We should expect more of the same from the Chinese government: More complaints about the impact of “excessive” capital in its industries, more tumbling share prices and more held IPOs.
Equity Monday: Apple’s privacy flap continues as crypto regulation looms
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You […]
China’s herd of wandering elephants finally heads for home
Fourteen wild Asian elephants have been guided across the Yuanjiang river in Yunnan, and a path leading back to their nature reserve is being madeAfter an epic 17-month journey that made international headlines, China’s famous herd of wandering elephan…
Police launch investigation into Alibaba sexual assault allegations
Chinese e-commerce company says it is cooperating with the investigation Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has announced that it is cooperating with a police investigation into sexual assault allegations aired by a company employee.A statement on Sun…
UK not doing enough to support those fleeing Hong Kong, advocacy group says
Hongkongers in Britain warns that many arrivals are being denied equal access to housing, education and jobs‘Employers seem baffled by this visa’: Hongkongers who have fled to UKThe UK risks providing Hongkongers fleeing persecution in their homeland w…
Researchers Discover Three-Way Cyberattack by Chinese Military Actors against Southeast Asian Telcos
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek:
Researchers have discovered three separate Chinese military affiliated advanced threat groups simultaneously targeting and compromising the same Southeast Asian telcos. The attack groups concerned are Soft…
This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]
China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The question for the tech news cycle in China these days has become: Who is Beijing’s next target? Regulatory clampdowns are common in China’s tech industry […]
WeChat’s youth mode is illegal, says lawsuit, as China steps up attack on Tencent
The messaging app does not comply with laws protecting children, say prosecutors, in fresh crackdown on tech firms Prosecutors in Beijing have initiated a civil lawsuit against a subsidiary of Tencent, saying the “youth mode” on the company’s popular …
Kris Wu arrest raises hopes for China’s #MeToo movement
Analysis: public opinion shifting, but reaction from authorities may have related more to crackdown on fame cultureIt felt like a turning point. The arrest of one of China’s biggest pop stars on rape allegations had raised hopes that authorities were f…