China's civil airliners will all be equipped with BeiDou devices by 2024

China's civil aircraft, of which there are roughly 3,800, will all be equipped with BeiDou equipment by 2024, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Wednesday. An A321 airliner equipped with BeiDou equipment developed by CASC's Aerospace Stellar Navigation Division landed at Beijing Capital International Airport recently. The measured data showed that the data…

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TikTok becomes first app not owned by Facebook to reach 3 billion downloads

TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin reached 65 million downloads in June, bringing its cumulative downloads to 3 billion, making it the first non-Facebook app to reach this milestone, according to a report by mobile app data analytics firm Sensor Tower. Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows that TikTok was the world's most downloaded and…

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China's express business volume exceeds 50 billion pieces in H1, close to full year 2018

The rapid growth of online shopping in China means continued growth in the volume of the express delivery business. China's express delivery business volume surpassed 50 billion pieces in the first half of the year, close to the full-year level of 2018, data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday. China's online…

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One of China's most influential cryptocurrency media reportedly to stop operations

Chinese cryptocurrency media outlet Bishijie.com has announced it is ceasing operations of its app and website as of July 15, according to local media outlet Jiemian.com. The report didn't give further details, but a screenshot of a WeChat chat shows that Bishijie.com abruptly informed its employees and shareholders of the news on Thursday, citing a…

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ByteDance reportedly enters takeaway space to take on Meituan

Douyin, the Chinese version of Byte Dance's TikTok, has recently set up a takeaway business team and has been testing it recently, tech media Tech Planet reported Wednesday. The business is called "Xindong Waimai" (literally means heartbeat takeaway) and will likely invite food and beverage vendors from within Douyin, the report said, citing people familiar…

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Top Chinese universities set up IC schools

The Integrated Circuit schools at China's top universities Peking University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology were established on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, the third and fourth Chinese universities to set up the schools within six months. Peking University said the establishment of the IC school can promote the development of China's IC disciplines,…

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Tencent hiring for its entry into chip design

After Baidu and Alibaba, Chinese tech giant Tencent is also starting to enter the chip design field. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers, and other positions. In the chip architect position released on July 9, the responsibilities are responsible for AI chip and general processor requirements analysis, responsible for processor…

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Xiaomi ranks second in global smartphone market for first time

For an already saturated global smartphone market, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi's share is still growing. In the second quarter, Xiaomi reached a global market share of 17 percent, ahead of Apple's 14 percent, to rank second for the first time, according to a report released by market research firm Canalys Research on July 15. Samsung…

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Huawei releases HMS Core 6.0

Chinese technology giant Huawei announced the global launch of HMS Core 6.0 on July 15, bringing a number of open capabilities to application developers and upgrading existing features and services. HMS Core 6.0 opens up Huawei's technologies in several areas, including media applications, graphics rendering, and network acceleration. In the media area, it adds a…

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Honor to hold global launch event for Magic 3 series on August 12

The Magic series, the high-end flagship line of Chinese smartphone maker Honor, is about to get a new member. Honor will hold a global launch event for the Magic 3 series of phones on Aug. 12, the company announced on Twitter on Thursday. It didn't provide any more information, but according to a digital blogger,…

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Chinese regulators launch onsite cybersecurity review of Didi

Chinese regulators have launched an onsite review of local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing after announcing a decision to conduct a cybersecurity review of the company earlier this month. Seven Chinese authorities were already onsite at Didi's company on July 16 to conduct the cybersecurity review, the Cyberspace Administration said in a statement posted on its…

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Tencent says chips it is working on not general-purpose ones

The Chinese social networking and gaming giant's recent hiring of chip talents has sparked speculation that it will begin designing a general-purpose chip. But that doesn't appear to be the case. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers and several other positions, according to recently posted job ads. The company said…

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China's first 12-inch wafer regeneration facility achieves mass production

Previously, Chinese companies wishing to have high-end wafers regenerated needed to send them to Japan and other locations. Now, the capability is available locally in China. Hefei Ultron Semiconductor Co is one of the first company in China to have the ability to regenerate 12-inch wafers and key equipment parts, and its 12-inch wafer regeneration…

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China's smaller ride-hailing platforms kick into 'wartime mode' as Didi's business goes into overhaul

Several years ago in the early days of the ride-hailing business in China, a large number of companies offered attractive subsidies to users in a bid to capture the market. Those subsidies faded away in recent years as that market stabilized. Now, they're back. On July 4, major app stores removed the app for Didi…

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Huawei's first flexible OLED driver chip enters trial production, report says

Huawei's chip division HiSilicon's first flexible OLED driver chip has entered trial production and is expected to be delivered by the end of this year, ijiwei.com reported Sunday, adding that Huawei's products are also expected to use it. The chip uses a 40nm process and is scheduled for mass production in the first half of…

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Alibaba launches its largest ever campus recruitment

Alibaba launched a campus recruitment campaign for the class of 2022 college graduates on July 19, opening 113 positions, including 45 for fresh graduates for the first time. Alibaba said this is the largest campus recruitment in its history, and graduates can visit the company's website to submit their resumes. Non-technical positions account for more…

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Huawei to release P50 series smartphones on July 29

Huawei is about to launch its highly anticipated P50 series smartphones at the end of this month, which will showcase its new imaging technology. The company announced on July 19 on Weibo that it will hold a flagship launch event at 19:30 Beijing time on July 29. The event will include not only the Huawei…

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Vivo reportedly to launch first in-house developed chip soon

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is set to launch its first in-house developed chip, internally codenamed "Yueying," jiemian.com reported Monday. It is not yet clear what the chip's features will be, and it could be a chip designed to improve imaging capabilities, the report said. The company's involvement in chip manufacturing has been sparked by media…

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Tencent says it's buying game developer Sumo Group for nearly $1.3 billion

Tencent said Monday it has agreed to buy British game developer Sumo Group for 513 pence per share for a total of £919 million (about $1.27 billion). At the close of trading on Friday, Sumo Group was priced at 358 pence per share, with Tencent's bid equaling a premium of about 44 percent. The stock…

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China's maglev train with speed of up to 600 km/h rolls off line

China's high-speed magnetic levitation train that can travel at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour rolled off the assembly line Tuesday in Qingdao, Shandong province, People's Daily reported. The system, which has been integrated and commissioned, is the world's first maglev transportation system to reach that speed and is a cutting-edge technological achievement…

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China's largest general-purpose drone makes successful maiden flight

China's largest general-purpose drone made a successful maiden flight, CAAC News reported Tuesday. The Yun-5 general-purpose UAV, developed by Aviation Industry Tongfei, took to the blue sky at 8:02 a.m. on July 20 at Moqi Airport in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and successfully completed its flight plan, the report said. During the flight,…

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