Shaw Wan, Author at Pandaily

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.

Cross-border

Shaw Wan Mar 28

“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.

Industry

Shaw Wan Mar 28

The Chinese telecoms giant Huawei topped the list of 2018 international patent applicants with a record number of 5,405 published PCT applications, according to data from World Intellectual Property Organization.

Industry

Shaw Wan Mar 19

Ninety-four Chinese entities have reached unicorn status, led by ByteDance, the world’s most valuable private company valued at $75 billion.

Industry

Shaw Wan Mar 19

Not long after Chinese bike-sharing start-up Ofo withered away, its longtime rival Mobike has begun to withdraw from overseas markets.

Cross-border

Shaw Wan Mar 13

In 2018, businesses and inventors continued to file large numbers of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO). Huawei had the second most patent applications in 2018 with 2,485 applications.

Industry

Shaw Wan Mar 13

“Lenovo president and CEO Yang Yuanqing has never delivered any kind of speeches to slander Huawei,” the Chinese technology company Lenovo stated on Mar. 8. It will sue related social media accounts for defamation.

Industry

Shaw Wan Mar 8

The 2019 Oscar winners are here, and it’s not a U.S. award only!
Alibaba Pictures Group Limited co-produced Green Book, which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 91st Academy Awards (The Oscars).

Cross-border

Shaw Wan Feb 25

Every smartphone maker wants to take the lead in the 5G run. So does the Chinese company OnePlus.

Smartphones

Shaw Wan Feb 25

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019, the Chinese smartphone giant Huawei unveiled its first foldable 5G smartphone Mate X, which is priced at €2,299 ($2600).

Smartphones

Shaw Wan Feb 25

Amazon China and NetEase Kaola, a cross-border e-commerce, are negotiating to merge their overseas purchase business. Led by Kaola, the merger might be completed by split-offs.

Cross-border

Shaw Wan Feb 19

Huawei will launch its P30 series on March 26 in Paris, according to the company’s senior executive.

Smartphones

Shaw Wan Feb 19

More and more Chinese chose spend their Spring Festival holiday traveling. The number of people who enjoyed the week-long holiday break overseas grew by 28 percent, according to Alibaba.

Industry

Shaw Wan Feb 11

Zhidaohulian（智道网联）, a Chinese intelligent vehicle service provider, raised 120 million dollars in its Series A round led by Tencent on Feb.1.

Startups

Shaw Wan Feb 11

Among the top five global smartphone companies, Chinese vendors Huawei, OPPO and Xiaomi continue growing their shipment volumes, while the thronetakers Samsung and Apple lost their units in the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18).

Industry

Shaw Wan Feb 1