Tech Thursday Episode 31
Hongbao wars, “water army” sinks, adopt a Baidu dog, and Alipay (finally) in Apple stores
Hongbao wars, “water army” sinks, adopt a Baidu dog, and Alipay (finally) in Apple stores
After years of neglect, the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum is finally being opened up and dragged into the 21st century
Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China
Death of a cashless store, China’s internet habits, males using phones, and another phone-maker accused of spying
Week-long ban on trending searches and celebrity hashtags the latest casualty in ‘internet clean-up’ crackdown
Attack on Chinese Hip Hop, Kris Wu Super Bowl, Chinese restaurant guide, and a traveling frog
Deep in the mountains of Yunnan, Stefan Schomann joins the local schoolteacher who helped discover a new species of ape
WeChat for foreigners, content regulations protect children (and adults), men spend more online, and China’s food-delivery preferences
A sexual harassment claim against a female supervisor leading to a suicide ignites controversy over China’s veneration of teachers
Breakup insurance criticized, Mi Band, WeChat becomes ID, and game cheats vs. Chinese police