Gigaom: Tesla faces new trademark troubles in China
A Chinese man who owns trademarks and a domain name for Tesla in China is suing to shut down the company across the country unless it pays him. Given China's unpredictable…
View ArticleGigaom: Now Chinese state TV says iPhones are a threat to national security
Chinese media, which tend to toe the government line, have already cast aspersions on Microsoft's Windows 8, IBM's servers and pretty much the entire U.S. tech industry.
View ArticleGigaom: Faced with child labor report, Samsung suspends Chinese factory contract
Samsung has suspended business with a supplier called Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, after China Labor Watch (CLW) exposed the apparent use of child labor in Shinyang's factory (along with other labor...
View ArticleGigaom: In China, more people now access the web through a mobile than a PC
Not that we needed yet another data-point explaining why China is such an important mobile market or anything but Reuters is happy to provide one. On Monday, it reported that for the first…
View ArticleGigaom: Red-hot Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announces an LTE phone and a...
Xiaomi, a quickly growing Chinese smartphone company, announced its first LTE handset and a fitness band at a glitzy event in Beijing.
View ArticleGigaom: Chinese authorities raid several Microsoft offices
It's not clear why the company is being investigated, but based on earlier statements by the Chinese government it is most likely to do with the security of Windows.
View ArticleGigaom: Foreign security vendors can no longer bid for Chinese government...
A Chinese government supplier list for security firms now includes only Chinese outfits, with Symantec and Kaspersky having been shown the door.
View ArticleGigaom: MacBooks and iPads off the menu for Chinese government departments,...
Days after China removed foreign security vendors from its procurement lists for government departments, it has reportedly done the same with Apple(s aapl) products. According to anonymous sources...
View ArticleGigaom: Anti-censorship app Lantern wants to become the SETI@home of free speech
The anti-censorship project Lantern wants give users in countries like China and Iran access to blocked websites through a distributed network of proxies.
View ArticleGigaom: Apple reportedly starts storing Chinese iCloud data in China
The move will result in a better user experience for Chinese customers, while potentially also mollifying the authorities.
View ArticleGigaom: Hewlett-Packard takes its Helion OpenStack Cloud to China
Beijing UnionRead Information Technology will give HP the local presence needed to build and operate OpenStack-based clouds for Chinese businesses.
View ArticleGigaom: The Ice Bucket challenge goes viral in Asia with the help of Weibo,...
With Twitter and Facebook blocked in China, the Ice Bucket Challenge is still managing to go viral, with the help of Chinese social network Weibo.
View ArticleWhy it’s about to get tougher for Apple to grow iPhone sales in China
A Chinese state agency told the country's three main carriers they're spending too much on phone subsidies. Now the largest of these, China Mobile, is reducing its budget for subsidies by…
View ArticleGigaom: Top Microsoft China executive jumps over to Baidu
Zhang Yaqin has been a key figure in Microsoft's Chinese strategy for seven years, but reports say he's leaving to join Chinese search powerhouse Baidu.
View ArticleGigaom: Why won’t China get the iPhone 6 on launch day?
There is no announced launch date for the iPhone 6 in China, but it's certain to be later than September 19, when the device goes on sale in the United States…
View ArticleGigaom: From ripoff to kingmaker: How Alibaba’s IPO could create a new...
Alibaba is shoring up its war-chest with a massive IPO. But what does it mean for the American startups and tech companies with which Alibaba competes?
View ArticleGigaom: China blocks private search engine DuckDuckGo
The privacy-friendly search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in China, company CEO Gabriel Weinberg has told Tech in Asia. Weinberg said he was unsure when the blockade began, but Chinese censorship…
View ArticleGigaom: After security review, China approves Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6...
Although Apple sold a record number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones during the opening weekend, the number surely would have been higher with China sales. That country will get…
View ArticleGigaom: In China, the internet of things is a social phenomenon
China is an ardent adopter of technology trends and its enthusiasm for the internet of things is no exception.
View ArticleThe HTC One M8 is getting a 13-megapixel front-facing camera, but only in China
HTC's 13-megapixel Eye camera is headed to a version of the aluminum-bodied One M8 in China.
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