Murderer in China turns himself in due to lack of Health Code

Color-based QR codes are meant to indicate the health status of smartphone users, but it makes life difficult for people without smartphones to get around... like a fugitive on the run | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

A Reddit-like forum helped Taiwan prepare early for Covid-19

Taiwan’s 25-year-old forum PTT helped limit the spread of the coronavirus | Continue reading


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Professor’s online students prefer when he teaches classes as anime girl

A college professor is teaching while guised as various avatars for more engaging online classes during the coronavirus pandemic | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Bookstores hit hard by coronavirus now deliver books using a food delivery app

A new program from Meituan Dianping lets 72 bookstores in Beijing deliver books to customers' doors | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

China’s QR health code system brings relief for some and new problems

A color-coded QR code system to fight the coronavirus allows people to travel freely or forces them to self-quarantine | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Tesla's first cobalt-free batteries could come from China's CATL

Tesla is in advanced talks with CATL to use lithium iron phosphate batteries for the first time | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

How big data helps China track the coronavirus and its people

Databases full of real names and ID numbers have been used in China for censorship and surveillance, but can they help stop the virus? | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Apple removed 805 apps in China from 2018 to 2019

Apple is removing hundreds of apps in China at the government’s request, but we don’t know why or what they are | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Hong Kong watch maker has a Tesla Cybertruck for your wrist

A limited edition of the Cybertruck-inspired watch comes with cracks on the screen | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Chinese apps no longer rule in India as domestic rivals take over

But Chinese Android brands such as Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Realme still have more than half of the country's smartphone market | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

New swarm of pro-China Twitter bots spreads information about Xinjiang

Is Harry Potter's Ginny Weasley tweeting you about how great life is in China’s western region of Xinjiang? She might be a bot | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Chinese Hackers Break into Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari in Competition

Tianfu Cup brings together China’s best hackers, who excelled in overseas hacking competitions like Pwn2Own | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Chinese fans love “Silicon Valley”’s satire of China’s tech industry

The HBO show is highly rated on Douban, as some people think criticizing the tech industry at home carries risks | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Will BlizzCon become the latest battleground for the Hong Kong protests?

Fans angry at Hearthstone and Overwatch developer Blizzard say they plan to dress up as Hong Kong protesters and political leaders, but it’s not clear how many will actually show up | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Apple’s GIF search won’t find some images from China

Using Apple’s iMessage app to search for “Chinese” GIFs gives you a blank page | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

China's electric vehicle companies have yet to prove themselves to investors

After years of explosive growth, EV companies like BYD are hurting since China slashed subsidies | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Programmers complain that Huawei’s Ark Compiler is ‘not even half-finished’

The compiler is supposed to make it easy to port Android apps to Huawei’s new HarmonyOS, but it’s not going well | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Google is using a tool Chinese users developed to bypass the Great Firewall

Shadowsocks was developed in China to jump the Great Firewall, and now companies like Google are adopting it even as some debate its security and longevity | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Airline uses AI to monitor customer complaints

China Eastern Airlines says AI helps it improve the customer experience by tailoring services | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

China thinks Apple’s ‘iPhone 11’ looks ugly

Recent survey finds flagging loyalty among Chinese Apple users as some switch to Huawei | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Explore Abacus China Tech City and Zoom in on China

Explore Tech City, an interactive world that lets you zoom in on China. Find out more about China’s big name companies, tech phenomena such as single’s day, key people and all the latest tech stories from China. | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Essential Apps for Traveling in China

Do as the locals do, digitally | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Explore China Tech City

Explore Tech City, an interactive world that lets you zoom in on China. Find out more about China’s big name companies, tech phenomena such as single’s day, key people and all the latest tech stories from China. | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

China Tech City

Explore Tech City, an interactive world that lets you zoom in on China. Find out more about China’s big name companies, tech phenomena such as single’s day, key people and all the latest tech stories from China. | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Chinese developers fear losing open source tech to trade war

Chinese developers fear the fallout from the tech war will cost them access to GitHub | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

“content developed on GitHub needs to comply with US export laws”

Chinese developers fear the fallout from the tech war will cost them access to GitHub | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

China's new way of tracking people

The security screeners scan more than your face, picking up MAC addresses and IMEI numbers | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 4 years ago

Robotic driving instructors are here to make lessons less stressful

RoboCoach will teach you how to drive and call you ‘mommy’ while doing it | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

WeChat isn’t cool enough anymore so China’s viral king is planning a competitor

WeChat’s dominance is both a trigger to create contenders and the reason they never succeed | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Photo provider draws backlash after claiming rights to first black hole photo

Visual China angers content creators for shady copyright practices | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Big Brother is smartwatching you: China's workers monitored by wearable tech

Nanjing city cleaners are tracked by GPS and warned about long breaks | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

China's legendary knockoff market could soon be gone

Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei, the heart of China’s Silicon Valley, is disappearing piece by piece | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Thousands of shared electric cars seen discarded in Hangzhou

Is “car-sharing” going down like “bike-sharing”? | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

The smartphones people in China are buying instead of the iPhone

Apple’s revenue dropped by billions of dollars in China last quarter | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

China Internet Report 2018

China has twice as many internet users as the total population of the United States -- and it’s growing fast. This unique collaboration between Abacus, 500 Startups, the South China Morning Post, will break down everything you need to know about China’s thriving tech industry, th … | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Steam is finally coming to China but Chinese gamers don’t want it

Gamers fear Valve’s PC gaming platform will be heavily restricted in China | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Facial recognition camera catches woman “jaywalking” because her face was on bus

Local police admit mistake and have upgraded system to prevent further errors | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Steam won’t let Chinese users see adult-only games

Steam isn’t officially available in China, but it’s not officially blocked either | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Who is Lu Qi, head of Y Combinator’s new China arm?

Silicon Valley star accelerator is expanding to China with the help of a legendary Chinese engineer | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Two men will go to prison for making Honor of Kings cheats

China is cracking down on cheating software in video games | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Seven times U.S. companies gave in to pressure from China

Google is reportedly working on a censored search engine for mainland China | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

China Internet Report 2018

China has twice as many internet users as the total population of the United States -- and it’s growing fast. This unique collaboration between Abacus, 500 Startups, the South China Morning Post, will break down everything you need to know about China’s thriving tech industry, th … | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

2018 China Internet Report

China has twice as many internet users as the total population of the United States -- and it’s growing fast. This unique collaboration between Abacus, 500 Startups, the South China Morning Post, will break down everything you need to know about China’s thriving tech industry, th … | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

Frostpunk is fueling debate on socialism in China

Players can choose to build totalitarian regimes… and players in China love it | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 5 years ago

China brings AI to high school curriculum

Training talent a top priority in nation's push to dominate artificial intelligence | Continue reading


@abacusnews.com | 6 years ago