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In China, social media apps are changing how people buy and read books – selling more than physical bookshops do

While the Australian book market was down 3% last year, genre fiction – popular on BookTok – was among the rare categories that grew.

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TikTok among six tech firms under fire for sending Europeans' personal data to China

Temu, Xiaomi, AliExpress, Shein, WeChat, and TikTok are in breach of EU laws, say experts. Here's what we know so far.

TechRadar

Chinese Apps Including TikTok Hit By Privacy Complaints In Europe

Prominent Austria-based privacy campaign group NOYB (None of Your Business) said it has lodged six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi -- in its first such action against Chinese companies.

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Will China welcome TikTok refugees?

Thousands of US TikTok users are flooding to the Chinese platform Red. It could prove a double-edged sword for the Chinese government.

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US adds Tencent to its Chinese Military entity list, but what does that mean?

Tencent is on the US's watch list but WeChat isn't going anywhere. Yet.

Android Central

Why Australian politicians are flocking to ‘Little Red Book’ to engage with Chinese voters

Wen Li, a graduate student living in Brisbane, ran for the seat of Mansfield as a Greens candidate in the recent Queensland election. Li promoted his policies on Xiaohongshu, one of the most popular Chinese social media platforms. When he lost, he posted a message on the platform announcing his…

The Conversation

Hermès and Other Luxury Brands Turn to E-commerce: Taobao Operators Must Embrace Digital Transformation

Recently, Lingmao E-commerce observed that the luxury brand Hermès has launched a limited-time store on its WeChat public account to boost sales. This initiative, themed "A Tribute to the Iconic Scarf Team," features products such as watch straps ...

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Tencent Cloud To Take On Big Three With WeChat's Integrated Super App Ecosystem

Tencent Cloud CEO Dowson Tong reveals plans to revolutionize cloud computing with WeChat's integrated super app ecosystem, challenging dominant players Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

International Business Times

8 incredible WeChat emojis I want to see on iPhone and Android's general emoji keyboard immediately

Traveling to China has opened my eyes to a whole new world of emojis – and given me some ideas.

TechRadar

China cyber pros say Intel is installing CPU backdoors on behalf of NSA

China says the NSA has been installing backdoors in Intel CPUs for over a decade.

TechRadar

HashKey Capital H1 Crypto Analysis: AI Integration, TON's Potential To Challenge WeChat

Crypto had a significant run in the first half of the year, with AI integration maintain momentum, TON seeing massive growth, and zkEVM and zkVM action building up – which of the first half's top trends will continue to gain traction throughout the rest of the year?

International Business Times

French Polynesia says Chinese missile landed 'not far' from its economic zone

French Polynesia said a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched into the Pacific landed near its exclusive economic zone, as Beijing's first such tests in four decades drew a chorus of protests.

Radio France Internationale

Top Chinese economist disappears after criticising Xi Jinping in private chat – report

Zhu Hengpeng, who worked for an influential government thinktank, has reportedly not been seen in public since making disparaging remarks on WeChat

The Guardian - AU

Asgard launches world's first DDR5-9600 CUDIMMs — promising DDR5-10000+ modules are on the way

Memory and storage specialist Asgard has announced new CUDIMMs rated at a blistering DDR5-9600. The China-based firm announced its new Asgard x Thor CUDIMM DDR5-9600 C44 kits on WeChat, claiming they achieve a world first for performance.

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Apple approves WeChat update ahead of iPhone 16 event, but it still wants to negotiate fees

Apple has approved a version of Tencent's WeChat app, but still wants to get a cut of in-app fees.

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Federal Liberals gaffe NSW takeover

The federal Liberal Party has stumbled at the first hurdle of its takeover of the party’s NSW division, and John Howard has criticised Jim Chalmers’ comments about interest rates and the RBA.

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Albanese’s hot mic moment in Tonga lights up China’s WeChat groups, and they’re not happy

Beijing’s official reaction to Albanese’s comments has been fairly mild. Not so the response in the Chinese blogosphere.

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Apple goes after Chinese giants over App Store fee loopholes

Apple wants China's Tencent and ByteDance to close loopholes in its apps that let it dodge App Store fees.

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The Guardian - AU

Lures and violent threats: old school cheating still rampant at Australian universities, even as AI rises

Integrity experts say sites offering cheating services to students are hard to trace, and some are run by criminals willing to make threats of violence

The Guardian - UK

‘Garbage time of history’: Chinese state media pushes back on claims country has entered a new epoch

Authorities unhappy as Chinese chat groups and WeChat feeds buzz with discussion of whether China has entered period of inevitable failure

Crikey

Understanding TikTok and WeChat beyond the fearful headlines

The Guardian - UK

Beijing accuses MI6 of recruiting Chinese couple as spies

State security service says it has uncovered ‘major espionage case’ involving husband and wife

The Independent UK

China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology

China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by

Al Jazeera

How food and chopstick skills are helping ease US-China tensions

What officials eat and how have become key ingredients in efforts to find common ground in a testy relationship.

The Guardian - AU

Cash is king — for now: China signals it will slow transition to cashless society

With tourists struggling to access the two primary digital payment apps, Alipay and WeChat pay, Beijing has put measures in place to make cash payments easier

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