China Archive

With eye on China, and U.S. ties, Japan’s universities to screen foreigners

Japan is asking universities for greater scrutiny of foreign students and scholars to prevent technology leaks to places like China, partly for its own national security but also to safeguard exchanges with U.S. and European universities. While many Western countries have measures to prevent espionage on their campuses with strict screening and penalties for

Huawei launches Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro in China with a twist

Today Huawei officially brought its Mate 20 series to the Chinese market. The Huawei Mate 20 will go on sale in 6GG+64GB version for CNY 4,000 (€500) and 6GB+128GB priced at CNY 4,500 (€570). Interestingly, Huawei will offer the Mate 20 Pro without a fingerprint scanner with

LeEco Repays Part of China Merchant Bank Debt

LeEco has repaid HKD 807 million ($103.20 million or roughly Rs. 650 crores) of a debt owed to China Merchants Bank and will seek to negotiate with the creditor to secure the release of some of its frozen assets, the wife of the embattled conglomerate’s founder said. Gan

Apple Removes Several Apps, Including Skype, in China

Skype, Microsoft’s Internet phone call and messaging service, has disappeared from app stores in China including that of Apple, indicating the latest setback for a foreign tech service in the country. Apple, responding to questions about Skype’s absence, late on Tuesday said it had removed several internet phone

iPhone X First Batch, With Just 46,500 Units, Ships Out of China: Report

Ahead of the November 3 shipping date of the iPhone X, the first batch of iPhone X units have shipped out of China, according to China’s state run news agency Xinhua. Even as it appears that Apple is in line to begin delivering this year’s flagship iPhone X units on

China Disrupts WhatsApp Service in Online Clampdown

SHANGHAI — The last of Facebook’s major products that still worked in China was disrupted by the government on Tuesday, as Beijing broadly tightened its controls over the internet. The product, WhatsApp, a messaging app used across the globe, was partly blocked by Chinese filters, leaving many unable