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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio at the China Development Forum in Beijing, in March, 2019. REUTERS. The ongoing crackdown on Chinese internet companies has hit their share prices hard. One of the worst affected has been ecommerce giant Alibaba, whose slapdown — the suspension of the IPO of its fintech arm,…

As the business climate worsens at home and in the West, Alibaba, Tencent and their peers seek friendlier markets CHINA’S TECHNOLOGY giants are having a torrid time. At home, a regulatory crackdown is intensifying. In the latest move, on August 17th the authorities released draft antitrust rules that would hurt…

On Tuesday, China’s top market watchdog published a new draft rule to further extend its crackdown on anti-competitive practices. The draft prohibited forced exclusivity, soliciting fake reviews, and protect intellectual property and brand reputation. The news triggered a new sell-off wave for listed Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba Group, Tencent,…

Researchers from Microsoft, Alibaba group and Carnegie Mellon University have released a white paper outlining a new blockchain-based solution for piracy, said to be running on the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain. The paper outlines ‘Argus: A Fully Transparent Incentive System for Anti-Piracy Campaigns’, which is designed to curb piracy through…

When it comes to software piracy platforms, the top performers remain for the office productivity suite and Windows operating system. So it’s not a surprise that the developer of the two products, Microsoft, takes its moves in creating Ethereum backed anti-piracy measures. Microsoft’s research department released a recent document involving…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding is opening a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace with the approval of the Sichuan provincial government. The marketplace launched this week as a new section on Alibaba Auction, the Chinese tech giant’s online auctioning platform. Dubbed “Blockchain Digital Copyright and Asset Trade,” the service enables…

The Chinese multinational technology giant, Alibaba Group, has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. According to regional reports, the Alibaba NFT platform not only provides customers with the ability to purchase and sell NFTs, but the marketplace also allows people to license and sell intellectual property (IP), as it is…

Researchers from Microsoft, Alibaba, and Carnegie Mellon have published a paper detailing an anti-piracy system based on blockchain technology. A group of researchers from Microsoft, Alibaba, and Carnegie Mellon University have published a research paper that speaks of a blockchain-based anti-piracy campaign system called Argus. The system is based on…

Alibaba has launched a new marketplace allowing trademark holders to sell NFTs representing licenses to their copyright. 19224 Total views 214 Total shares Chinese multinational e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding has launched a new nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace allowing trademark holders to sell tokenized licenses to their intellectual property. The…

CIW / Technology / Mini Program platforms 2021: WeChat vs. Alibaba vs. Baidu (Updated) August 16, 2021 By CIW Team Mini Programs (MP) are light applications designed to run on top of a specific mobile app. Top technology companies in China have designed and run their own mini-program framework; and,…