Shaw Wan, Author at Pandaily

Oracle Lays off Over 900 Staff Members in China With More to Cut in Future

Oracle is laying off over 900 staff members, mainly from the China Research and Development Center (CDC), as the conference call in the China area confirmed.

Airbnb Guest Had Privacy Violated by Surveillance Camera

If Yun Fei hadn't found the hidden camera in the Airbnb apartment, he would probably find leaked videos of himself on porn sites.

Luckin Coffee Updates $510 Million U.S. IPO

Luckin Coffee, the Starbucks challenger in China, is seeking to raise up to $510 million in the U.S. initial public offering (IPO).

OPPO Joined The 5G Battle With Reno Series, First 5G Smartphone

As OPPO held the European launch of its new Reno series in Zurich on April 24, Reno 5G will make its commercial debut in Switzerland next month.

Xiaomi Opened Its First Store In Chile

The first Xiaomi physical store in Chile has opened in Santiago on April 27. The 250-square-meter place offers smartphones, wearable devices, smart home supplies and other Xiaomi products. The passenger traffic of the opening day exceeded 1,500 according to Xinhua. After this debut, Xiaomi is planning to put intelligence appliances on the local market. The […]

Amazon Quits China Market — Another U.S. E-commerce Giant Failing in China

Amazon will close its domestic e-commerce marketplace business in China, effective from July 18. The company will keep running other business sections in China, including Amazon Web Services, Kindle e-books, and cross-border operations.

Huawei Generated $27 Billion Revenue in Q1 2019

In Q1 of this year, Huawei generated CNY179.7 billion ($27 Billion) in revenue, a 39 percent year-on-year growth.

Shanghai Tesla Spontaneously Caught Fire Igniting Two Cars

Smoke rose from a Tesla. Six seconds later, flames spread from the burning car to ignite two cars in an underground parking lot in Shanghai on April 21.

Envision AESC Launches the Next-Generation AIoT Battery

Envision AESC, a Chinese battery technology company, released the new-generation Gen5-811 AIoT battery at the 18th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition on April 17.

TikTok Banned In India For Pornography Only? Not Really

If someone hasn't downloaded TikTok, the viral video-sharing app by the Chinese company ByteDance, from the Indian app store, he might not be able to ever use the app.

OPPO Topped The Fast Growing Brand In Premium Segment

With 863 percent growth, OPPO became the fastest growing smartphone brand in the premium segment in 2018, according to Counterpoint Research.

Xiaomi Celebrates Nine Year Anniversary

The Chinese electronics company Xiaomi is celebrating its nine year anniversary on April 9. The company was proud to celebrate that China's knockoff phones have been eradicated since Xiaomi was born.

Will Huawei Sell Its 5G Chips to Apple?

While everyone has their eyes on 5G technology, the Chinese tech giant Huawei is holding all the trumps. When asked if the company was to sell its self-developed 5G modems to Apple, Huawei chose not to comment.

Neil Shen Topped the 100 Venture Capitalists List 2019

Among the world's best venture capital partners in 2019, Neil Shen, founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China, ascended the throne.

Tencent Pony Ma Highlights the Future of the Industrial Internet During IT Summit

Chinese Internet giant Tencent will utilize technologies such as 5G and AI to develop the Industrial Internet, as to transform and upgrade industries to be more digital and smart, according to its CEO Pony Ma in IT Summit 2019 in Shenzhen.

Geely and Daimler Establish Joint Venture To Develop Smart

The Chinese automobile company Geely Holding Group (Geely) and the German Daimler AG (Daimler) announced on Mar. 28 the formation of a 50-50 global joint venture to develop and operate smart brand.

Market Research Firm GfK Denied Huawei As The Top In Sales Volume

“The viral story titled Global Smartphone Sales in January by GfK quoted unofficial data and published fake numbers without authorization, which infringes our trademark and left a negative impact on us and our partners,” the market research company GfK China announced on March 27.