphone market. Photo: EPA-EFE

Major Android handset vendors are betting on foldable, artificial intelligence-powered models to compete with Apple ’s iPhone in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

Huawei Technologies’ digital-transformation efforts in heavy industries reflect the company’s push to broaden its operations in the world’s second-largest economy. Photo: Shutterstock

The latest initiative by Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, shows its focus on expanding into industrial solutions.

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The ByteDance logo is seen on its webpage in this arranged photograph taken February 1, 2021. Photo: Shutterstock Images

ByteDance, the owner of short video app TikTok, is adjusting its policy on share options so that staff can use less cash to pay taxes and resell their shares faster.

Some Chinese artificial intelligence firms expect to spend more time and money to comply with the European Union’s new rules. Photo: Shutterstock

Some Chinese artificial intelligence firms expect to spend more time and money to comply with the European Union’s comprehensive new regulation.

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ByteDance, Alibaba and SenseTime provide enterprises with software, computing power, storage and networking resources used for building generative artificial intelligence applications. Photo: Shutterstock

High demand for these infrastructure services providers reflects how mainland China has swiftly become a world leader in the adoption of generative artificial intelligence.

A Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi seen in Wuhan. Photo: Reuters

Local taxi drivers are petitioning Wuhan’s transport authority to limit the use of Apollo Go in the city of over 13 million.

Shein is one of the world’s fastest-growing online shopping platforms. Illustration: Henry Wong

An extensive army of manufacturers, managed through a complex digital system, has fed Shein’s meteoric growth.

In this Oct. 11, 2020, file photo, a woman browses her smartphone as a woman walks by the Huawei retail shop promoting its 5G network in Beijing. Photo: AP

A Huawei executive said that its development of artificial intelligence technology does not solely depend on access to advanced semiconductors.

A Chinese woman stands in front of a billboard with the words “looking for a job” at a subway station in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo

Xianyu, also known as Idle Fish, has launched a new feature allowing users to hire themselves out for part-time jobs.

A Pony.ai. self-driving car seen on the streets of Guangzhou. Beijing is the latest city to roll out a fresh push to regulate autonomous vehicles while offering greater support for developing the technology. Photo: Weibo / @小马智行

In a draft regulation, the Beijing government is promising support for autonomous driving tech and greater use of collected user and mapping data.

Baidu’s headquarters seen in Haidian district in Beijing on January 8, 2019. Photo: Shutterstock

The internet search giant met with Shandong Heavy Industry Group to discuss using its autonomous driving tech in trucking, considered a better business opportunity than robotaxis.

The lofty recognition given to Alibaba Group Holding’s family of large language models shows the company’s rapid progress in artificial intelligence. Photo: Shutterstock

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen family of AI models have already been adopted by more than 90,000 corporate clients.

Woodson is the latest tech start-up in China that failed to reach its potential in the semiconductor industry. Photo: Xinhua

Woodson was once an emerging star in China’s semiconductor industry.

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Tencent Holdings’ multiplayer online role-playing game Roco Kingdom: World is now poised for release in China. Photo: SCMP

This month marked a rebound for China’s video gaming industry, after fewer than 100 titles each were approved in April and May.

An ad for Temu, which offers low prices direct from the factory. Photo: Handout

Budget shopping app provider Temu, owned by Pinduoduo parent PDD Holdings, may face regulatory hurdles if it enters the Indonesian market, local officials have said.

A Shein pop-up store in Ottawa, Canada. The Chinese-founded fast-fashion seller is gearing up for a London IPO. Photo: Reuters

Plans for a quick blockbuster public listing by Shein are facing a host of uncertainties, according to people familiar with the matter.

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TikTok and parent firm ByteDance have dismissed allegations about China’s influence in the short video app’s operations in the United States.  Photo: Shutterstock

TikTok and parent ByteDance have also dismissed allegations about China’s influence in the short video app’s operations in the United States.