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China VC Weekly: Biggest Series A in Chip Industry, Big Data, Robots and AI

DataStory, a Chinese provider of big data and AI services, announced that it has raised a 120 million yuan ($17 million) series B+ round of strategic financing.

Bytedance CEO Zhang Yiming at Tsinghua University: Part 2

Welcome back to our series on Bytedance, maker of TikTok (and many other things!) and the most richly valued privately-held tech startup in the world.

Who is Zhang Yiming, Bytedance Global CEO, Maker of TikTok?

The below is a translation from the first of four parts of a 2-hour interview on March 20, 2018, with Zhang Yiming, Bytedance founder and global CEO.

Hangzhou Faces Backlash From Chinese Netizens Over Permanent Health Code Plan

The suggestion mainly revolves around enforcing the use of the health tracking app introduced in the city several months ago even after the pandemic is over.

Has Covid-19 Shown that EdTech Can Close China’s Education Inequality Gap?

Whilst efforts are being made to reduce educational inequality via EdTech, just how effective these policies and initiatives will be remains to be seen.

Work From Home: The Future of Work?

As coronavirus continues to spread across the world, many companies are asking their employees to work-from-home as part of their social distancing response to the crisis.

Chinese Smartphone Brands Pushing to Stay Afloat as India Goes into Lockdown

On March 24, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic that officially started on April 25.

Bilibili Breaks (Through) Chinese Internet

China’s “largest youth community” Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI) caused a stir on the interwebs when they released a 4-minute video (Chinese, English fan-dub) for May 4th Youth Day in China titled “The Waves Behind.”

Will Chinese ‘Super-long-range’ Tesla-killers Actually Kill Tesla?

As Chinese NEV companies grow muscle, their output also becomes more capable of rivaling Tesla, perhaps not comprehensively, but definitely on certain fronts.

E-Commerce Livestreaming Starts to Target Men, But Does Gender Affect Consumer Purchasing Behavior?

As short video apps and game livestreaming platforms are all jumping on the Chinese commercial livestreaming bandwagon, some of them are looking to appeal to a different demographic.

Now That Luckin Is Out of the Game, Who Else Is Trying To Be The ‘Starbucks of China’?

If Luckin is not the “Starbucks of China”, the question arises as to who is or has the potential to be?

Breeders Faced with Challenges after China’s Latest Wildlife Ban

Hundreds of thousands of farm-bred porcupines and bamboo rats were euthanized in southern provinces of China, as farmers shut down operations amid uncertainty over new industry rules.

Uncertainty and Hope: China’s Fresh Graduates Struggle to Find Jobs in Bitter Graduate Season

What’s left for China’s graduates now is to reflect on what they have really learnt over their years in school and prepare for economic recovery.

Coronavirus: Compared to China, Why Does The U.S. Lack Control?

Currently, the number of infected people in the United States is eight times more than that in China. Why is the US response to the virus such a spectacular failure?

Nowhere to Call Home: COVID-19 Leaves Scars on China’s Booming Online Long-term Rental Industry

According to industrial data provided by Beike, impacted by the COVID-19 and stringent quarantine rules, the total volume of house renting in 18 Chinese cities slumped.

China’s Tech Giants Are Back to Work, and Here Is How They Did It

Employees of some large enterprises have returned to offices after roughly two months of working from home. Yet, resumption of normal operations has come at a price for Chinese companies.

Online Psychotherapy Might Be Key to Sanity Amid COVID-19

At a time when personal meetings are discouraged, and many people are unable to find help, online psychotherapy has emerged as a phenomenon that could not only help us survive the quarantine but also democratize psychotherapy forever.

Marriage or Divorce? COVID-19 Reshapes the Intimacy of Chinese Couples

Impacted by the strict quarantine rules, the daily lives of Chinese couples has flipped upside-down.

Life in China Is Getting Better, Still Far From Normal

There’s traffic again on Beijing’s roads. Yet, as encouraging signs of reanimation are multiplying, there have not been any major changes to the situation in China.

Zoom’s Security Scandal Likely to Improve Video Conferencing Services For All

In truth, even though Zoom’s current security debacle is unsettling to some degree, its outcomes are mostly positive.

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