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Mar 26, 2024

Alibaba connects Taobao and 1688 to tap new users as fierce e-commerce competition ratchets higher

Taobao has recently featured three online stores under the 1688 name as it pushes to win over new users amid rising competition in China’s e-commerce space.

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Mar 26, 2024

Alibaba scraps Hong Kong IPO plan for logistics unit Cainiao as it eyes synergy with e-commerce

Alibaba has scrapped the planned Hong Kong IPO for its logistics unit Cainiao, deciding to double down on its investment in the strategically important unit.

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Mar 26, 2024

UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges

A British court says Julian Assange can’t immediately be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder

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Mar 26, 2024

UK court says Assange can't be extradited on espionage charges until US rules out death penalty

A British court says Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty,

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Mar 26, 2024

Apple, Google, Meta targeted in EU’s first Digital Markets Act probes

The law, effective from March 7, aims to make it easier for people to move between competing online services.

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Mar 25, 2024

Chinese generative AI developers rush to upgrade chat bots to handle super long texts

China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba, have upgraded their chat bots to handle super long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters.

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Mar 25, 2024

US and UK announce sanctions over China-linked hacks on election watchdog and lawmakers

The U.S. and British governments have announced sanctions against a company and two people linked to the Chinese government over a string of malicious cyberactivity targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers in both countries

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Mar 25, 2024

PDD’s Colin Huang surpasses Tencent, ByteDance founders as China’s richest tech billionaire after Pinduoduo outgrows e-commerce rivals

Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang grew his wealth by 71 per cent to become the richest Chinese tech entrepreneur, aided by a rally in its US-listed shares.

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Mar 25, 2024

Apple to install Baidu AI on its iPhone 16 and other products in China, report says

Apple taps Baidu’s Ernie Bot to provide AI services for its iPhone 16 in China as CEO Tim Cook tours country.

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Mar 25, 2024

Global Impact: cut off from high-end chips, how much is the US tech war hurting China’s AI ambitions as Sora highlights worrying gulf?

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take a look at the ever-changing artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, and at what progress is being made in China as it struggles against US restrictions on hi-tech imports.

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