Alibaba receives huge antitrust fine from Chinese government. Also required to divest its media acquisitions. Government not allowing corporations to get too powerful and start pulling the strings.
3 years ago by Chipit to /s/WorldNews from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
Censorship Gets Better, Automated And Cheaper. A Chinese breakthrough in the ability of AI to filter information online with a degree of accuracy previously unachieved. Better-than-90% effectiveness would be good enough to keep mass political movements from taking hold.
3 years ago by Chipit to /s/censorship from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
China's new Foreign Investment Law says that foreign investors will be treated the same as domestic ones. It explicitly bans forced technology transfers; heralds an intellectual property rights regime closer to international practices; and ensure local officials act lawfully. Another win for Trump.
4 years ago by Chipit to /s/news from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
Walmart Put On Notice In China. Chinese pissed that Walmart buys all of its products from China and yet wants to throw a fit about Xinjiang.
2 years ago by Chipit to /s/WorldNews from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai posted on her Weibo account an accusation that three years ago she had been sexually assaulted by former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli. Her post quickly disappeared, as, seemingly, did Peng. Women’s Tennis Association takes her side. Imagine if it were the NBA?
2 years ago by Chipit to /s/censorship from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
Our man is concerned because of nascent signs of self-censorship among lawyers wary of antagonising Beijing and how it suggests a broadening of the push to co-opt and coerce the commercial world into muting international criticism of Beijing’s policies in Xinjiang and, indeed, Hong Kong.
China’s football champions, Jiangsu FC, has gone out of business. This is like if the Los Angeles Dodgers or Tampa Bay Buccaneers suddenly closed.
3 years ago by Chipit to /s/Sports from (chinabystander.wordpress.com)
A Glimmer Of Normalcy Returns To Hubei
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