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  • Tesla refuses to deliver Model 3s to buyers who participated in Pinduoduo group buys

    A merchant on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo previously raised widespread concern by selling a Tesla Model 3 at a steep discount. Now, Tesla is refusing to sell it to them.

  • Huawei unveils three in-vehicle operating systems under Harmony name

    At the 2020 China Automotive Forum, Wang Jun, president of Huawei Smart Car Solutions BU, announced the company's Harmony in-vehicle systems.

  • Tencent PUBG Mobile ranks No.1 in global mobile game revenue in July

    Tencent's PUBG Mobile generated $208 million in global revenue in July 2020, up 10.8 percent from July 2019, placing it at the top of the global mobile game revenue chart, according to data released today by mobile app data analytics platform SensorTower.

  • NIO doubles down on autopilot with important new hire

    NIO, the Chinese electric car company with tens of billions of dollars in cash on hand, has accelerated its expansion and begun to invest more in its automated driving software.

  • Phone suspected to be ZTE's first to feature under-screen camera gets network access in China

    Chinese smartphone and telecoms equipment maker ZTE previously announced that it would launch the world's first smartphone with an under-screen camera. Now according to a Weibo digital blogger, a new ZTE phone has been licensed into the network in China, and it could be this ZTE phone called the A20 5G.

  • WeChat downloads spike in US as Trump ban has unexpected effect

    Following US President Trump's threat to ban Tencent's social media app WeChat, there has been a surge in downloads of the app in the United States.

  • 95% of Chinese users would rather give up their iPhone than WeChat, survey shows

    According to a Weibo survey, 95 percent of 1.2 million people said they would switch to an Android phone rather than give up WeChat if it were banned.

  • Apple says Chinese developers cumulatively earn 200 billion yuan in App Store

    Since the App Store launched in China in 2010, developers have earned more than 200 billion yuan, Apple said in its recently released 2019-2020 China Corporate Responsibility Report.

  • China's largest AI firm SenseTime said to plan dual listing in HK and mainland

    China’s largest AI firm SenseTime is exploring a dual listing in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland as it closes in on $1.5 billion of pre-IPO financing, Bloomberg reported Thursday citing people familiar with the matter.

  • Chinese retail giant Gome establishes online platform to take on Alibaba, JD.com

    Chinese retail giant Gome today announced the establishment of an online platform company and appointed former senior vice president of Baidu, Xiang Hailong, as the new company's CEO.