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Baidu’s Face Recognition Auto Gate is being tested in Beijing Capital Airport

Baidu has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Capital Airport. Both sides will cooperate in fields of intelligent operation, intelligent security and management, information ability construction and others, so as to promote civil aviation airport’s upgrade in the direction of the intelligence and automation. It is reported that the cooperation between Baidu AI robot […]

Baidu Sued fenbi.com and Related We-media

According to Netease Technology on August 22, Baidu has formally initiated law proceedings in Beijing Haidian District People’s Court against Xiaolong Zhang, the CEO of Fenbilantian technology co., LTD. (fenbi.com) as well as we-media Coollabs for their serious violation against Baidu‘s reputation. Baidu demanded them to immediately delete infringing contents in their Weibo, WeChat official […]

In China, McDonald’s and KFC are fighting for a larger slice of the domestic pie

After nearly three decades of fighting, the competition between KFC and McDonalds in China is likely to heat up, because of its newly gotten “Chinese” identity. On November 1, 2016, KFC’s parent company Yum! Brands spun off a new company – Yum! China, and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its core business […]

Baidu Takeout will be Sold

After months of seesaw battle, the fate of Baidu Takeout may soon be decided, mostly likely to be taken over by ele.me. Currently, ele.me official responds that they have no comment on it, and Baidu has ambivalent attitude without responding clearly. According to what a core high-ranking figure told touchweb, Baidu Takeout ever negotiated with […]

The Chinese Internet model is being pursued overseas

The mobile phone selling like hotcakes in Africa isn’t Samsung nor Apple, but Tecno, a Shenzhen-based telecommunications company in China. According to open statistics, the company holds more than 40% of market shares in the 6 major countries of North Africa. Tecno broke into the African market using two mobile innovations: Dual-SIMs and beauty selfie […]

Chinese tech giants’ future battlefield: Conquering the 2D world

Recently, ACG（”Anime, Comic and Games”）has been so hot, it’s like the weather in Shanghai. Last month, Baidu hosted a 2017 2DMAX Baidu forums event; Tencent‘s comic convention QQ JOY was held in Chengdu; BiliBili (a Chinese online video streaming website) sold over 100 thousand tickets for an offline concert. The annual event “China Joy” has just concluded […]

The Rise, Fall, and Future of Chinese Money in Silicon Valley

When China’s uber-rich zero in on an asset class—be it Los Angeles mansions, French vineyards, or European soccer players—they can quickly drown it in cash. But Beijing can take the punchbowl away just as quickly, as Silicon Valley discovered late last year when China’s central government tightened controls over capital leaving the country. That move […]

Baidu Waimai is rumored to be in merger talks with Ele.me

According to a Caijing report, after Baidu Waimai (the food delivery unit of Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc.) discussions with S.F. Express (SF) were called off, Baidu Waimai maintained financial connections with Ele.me. Negotiations between both parties are now reaching a close, and if everything goes smoothly, results will be released within 2-3 weeks. […]

“Copy to China” Companies that Just Aren’t Fitting In Well

Let’s rewind back to the first 20 years of Internet development in China and talk about its business model. What everyone did back then was “Copy to China”. We essentially brought successful business models from Europe and US to China. For example: Sohu copied Yahoo Tencent copied ICQ Baidu copied Google Taobao copied eBay Meituan […]

NetEase Youdao Aims to Make Traditional Translation Market More Internet-oriented

Machines cannot take away translators’ job completely, but it plays its role in providing translation service by “matching” the right words. How big is translation market? Zhou Feng, CEO of NetEase Youdao （网易有道）, estimated it is a 40-billion RMB market. According to the 2016 China’s Language Service Industry Development Report, the value that China’s language […]

Baidu Releases Self-driving Software For Free

Chinese search engine company Baidu announced their autonomous car software will be free for download, with the aim to collect data and attract more users to their open-source AI platform. The announcement was made on July 5 during their “Baidu AI Developers Conference” (Baidu Create 2017). Baidu Founder Robin Li had made quite a stir […]

Silicon Valley’s China Paradox

Li Zhifei has spent his professional career cross-pollinating the world’s two most vibrant innovation ecosystems. Born in central China at the dawn of reform and opening, Li graduated college in China and dove headfirst into the country’s dot com boom of the early 2000s. When that bubble burst, he headed to Johns Hopkins University for […]

No Intermission for Shared Bikes’ War

Hundreds of workers in bright yellow uniforms assemble small yellow bicycles at the Tianjin Flying Pigeon bicycle factory on May 19. The workers hurriedly attach the wheels and gears to each frame, and every 15 seconds a new ofo unit is born. Workers at the end of the line load each new bike into cardboard […]

The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence

BEIJING — What worries you about the coming world of artificial intelligence? Too often the answer to this question resembles the plot of a sci-fi thriller. People worry that developments in A.I. will bring about the “singularity” — that point in history when A.I. surpasses human intelligence, leading to an unimaginable revolution in human affairs. […]

After fighting with Baidu, JD.com may join the BAT Group

JD’s (京东）closing price on June 26 was $43.08, raising their total market value to $61.149 billion. They are quickly approaching to Baidu‘s total market value of $61.973 billion at the time, thus threatening the existing group of tech giants BAT: Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent. In comparison, Baidu is lagging behind the other two in terms […]

Meituan CEO talked about relationships with BAT

The more you try to do, the more enemies you’ll make. Meituan Dianping has learned this lesson through experience. In its early days, the company organized discounted group purchases; later on it became an online movie ticket retailer. Over the years it also tried its hand at takeout, catering and travel services. More recently, Meituan […]

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