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Huawei Technologies has beat Samsung Electronics to become the world’s best-selling foldable smartphone brand in the first quarter, marking the first time the US-sanctioned giant has topped that segment, according [...]

A court in Shanghai rejected a Chinese consumer’s claim that Apple was abusing its market dominance with high iOS App Store fees, marking a victory for the US tech giant [...]

Stringent regulatory requirements and an inability to serve mainland investors are pushing global cryptocurrency exchanges out of Hong Kong, with several major firms having withdrawn their licence applications a year [...]

Lenovo Group is in a “unique position” to compete in the global artificial intelligence (AI) personal computer (PC) market because of its different product offerings for China and the rest [...]

Gate.HK, the Hong Kong arm of cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, has withdrawn its application for a virtual asset trading platform licence, the third company ­affiliated with a major global exchange to [...]

The spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched by Chinese fund manager ChinaAMC saw more than HK$5 million in net inflows as of midday yesterday, after reaching HK$3.77 million on Tuesday, [...]

The Hong Kong affiliate of ­cryptocurrency exchange HTX, formerly Huobi Global, has for the second time withdrawn its ­application for a licence to ­operate a virtual asset trading platform (VATP) [...]

Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset appears to have been granted a key product certificate in China, where the tech giant is expected to release the device this year after its [...]

The Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong this year drew a strong crowd from the mainland, according to organisers, but it is a different, smaller mix of people compared with [...]

Fund house Harvest Global Investments, one of the three issuers of Hong Kong’s first spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), is thinking of a future that gives mainland ­investors direct access [...]

On-demand local services giant Meituan has gained early success in its initial foray outside the mainland, as its KeeTa app this year became the largest food-delivery platform by number of [...]

Inbound tourist spending through the Alipay mobile payment app surged during the Labour Day holiday on the mainland this year, ­according to the app’s owner Ant Group, as visitors slowly [...]

Hong Kong’s newly launched cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), hailed as a milestone in the city’s efforts to become a virtual asset hub, have so far failed to generate much interest [...]

TikTok is bringing back many of the world’s most popular recording artists, including Taylor Swift, BTS and Drake, under a new licensing deal with Universal Music Group, even as the [...]

Veteran Huawei Technologies executive Richard Yu Chengdong is taking on the role of chairman at the firm’s consumer ­business group after more than 12 years as its head, according to [...]

Asia’s first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest directly in ­bitcoin and ether started trading in Hong Kong yesterday with early gains, marking a significant move in the city’s efforts to [...]

Beijing has relaxed its ­requirements for businesses sending data outside the ­mainland in finalised rules, but Hong Kong’s role in the new regime remains limited, ­according to legal experts. Hong [...]

A government-backed forum commemorating the 30-year anniversary of China’s access to the internet brought together the country’s regulators and big tech executives, ­including Tencent Holdings founder Pony Ma Huateng, as [...]

Tesla has cut the prices of its Shanghai-made vehicles by more than 5 per cent on the mainland, joining an intensifying discount war in the country amid a slowdown in [...]

Chinese television set maker TCL is looking to reposition itself as a premium brand, hoping that increased sales of higher-end, larger screen models will help boost its image. Widely known [...]

Hong Kong’s coming exchange-traded funds (ETF) that invest directly into cryptocurrencies could be attractive to many Asian investors, industry insiders say, but demand may still be a trickle compared with [...]

Hong Kong has approved the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETF) that invest directly in ­bitcoin and ether, the world’s two largest cryptocurrency tokens, as the city looks to secure a [...]

Hong Kong’s biggest annual Web3 gathering concluded on Tuesday with industry executives looking to capitalise on the ballooning bitcoin price ahead of what is expected to be the city’s imminent [...]

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, made a rare last-minute appearance at a Hong Kong cryptocurrency ­conference yesterday despite previously expressing scepticism about the city’s commitment to supporting the [...]

Hong Kong’s biggest licensed cryptocurrency exchange ­operator, HashKey Group, has launched a new global trading platform that it hopes will help the company overtake US-based giant Coinbase in trading volume [...]

