China’s Social Credit System

Key Points Canada imposes retaliatory 25 per cent tariffs on US goods. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described Donald Trump's actions as the beginning of a "trade war". Donald Trump has used the domestic fentanyl crisis to justify his tariff actions. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused United States…

Tencent’s Pony Ma strikes confident tone at Chinese tech giant’s annual meeting despite multiple challenges. Credit: 123rf Tencent’s AI chatbot app, Yuanbao, has climbed to the top of the free app download rankings in Apple’s China App Store as of March 3, surpassing DeepSeek. Doubao, a competing AI chatbot from…

ByteDance officially launched the Chinese version of Trae, China’s first AI-native integrated development environment (AI IDE), on March 3, according to Chinese media outlet Yicai. The platform is powered by Doubao-1.5-Pro and allows users to switch between DeepSeek’s R1 and V3 models. Previously released overseas with GPT-4o and Claude 3.5…

US President Donald Trump’s new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20pc, launching new trade conflicts with the top three US trading partners. The tariff actions, which could upend nearly $2.2 trillion…

Canada and China announce do-me-I-do-you against US, stock markets sink as Trump tariff against di countries begin Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images Author, Natalie Sherman, Laura Bicker & Tom Geoghegan Role, BBC News, New York, Beijing and London 4 March 2025 China and Canada don announce one do-me-I-do-you…

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…

China is preparing countermeasures against fresh U.S. import tariffs set to take effect on Tuesday, China's state-controlled Global Times reported, raising the prospect of an all-out trade war between the world's top two economies. U.S. President Donald Trump last week threatened China with the extra 10% duty, resulting in a…

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: HP has announced a significant shift in its manufacturing operations. By the end of its 2025 fiscal year, the tech giant plans to have 90 percent of its manufacturing moved outside of China. The…

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…