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.

Big Tech, Payments Firms May Be Targets Of China’s ‘Blacklist’
Big Tech, Payments Firms May Be Targets Of China’s ‘Blacklist’
September 21, 2020  |  International

Taking names, making lists — and boosting geopolitical tensions. While Big Tech bears the brunt of it all. To that end, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday...

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Ant Group’s Planned IPO Could Raise A Record $35B
Ant Group’s Planned IPO Could Raise A Record $35B
September 21, 2020  |  IPO

Ant Group, the online payment provider for China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is seeking a record return of at least $35 billion as it goes...

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Rubio Unconvinced Oracle Can Prevent TikTok Leaks To China
Rubio Unconvinced Oracle Can Prevent TikTok Leaks To China
September 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As the deal between Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. takes shape for a minority stake in TikTok Global, one U.S. senator isn’t convinced the app’s...

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s WeChat Ban
September 20, 2020  |  Legal

Score one for WeChat. A California federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting WeChat, the social media app owned by China’s...

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Chinese Consumers Slow To Adopt Pay By Face
Chinese Consumers Slow To Adopt Pay By Face
September 20, 2020  |  Biometrics

Ant Group, one of the world’s most valuable startups and pioneer of digital payments in China, may have lost a $439 million bet it made...

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Clock Ticks On TikTok, WeChat Bans – And eCommerce May Suffer
Clock Ticks On TikTok, WeChat Bans – And eCommerce May Suffer
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Sunday looms as a red-letter day for TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat – and tens of millions of users who use the apps to conduct commerce....

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Can The US Follow China’s COVID Comeback?
Can The US Follow China’s COVID Comeback?
September 18, 2020  |  Retail

The Chinese retail economy is on the comeback trail, lending optimism to the thinking that the U.S. can follow its model if the pandemic is...

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Trump Administration Announces TikTok And WeChat Bans To Start Sunday
Trump Administration Announces TikTok And WeChat Bans To Start Sunday
September 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

President Donald Trump will follow through on his pledge to ban downloads of TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday (Sept. 20).  The U.S. Commerce Department announced...

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Walmart, Oracle Stake Could Push TikTok Into Majority US Ownership
Walmart, Oracle Stake Could Push TikTok Into Majority US Ownership
September 18, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Backers of a new group vying to buy the U.S. operations for TikTok want to craft an agreement giving U.S. interests a majority stake in...

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