China
News and analysis about China, a country with the world’s second-largest economy, a terrible record on human rights, and global ambitions.
Momo stock jumped more than 26 percent in its first day of trading.
A denial with a smile.
The latest headache for Microsoft in China.
The company faces an antitrust probe and low-priced competition in China.
American computer scientists vow revenge in 2017.
How, after years of failure, the US and China came to a deal on climate change.
The future of US-China, and not ISIS or Ukraine, is America’s biggest challenge. Believe it or not, it’s going America’s way.
The $9.3 billion total dwarfs the $3.6 billion that U.S. shoppers spent online last year on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
The company also named Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang to its board.
In its first earnings report as a public company, the Chinese e-commerce company exceeds expectations.
Right now, say execs, investing is more important than margins.
If we want our wireless future to be bold, we need to do more than rest on our 4G laurels.
Plus, Bale as Jobs, Chromebook sales “surge” and Ikea’s homage to “The Shining.”
Back in 2010, there was plenty of panic about China’s dominance of the rare earths market. That panic turned out to be overblown.
Plus, Steve Ballmer: investment adviser, Hungary mulls an Internet usage tax and Apple’s boring new iPads.
Apple advises users to watch for signs that their iCloud connection is being misdirected.
The company wants to make it easier for retailers to get orders to China.
A boost for the government’s efforts to develop the domestic chip industry.
Why inequality is a big problem in China — despite the public’s extraordinarily positive view of capitalism.
Plus, iPhone preorders in China; Ashton Kutcher, “Lenovo Product Engineer”; and the Icahn-Andreessen war of words.
This really great map of Instagrams also makes an important point about the Hong Kong protests.
There’s more nuance to what’s going on in Hong Kong that initially meets the eye.
The events in Hong Kong right now are a fight for its future.
Here’s how the protests in Hong Kong could actually force concessions from the Chinese leadership, according to political science.
The US is staying pretty quiet on the protests. That’s probably a good thing.
Understanding it is crucial for understanding the protests in Hong Kong and how China will respond to them.
A unique perspective on the the protests taking place in Hong Kong.
The People’s Daily sent out a very strange tweet.
Plus, Apple’s Ireland problem, e-delicious machines and Tinder for douchebags.
That fear is already driving events in Hong Kong — but under what circumstances would it actually happen?
Poor black marketers!
Twitter’s data team has created a unique interactive charting the timeline of the Hong Kong protests.
How Hong Kong’s weather patterns produced a protest movement icon.
Trust in Hong Kong’s arrangement with Beijing about democracy is collapsing.
Pro-democracy protests are common in Hong Kong, but they’ve never been met with the kind of police response that came down on demonstrators in recent days.
To understand the protests sweeping Hong Kong, you need to understand the important role protest movements in China have played in modern Chinese history. We asked a historian of protest in China to break it down.
These tweets from Patrick Chovanec put Hong Kong’s events into crucial context.
The affluent city-state’s economy has been reeling this year from the consequences of an anti-corruption campaign in mainland China.
A way to serve more travelers from China.
This should give you a sense for why people in Hong Kong are so outraged.