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Trouble at TikTok
ByteDance’s wildly popular short video app has gotten caught up in U.S.-China tensions, with Washington worried that personal data on TikTok’s 100 million U.S. users could fall into Beijing’s hands.
Cover Story: Will TikTok Be the Next Huawei?
Founder Zhang Yiming’s efforts to defuse rising political pressures fail to gain traction as U.S. moves to follow India in banning the popular video app citing data security concerns
Alibaba Pledges $432 Million in Lunar New Year AI Subsidy War
The tech giant plans to use the investment to promote its chatbot Qwen, outstripping subsidies from Tencent and Baidu
In Depth: In China’s Youth Rehabilitation Industry, Abduction and Abuse Run Rampant
A shadow business of ‘behavior correction’ centers in China charges thousands of yuan to cure burnt-out young people suffering from what their parents consider a lack of ambition. Treatment includes forced confinement and beatings
Weekly Must-Read: China’s Deposit Repricing Tests Banks and Savers as Trillions Come Due
As long-term deposits mature this year, lower rates are reshaping bank funding costs and household asset allocation
CX Daily: China Takes on Green Energy Gridlock With Direct Connections
A new model that allows wind and solar farms to sell electricity directly to factories aims to alleviate a side effect of the renewable energy boom
Tech Brief (Jan. 29): TikTok Outage Puts New U.S. Operations to the Test
Moonshot AI gets more into agents, Texas doubles down on China tech ban
CX Daily: High Blood Pressure Is on the Rise in China’s Grade Schoolers
Once rare in young patients, hypertension has become a common diagnosis for Chinese children
TikTok Outage Puts New U.S. Operations to the Test
A winter storm-triggered power failure at an Oracle data center disrupted services just days after the app completed its U.S. spinoff
Moonshot AI Gets More Into Agents With New Model
The Chinese startup touts its K2.5 model as being able to handle agentic workflows, where agents make decisions, take actions and coordinate tasks with minimal human intervention
Analysis: Why ByteDance Matters More Than DeepSeek in the Global AI Race
Despite the brief market panic over DeepSeek’s accomplishments, Google DeepMind CEO sees a more formidable rival in the owner of TikTok, which is rapidly closing the technological gap
Texas Doubles Down on China Tech Ban, Adding AI and E-Commerce Giants
Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi, and 23 others join blacklist as governor Abbott cites security threats
Chinese GPU-Maker Challenges Nvidia in Three-Year Development Plan
Iluvatar CoreX aims for its AI chip architecture to outperform the U.S. chip powerhouse’s most advanced product by 2027 as demand from cloud vendors grows
In Depth: Tencent Bets Its AI Future on 28-Year-Old From OpenAI
Vinces Yao Shunyu takes charge of the Chinese tech giant’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and large language model development as the industry enters a new, application-focused phase
CX Daily: Hong Kong’s Battered Property Market Shows Signs of Life
Soaring rents, falling mortgage rates and a wave of talent-driven immigration are driving a rebound in residential real estate
TikTok Completes U.S. Spinoff to Keep App Online
Chinese parent ByteDance says the popular short-video app will operate in the U.S. under comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity measures
In Depth: Chinese Startup Manus Swept Up in Global M&A Frenzy for AI
Meta’s year-end acquisition of AI agent specialist shows Chinese firms can ‘dream bigger’ of being bought by Silicon Valley giants at higher valuations
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