China ‘two sessions’ 2021: Beijing shifts country’s basic research and development, tech innovation into overdrive

Source: South China Morning PostChina will step up scientific research and development over the next five…

Ant Group’s chief executive Simon Hu resigns, becoming highest-ranking casualty from the fallout of fintech company’s abandoned US$35 billion stock sale

Source: South China Morning PostSimon Hu Xiaoming, one of the key figures in Ant Group’s explosive…

Ant Group vows to be carbon neutral by 2030 as tech giants embrace Xi Jinping’s clean energy push

Source: South China Morning PostAnt Group, the financial technology affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding,…

Hong Kong court hears Meng Wanzhou’s application to access HSBC documents to undergird her bid to quash extradition to US

Source: South China Morning PostA closed-door hearing was held on Friday afternoon at Hong Kong High…

China’s antitrust regulator fines Big Tech firms, including Tencent and Baidu, for failing to report acquisitions

Source: South China Morning PostChina’s antitrust regulator has fined some of the country’s largest technology companies…

India poised to block Chinese tech giant Huawei from its mobile carriers in June

Source: South China Morning PostIndia is likely to block its mobile carriers from using telecom equipment…

Bilibili: How a Chinese site dedicated to anime subculture grew up with its Gen Z users to become a mainstream success

Source: South China Morning PostIt was the winter of 2012 and Kevin Lin was 13 years…

Baidu seeks up to US$3.6 billion in Hong Kong share sale as fundraising in city reaches a record in first two months of the year

Source: South China Morning PostChinese search engine and artificial intelligence giant Baidu is seeking to raise…

Grab is in talks to go public in an estimated US$40 billion deal, marking the largest blank-cheque acquisition amid the deal making frenzy by global SPACs, sources say

Source: South China Morning PostGrab Holdings is in talks to go public through a merger with…

US imposes new 5G limits on Huawei suppliers

Source: South China Morning PostThe Biden administration has informed some suppliers to China’s Huawei Technologies Co.…

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