Category Archives: China

1. Weibo, ByteDance and WeChat committed to curbing “bad social influence” by displaying locations of users Weibo, a popular social platform in China, is committed to creating a safer environment for its users by displaying the users’ locations on their user homepage. Weibo rolled out this new feature on 28 April and users would notContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 30 April: Curating the Trending ESG, Sustainability and Tech News in China”

1. Huawei aimed to be number one in the intelligent self-driving car industry Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei Terminal BG and CEO of Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU declared that Huawei is going to be the number one brand in the intelligent vehicle space and that no one will remember who is in the second place.Continue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 23 April: Curating the Trending ESG, Sustainability and Tech News in China”

1. WeChat’s latest rival in internet video and voice calling products China Mobile claimed that their new 5G internet video and voice calling products, would be able to provide stable and uninterrupted conversations. Additionally, they highlighted that users do not need to download smart phone apps such as WeChat, in order to perform video andContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 16 April: Curating the Trending ESG, Sustainability and Tech News in China”

1. Tik Tok’s management strategy for the future After a series of crises over geopolitical conflicts in 2020, Tik Tok is gradually pulling away from the system on which it has relied on for success. The company continues to burn cash as it decentralises, its ranks now with more executives from foreign nationalities, with richContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 9 April: Curating the Trending ESG, Sustainability and Tech News in China”

1. Chinese military medical university unexpectedly discovered natural compass in brain when researching on brain-computer interfaces Prof. Zhang Shengjia’s team of neurosurgery departments at the army military medical university Xinqiao hospital, discovered for the first time a “natural compass” in rats’ brains. The team shared that the discovery might aid in advancing treatment of neurodegenerativeContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 2 April: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”

1. Chinese netizens puzzled over Meta’s (formerly Facebook) new user account with Tik Tok Meta just opened an account on TikTok and managed to attract and more than 450,000 fans within a few days. Netizens reported that there was no content from Meta’s Tik Tok account and speculations were rife about Meta’s intention(s). Some netizensContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 26 March: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”

1. Chinese woman shot dead by US law enforcement in California Netizen identified Chinese woman who was shot dead by US law enforcement officers in California, as one of the former top graduates of Yale university and former employee of Pfizer. Accounts from law enforcement officers claimed that the shooting response was due to theContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 19 March: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”

1. USD 390 million of taxes required to clear 1.6 million tonnes of plastic waste According to estimates by Young World, the plastic waste generated by takeaways amounted to about 578,000 tonnes to 1.6 million tonnes annually. It would take about USD 390 million to properly dispose 1.6 million tonnes of plastic waste and mostContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 12 March: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”

1. In 2022, 95 Chinese colleges heeded the government’s call and started offering educational modules in Artificial Intelligence (AI) 95 colleges across the entire country started offering learning modules in AI as part of the respective school’s education curriculum. This was after the Chinese government’s recent encouragement for both public and private sector to alignContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 5 March: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”

1. Meituan suffers setback after Chinese government’s announcement Meituan’s stock price fell by 15% after the Chinese government’s announcement that food delivery companies should reduce current fees and also charge preferential fees to food enterprises in high-risk epidemic zones. The company will continue to transform their business model from food+platform to technology+retail. The company isContinue reading “La Buena Suerte – Issue 26 Feb: Curating the Latest Trending News in China”