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China’s EV startup Xpeng pulls in $500 million Series C+

Xpeng, an electric vehicle startup run by former Alibaba executive He Xiaopeng, said Monday it has raised around $500 million in a Series C+ round to further develop models tailored to China’s t

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Chinese students show strong consumption demand: report

Students in China indicated strong consumer demand for digital, cosmetic, and tourism products after sitting the national college entrance exam, according to a latest

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Google’s Fitbit deal could avoid EU antitrust probe by agreeing not to use health data for ads

Google announced its plans to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion back in November. As of this writing, the deal has yet to go through, courtesy of all the usual regulatory scrutiny that occurs any time o

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Tik Tok ban highlights rising techno-nationalism in India

Editor's note:Wamika Kapur is an Indian Ph.D. scholar of international relations at South Korea's Yonsei University. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGT

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APD | India toeing US line while banning Chinese firms?

By APD writer Imdad HussainIn the wake of ongoing stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh with China, the Modi government’s banning of 59 Chinese app

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APD | Experts say it will be economic “suicide” if India confronts China

By APD writer AliceIt will be economic “suicide” if India continues to confront China with the boycott of Chinese goods and the door-closing to Chinese guests, experts

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APD | India toeing US line while banning Chinese firms?

By APD writer Imdad HussainIn the wake of ongoing stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh with China, the Modi government’s banning of 59 Chinese app

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APD | Experts say it will be economic “suicide” if India confronts China

By APD writer AliceIt will be economic “suicide” if India continues to confront China with the boycott of Chinese goods and the door-closing to Chinese guests, experts

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India bans 59 mostly Chinese apps amid border crisis

India on Monday banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted be

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India bans TikTok, dozens of other Chinese apps

The Indian government on Monday evening said it was banning 59 apps developed by Chinese firms over concerns that these apps were “engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and i

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How Reliance Jio Platforms became India’s biggest telecom network

Months after India’s richest man launched his telecom network, his chief rival, Sunil Mittal, was already struggling to contain his frustration in the public.That tycoon Mukesh Ambani would try to wi

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Experts: Homecoming tech giants would attract more portfolios to HK

04:41 For the second time in a week, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region welcomes one of China's biggest companies back home. JD.com made its debut on the city'

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Global smartwatch shipments grew 12%, in spite of…everything

Wearables have proven to be a surprisingly resilient category amid the global COVID-19-fueled shutdown. As noted earlier this month, shipment growth slowed — but didn’t stop — in Q1, even as many pote

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China’s BYD nabs $113M to produce IGBTs, the ‘CPU of electric cars’

BYD Co., the Chinese auto giant backed by Warren Buffett, is rushing to make China self-sufficient in the production of electric vehicles. On Monday, the firm said in a filing it has secured 800 milli

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Imaging startup Light is exiting the smartphone business

Light’s push into smartphones was an inevitability. Sure, the startup turned heads with its pricey L16 camera, but these days mobile photography is almost exclusively the domain of the handset. Early

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Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Band 5 sports bigger display and new wireless charging system — and starts at $27

One of the world’s best selling wearable lineups just added a new gadget to the mix.Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi today unveiled the Mi Smart Band 5 that delivers several improvements and adds fea

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A service that detects ‘China apps’ goes viral in India

The app’s name says it all: Remove China Apps.Developed by a self-proclaimed “Indian startup” named OneTouch AppLabs, Remove China Apps crossed 1 million downloads within 10 days of