AJ Cortese, Author at Pandaily

Chinese smartphone company OPPO opened their Super Flagship Store in Bangkok, Thailand on October 22.

Smartphones

AJ Cortese Oct 22

Didi Chuxing’s CTO of their ride-hailing business, Tiger Qie, spoke about the company’s commitment to infusing human values into what is inherently a technology company.

Opinion

AJ Cortese Oct 22

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has been named chairman of the advisory board for Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 22

Out of a total of 494 global unicorns, categorized by a valuation of over $1 billion, 206 were Chinese, compared to 203 from the United States, according to the latest Hurun Report on unicorn companies.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 22

Chinese Super League 2019 Weekly: Matchweek 26.

Sports

AJ Cortese Oct 21

ByteDance’s international short video application, TikTok, launched an education program in India, one of its largest markets.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 18

David Marcus, the executive leading Facebook’s Libra initiative, told Bloomberg News that the United States risks ceding ground to China in the global battle for digital payments primacy.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 18

Electric car maker Tesla’s landmark gigafactory in Shanghai has officially received the required power supply for preliminary production from the State Grid Corp of China.

Cross-border

AJ Cortese Oct 18

Chinese telecom giant Huawei released their third quarter business update on October 16.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 16

Alibaba’s video content platform, Youku, announced that it has signed a partnership with BBC Studios to augment their kid-friendly content.

Cross-border

AJ Cortese Oct 16

According to the New York Times, Huawei’s access to supply chain components from the United States could soon be restored by the Trump administration.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 14

On October 11, an insider close to Faraday Future founder Jia Yueting’s creditors revealed that they had received documents indicating that Jia was looking to file for bankruptcy in the United States.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 11

Chinese real estate e-commerce platform Fangduoduo has filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC in anticipation of a public offering on the NASDAQ under the ticker “DUO” on October 9.

Startups

AJ Cortese Oct 9

It has been a hectic few days for the NBA as the league has become embroiled in controversy with China.

Sports

AJ Cortese Oct 8

28 Chinese companies were recently placed on a new entity blacklist created by the US, blocking these companies from buying American products.

Industry

AJ Cortese Oct 8