china

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion in 2017. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers, it is the third or fourth largest country by total area.

Study: China To Generate More Data Than U.S. By 2025
Study: China To Generate More Data Than U.S. By 2025
February 14, 2019  |  Data

Data and information are becoming an increasingly important currency in the global economy – not only currently, but especially in the future – and China...

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Ant Buys WorldFirst In $700M Deal
Ant Buys WorldFirst In $700M Deal
February 14, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ant Financial, the Chinese financial services affiliate of Alibaba, has inked a deal to acquire WorldFirst, the U.K. payments company. According to a report in Bloomberg,...

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Alipay Accepted At Walgreens Nationwide
Alipay Accepted At Walgreens Nationwide
February 14, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Alipay’s mobile payment platform will now be available at thousands of Walgreens locations throughout the U.S. “Walgreens is focused on making shopping more convenient for...

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China SMB Employment At Risk Amid Economic Slowdown
China SMB Employment At Risk Amid Economic Slowdown
February 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

China’s economic slowdown is threatening the strength of the nation’s small business employment landscape, new reports in South China Morning Post said over the weekend....

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Apple Chinese iPhone Shipments Plummet 20 Pct In Q4
Apple Chinese iPhone Shipments Plummet 20 Pct In Q4
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Shipments of Apple’s iPhones plummeted around 20 percent in China during the fourth quarter of last year, as competitor Huawei Technologies was able to steal...

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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
February 08, 2019  |  Fraud Attack

One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often in plain sight),...

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Alibaba eCommerce Rival Pinduoduo Secures $1B In Funding
Alibaba eCommerce Rival Pinduoduo Secures $1B In Funding
February 06, 2019  |  eCommerce

Chinese upstart eCommerce site Pinduoduo (PDD) is raising more than $1 billion to help compete with Chinese giants like Alibaba and JD.com, according to reports....

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Hackers Employed By China Infiltrate Norwegian Software Company Visma
Hackers Employed By China Infiltrate Norwegian Software Company Visma
February 06, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers employed by the Chinese government were able to get into the network of Visma, a Norwegian software company, to steal client secrets. Reuters, citing...

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Indian Government Drafts New Rules For Chinese App Makers
Indian Government Drafts New Rules For Chinese App Makers
February 06, 2019  |  Regulation

The Indian government is going after social media apps run by Chinese companies, gearing up to create new regulations that will force them to oversee...

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