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AI boom fails to propel China’s cloud market growth

BEIJING — Excitement over artificial intelligence isn’t yet fueling a boom in cloud services spending in mainland China. “The Chinese…

China’s potential new gaming rules will hit smaller developers more, analyst says

BEIJING — China’s proposed gaming rules would hit smaller developers more than large ones, while also reducing overall online advertising…

China’s livestream shopping is booming, fueling new tech such as avatars and AI

BEIJING — Livestream shopping is taking off in China, driving development of new tech products such as virtual human streamers…

With China playing catchup with the U.S., these 3 charts show the top countries for fintech in 2023

From the U.S. to China, countries around the world are battling it out to lead on financial technology, a heavily…

Tencent releases AI model for businesses as competition in China heats up

Chinese tech giant Tencent is launching its artificial intelligence model “Hunyuan” for business use at an annual summit on Thursday,…

What China’s big earnings say about the consumer

BEIJING — Corporate earnings releases are picking up on a few bright spots for China’s consumer in a competitive market…

From banking giants to lending up-and-comers — here are the world’s top 200 fintech companies

From across the globe, spanning a diverse range of applications in finance — these are the world’s top 200 fintech…