Attendance is down, but ­enthusiasm is up at Hong Kong’s Web3 Festival this year amid ­sky-high bitcoin prices that have helped draw in an even greater proportion of overseas ­participants [...]

US technology giant Google has slapped two Chinese developers with a lawsuit in a New York ­federal court, accusing them of defrauding about 100,000 people through fake cryptocurrency investment apps [...]

The CEO of Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, is developing a new peer-to-peer technology that he hopes will further wrest financial control from big institutions, and the cryptocurrency giant he [...]

The total volume of illicit cryptocurrency transactions around the world saw a decline last year, but crime-related funds had an increasing preference for Chinese cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun’s Tron blockchain, [...]

China’s massive short-video and live-streaming sector has ­continued to expand, with the number of professional hosts surpassing 15 million, even though viewer numbers ­nationwide have reached a ­plateau, according to [...]

Financial technology giant Ant Group is looking to “significantly” expand the global presence of its cross-border mobile payment service Alipay+, as the company pursues an organisational overhaul that includes a [...]

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has asked the public to be vigilant of schemes falsely claiming to be involved in its e-HKD pilot projects, as the city conducts a [...]

With the recent launch of its first prototype product in ­collaboration with fintech giant Ant Group, Hong Kong-based Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) aims to prove that blockchain can fully [...]

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency custodian Hex Trust is looking to turn a profit and raise fresh funding on the back of a recovery in the virtual asset market despite potential regulatory [...]

Investors on the mainland last year achieved some of the biggest gains in the global cryptocurrency market, according to a new ­survey, as strong interest persists in the country amid [...]

US blockchain firm Chainlink is bringing its annual conference to Hong Kong this year at the ­invitation of the government, the second major Web3 event to announce such a move [...]

Apple is enlarging its applied research operations on the ­mainland, as the US tech giant’s iPhone sales slow in the world’s largest smartphone market amid increased competition from Huawei Technologies [...]

The 2025 Consensus, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency-­themed conferences, will be held in Hong Kong as the ­government woos global virtual asset firms in an effort to become a [...]

Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest personal computer maker, is increasing its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives in Hong Kong, where it said firms are more ­willing to embrace the technology than [...]

Shenzhen, home of telecom­munications equipment giant Huawei Technologies, plans to expedite the adoption of the ­company’s self-developed mobile operating system, HarmonyOS, heating up the rivalry with Google’s Android and Apple’s [...]

Bitcoin’s recent rally has sparked renewed warnings from Chinese state media about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies, as interest around digital assets remains strong in the country despite a [...]

China’s video gaming regulator approved 111 new titles this month, including the highly anticipated Black Myth: Wukong, giving the industry another confidence boost after a stock rout in December. The [...]

The surging price of bitcoin has sparked increased attention from internet users on the mainland, where some cryptocurrency-­related activities persist despite a sweeping government ban. The world’s largest and most [...]

Hong Kong is committed to ­regulating ­stablecoins and ­over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency exchanges, according to the city’s financial affairs chief, as market regulators continue to expand their legal toolkit to ­supervise [...]

China will soon implement ­revisions to its outdated Anti-Money-Laundering Law, in a move seen by legal experts as a way to address the growing risks associated with virtual assets. A [...]

Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies nearly doubled its global tablet shipments in the last quarter of 2023, as major Chinese brands registered strong growth in an overall declining market, according [...]

DingTalk, the work collaboration platform run by Chinese ­e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a native app for Apple’s newly released Vision Pro headset, allowing users to send messages [...]

Mainland selfie apps giant Meitu has said new image-and- ­video-editing tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) helped the company triple its profits last year, in stark contrast to how many [...]

Ant Group, an affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, is boosting its operations throughout Asia, as the Chinese fintech firm seeks to capitalise on the country’s visa-free policy and [...]

Chinese internet firms can look to chase growth through inter­national markets and artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024, UBS said. The country’s e-commerce platforms, facing intense domestic competition with new rivals [...]