An egg fried rice recipe shows the absurdity of China's speech limitsOne of China's most popular food bloggers drew the wrath of the official Chinese media and internet for making a video of egg fried rice. H...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.05 PM IST
China removes anonymity of bloggers' accounts with more than 500,000 followersMessaging and payment app WeChat, microblogging platform Weibo, Douyin, China's version of Tik Tok, search engine giant Baidu, social ecomm...
31 Oct, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
CEO of China's Weibo tests new real-name policy on his own accountThe chief executive of China's Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics and fina...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.53 PM IST
Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protestsImages and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up blank sheets of pape...
28 Nov, 2022, 07.32 AM IST
Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protestsChina is adhering to its tough zero-COVID policy even while much of the world tries to coexist with the coronavirus. The latest wave of ang...
27 Nov, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
27 killed, 20 injured as bus carrying people to COVID quarantine centre crashes in ChinaThe official media reported that the bus overturned on a highway in Guizhou province but there was no mention that the vehicle was transpor...
18 Sep, 2022, 08.45 PM IST
Google Chrome Dev Channel is vulnerable to a new RCE vulnerability, experts sayDetails have emerged of a recently patched critical remote code execution susceptibility in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers' WebA...
28 May, 2022, 09.07 PM IST
China replicating Xinjiang surveillance model in ShanghaiSince April, the 25 million residents of Shanghai have gotten a small taste of the Xinjiang treatment in a strict citywide lockdown, the Ne...
08 May, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
'Shameful' that China choose PLA soldier involved in Galwan clash as Olympics torchbearer, says US lawmaker"It's shameful that Beijing chose a torchbearer for the Olympics2022 who's part of the military command that attacked India in 2020 and is ...
03 Feb, 2022, 06.09 PM IST
Intel apologises in China over Xinjiang supplier statementIn its Chinese-language statement on Thursday on its official WeChat and Weibo accounts, Intel said that its commitment to avoid supply cha...
23 Dec, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
Tibet remarks by Boston Celtics' Kanter spark backlash in China"I'm here to add my voice and speak out about what is happening in Tibet. Under the Chinese government's brutal rule, Tibetan people's basi...
21 Oct, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
China deletes social media posts mocking India after backlashTies between China and India have been rocky in recent months. A border dispute that killed dozens last year and hurt economic ties between...
02 May, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Billionaire Wang Jianlin signals son won’t helm $91.7 billion empirePerhaps it’s better to hand it to the professional managers, we can guide them from the board, we will not set our eyes on a particular can...
13 Dec, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
One lucky dog! Son of Chinese billionaire buys 8 iPhones for his pet Alaskan malamuteCoco, 8, has been dubbed China's richest dog, and has 1.9 million followers on her social media account.
21 Sep, 2016, 05.24 PM IST
China's microblog site Sina Weibo to remove 140-character limitThe decision came after media reported that US microblogging platform Twitter is considering removing its own 140-character limit, an iconi...
20 Jan, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
Chinese heir gives his dog two gold Apple WatchesWang Sicong , the 27-year-old son of China’s richest man took to social media site Weibo to post photos of his dog wearing not one but two ...
28 May, 2015, 09.45 AM IST
As Nasdaq soars, Alibaba-led dot-com boom starts to fadeAlibaba Group Holding Ltd., one of those still up in price, has dropped 28 per cent from its record high in November.
24 Mar, 2015, 04.33 AM IST