Tag: china
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Hi folks, I’m on holiday for the rest of August (billings are paused for premium subscribers and no premium sign-ups until then). I’m happy to introduce our first guest post… more ›
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The state security ministry is recruiting from a vast pool of private-sector hackers who often have their own agendas and sometimes use their access for commercial cybercrime, experts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html more ›
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This dispatch is the entirety of S01 Episode 9. Cover illustration by FATFISHBOY. Krish: Welcome to our season finale. The word “wanghong” (网红) is inescapable in China. It’s everywhere as… more ›
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THE VISION is becoming clear. In a decade or so China will, if the Communist Party has its way, become a techno-utopia with Chinese characteristics, replete with “deep tech” such as… more ›
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This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The tech giants have grown so powerful that they’ve become… more ›
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Those who pay attention to business news have probably noted an interesting and curious phenomenon over the past few months: China is smashing its internet companies. It started — or… more ›
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In 2016, AlphaGo, a computer program developed by machine learning experts in London, beat the world’s top players of the classical Chinese board game Go. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-07-29/chinas-sputnik-moment more ›
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It’s hard to describe Factory TikTok as just one type of video, but each clip — in its own way — offers a strange glimpse into how mundane objects are… more ›
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Huang Wei tried to break into China’s showbiz in the mid-2000s. It didn’t work out. Fifteen years later, Huang, now 36, is a household name. Now known as Viya, Huang… more ›