“The Rap of China”’s breakout success demonstrates how internet companies are starting to dictate entertainment and pop-culture trends once defined by television.
“The Rap of China”’s breakout success demonstrates how internet companies are starting to dictate entertainment and pop-culture trends once defined by television.
China’s internet companies touch more aspects of people’s lives than any other sector. But they’re ill-prepared for the expectations of social responsibility that come with their influence and power, say industry experts and social activists.
Amazon set off a bidding race among cities in North America last week when it announced plans to build a second headquarters. Would-be hosts might look to the Chinese city of Wuhan for tips.
Voice messaging was an early feature that helped WeChat gain traction. Now, it is seen as the province of seniors, but voice commands and video are regarded as critical to bringing the mobile internet to the world’s next billion users.
Apps that supply news streams tailored to individual users by algorithms are China’s fastest-growing mobile segment, sparking an industrywide war to grab users’ precious screen time.
Allegations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment have rocked Silicon Valley recently, but the torrent of news has barely registered as water-cooler talk in China’s tech industry, Li Yuan writes.
While Uber is trying to dig out from scandals and curtail losses, its former China rival, Didi Chuxing, is spending billions of dollars on other startups around the world. But is it worth $50 billion?
Apple became the standout China success story among big U.S. tech companies partly because the Chinese government views it as a hardware company. Now it is obviously more than that.
Chinese tech companies see voice-activated products as the gateway to a future where platforms animated by artificial intelligence will power homes, cars and offices. But to some, this first wave in the AI revolution already looks frothy.
Beijing’s internet censors are now targeting foreign movies and TV shows that are popular with young Chinese as it tries reinsert Communist ideology into public life.
With the U.S. retail industry in a state of flux, American retailers and e-commerce companies should take a look at China, where companies have been weaving together the online and offline worlds.
