China’s Social Credit System

With rapid improvement in China’s mobile internet access, social apps have become an ever-more indispensable part of users’ lives. Many Internet-related enterprises have entered into this field, facing the ever-changing needs and habits of users and in the process greatly impacting the development of social software and apps. The following…

According to Chinese media outlet Jiemian citing unnamed sources, IBM has announced internally that IBM Commercial Machine (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries will cease operations starting from March 1, 2025, with related office spaces also being discontinued. Last August, IBM declared that IBM Infrastructure had decided to relocate…

Home Fossil Energy Shell-led JV preps for ‘critical’ step to enable start-up of Canada’s first LNG export project February 28, 2025, by Melisa Cavcic LNG Canada, a joint venture company encapsulating Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, KOGAS, and Mitsubishi, is setting the stage to begin operations by mid-2025 at its giant liquefied…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a Chinese flotilla is near Australia's exclusive economic zone, as China's ambassador in Canberra said his country has "no reason" to pose a threat to Australia or apologise for live-fire drills. The People's Liberation Army's naval task force has been under what Defence says is…

Key Points Antony and Elsa Shum are closing their watch shop in Chinatown after 47 years. At their peak, they operated four branches in Sydney's CBD. The couple contributed to making Chinatown safer after a crime wave in the 1980s. Founded in 1978, Shum's Watches & Jewellery is one of…

He Xiaopeng, chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors, spoke at a ceremony in Guangzhou on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Credit: Xpeng Motors Xpeng Motors is adapting its advanced driver-assistance system for overseas markets outside China this year and could make the feature available to global users as early as 2026,…

Ziroom has received investment from Tencent and Softbank US asset manager Invesco is expanding its bets on the living sector in Asia Pacific through a joint venture with a Tencent-backed apartment management platform to invest in and operate rental housing in China. In a joint statement with Ziroom, which manages…

World Friedrich Merz, who has no previous experience in office, is set to become Germany's chancellor with Europe's largest economy ailing, its society split over migration and its security caught between a confrontational U.S. and an assertive Russia and China. Ruling centre-left party tumbles to third in tally as far-right…

Synopsis President Donald Trump announced that the US will impose reciprocal tariffs on countries like India and China, ensuring fair trade practices. Trump stressed this point during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit and reiterated it at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's swearing-in. He emphasized the need for reciprocal tariffs, meaning if…

Europe’s startup scene has entered troubled waters. Long overshadowed by Silicon Valley and now being chased down by China, the continent is urgently looking for boosts. Increasingly, the search is leading to ecosystems.  The ecosystem model creates networks of individuals, organisations, and resources. Their shared expertise and resources can produce a multiplier…