Business trends
The China lobby: TikTok parent boosts K-street spending tenfold
Alibaba and Tencent accelerated expenditures while Huawei cut 80%
China tech
Opinion
Foreign dependence the Achilles' heel in China's giant tech sector
When it comes to advanced technology, China still relies on imports
Semiconductors
TSMC's bet on global dominance pays off after decades of planning
Chip-starved companies flock hat in hand to Taiwan to beg for more output
Automobiles
Chinese battery producers plug into soaring German EV sales
Three manufacturers to invest $5.3bn in European factories
US-China tensions
China's Xiaomi files legal complaint against US ban
Smartphone maker calls inclusion on blacklist 'unlawful and unconstitutional'
China tech
China to build $300bn electronics parts sector in break with US
Beijing steps up efforts to boost domestic tech supply chains
IPO
Kuaishou sets record as Hong Kong investors pile into $5.4bn IPO
Video platform share price set to be at top of range for offer next week
China tech
Ride-hailer Didi to hire 50,000 China vets a year with eye on Xi
Market leader curries favor ahead of IPO amid tech clampdown
China tech
China's Luxshare deepens Apple ties in $930m supply chain deal
Seller Pegatron set to shift resources with investments in India and Vietnam
China tech
Kuaishou goes from humble roots to $5bn IPO to take on ByteDance
Video platform taps users in China's regions and woos investors amid TikTok frenzy
Technology
Baidu wins green light to test fully driverless cars in California
Company is second from China to receive such a permit in the state
China tech
Residents of Shanghai's first '5G village' bemused by tech upgrade
Scheme is part of China's high-tech and rural transformation drives
The Big Story
'I feel like I am delivering with my life': China's couriers reach breaking point
A spate of tragedies reveal an industry in crisis
Coronavirus
Apple suppliers fear COVID surge over Chinese New Year
Workers offered incentives not to go home as regional cases rise
China tech
China's Big Tech crackdown drives Meituan out of health coverage
More digital companies dump new businesses under government pressure
Markets
Big US funds stake claim on quarter of Kuaishou's $5.4bn IPO
Chinese short-video app backing comes despite tense Washington-Beijing relations
Markets
In first Chinese IPO of Biden era, RLX rockets to 146% gain in US
Meanwhile, TikTok rival Kuaishou seeks bigger Hong Kong listing
Markets
Chinese telcos test Biden on Day One with NYSE listing plea
State-run trio ask US exchange in unified requests to reconsider recent delistings
China tech
Tencent reboots e-commerce push with new WeChat feature
Chinese tech giant taps app's social clout in challenge against Alibaba
China tech
China to pump $1.6tn into tech infrastructure through 2025
5G, EV chargers and AI to be boosted as Beijing eyes prolonged tensions with US
