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TECHNOLOGY

Talking Smart

AI voice assistants promise to revolutionize human-machine interaction, but their performance falls short of expectations

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

March 11, 2021

TECHNOLOGY

Losing Face

Facial recognition technology surges in China, but privacy protections fail to catch up

Sam Davies

March 10, 2021

TECHNOLOGY

Seeing RED: The Rise China’s Hottest Trend-Setting App

Xiaohongshu is a social e-commerce app worth billions—but can it monetize its trend-setting reputation?

Hatty Liu

Dec. 15, 2018

NEWS

Capital Convenience

Beijing wants one convenience store for every 1,000 residents—and AI-driven technology is here to help

Eduardo Baptista

Dec. 11, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT

Board to Death

Tabletop gamers gather weekly in bars to strategize—and “slay” each other

Hatty Liu

Aug. 19, 2018

SOCIETY

Battle Grounds

Viral coffee chain has designs on Starbucks in Chinese market

Han Rubo

Aug. 1, 2018

TECHNOLOGY

Killer App

How an indie social network conquered China’s entertainment market

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

June 16, 2018

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Who’s the Smartisan now?

Tech start-ups “revolutionary” product launch fails to impress

Ziqi Wang

May 17, 2018

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Silicon Saga

How a Beijing electronics market became the cradle of China’s tech revolution

David Dawson

March 1, 2018

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Appy Feet

The seniors’ dance market is a potential gold mine for tech entrepreneurs—but pensioners won’t easily part with their pennies

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 25, 2018

TECHNOLOGY

A Question of Cash

Do China’s celebrity-fueled Q&A apps put a fair price on knowledge?

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 29, 2017

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Tech Thursday Episode 3

Prophecies of VPN doom, 300,000 vanishing umbrellas, China leads in footsteps, and quantum satellite tests

David Dawson

July 13, 2017

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