A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing raceA humanoid robot from smartphone maker Honor shattered the human world record by winning a robot half-marathon in Beijing with a time of 50...
20 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Tencent integrates OpenClaw into WeChat for Chinese usersWith this, users in China can now interact with WeixinClawBot as a built-in AI contact that can receive messages, respond, and possibly car...
22 Mar, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
China says foreign consulting agency head spied for BritainChina's spy agency has arrested the head of a foreign consultancy suspected of spying for Britain's MI6 intelligence service, citing crimin...
08 Jan, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
Tencent bets big on WeChat Channels in push to build its own TikTokWeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned...
13 Jan, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
China's WeChat shuts Bloomberg's financial news accountTencent-owned WeChat said it had received "complaints" about Bloomberg's "Daybreak" account, which posts global market updates, reports Sou...
08 Jul, 2022, 03.59 PM IST
Evergrande electric vehicle arm to start taking car orders 'imminently'The plan comes as the EV firm has been struggling to secure external investment. Evergrande told investors in a call last week it was tryin...
28 Mar, 2022, 10.53 AM IST
WeChat denies Australia PM Scott Morrison's account was hackedScott Morrison first launched his WeChat account to communicate with Australia's sizable Chinese-Australian community ahead of the country'...
24 Jan, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
New Oriental laid off 60,000 staff after China's education crackdown, founder saysYu Minhong, who founded the company in 1993, published the figures on his official WeChat account on Saturday in a disclosure that showed h...
10 Jan, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
WeChat blocks China Evergrande messaging groups, some users sayMembers said they were prevented from sending new messages to the groups. WeChat users reported seeing the error message "limits have been ...
29 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Chinese social media sites delete PM's speech, MEA spokesman's remarks on border crisisThe move comes in the backdrop of the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Mond...
20 Jun, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
In China, trading begins on WeChatChina does have policies about message record-keeping, but it’s unclear to what extent they are enforced.
16 Oct, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
Send shagun in a Paytm Postcard on Raksha BandhanThese postcards can be customised with messages based on the occasion and sent instantly to Paytm users across India, the company said.
07 Aug, 2017, 08.54 AM IST
Russia blocks China's social media app WeChatRussia requires Internet service providers to register with related government bodies, but Tencent "had a different understanding" on this ...
06 May, 2017, 01.08 PM IST
Communist Party of China asks members to avoid groundless comments on social mediaMaking groundless comments and damaging party unity are included in the new Communist Party of China's rules.
29 Dec, 2015, 02.31 PM IST
Uber’s quest to win over China faces WeChat hurdleWeChat has become an important promotional tool for companies trying to reach affluent Chinese.
26 Aug, 2015, 04.47 AM IST
China asks military officials not to give info on social mediaRetired military officers were no longer under the control of the PLA and so it was difficult to directly supervise the chat groups, accord...
05 May, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Chinese army warns officers' wives of secrets leaks on WeChatSome strangers were found seeking information about the brigade through the chat group, which has more than 50 members including officers.
07 Apr, 2015, 09.33 PM IST