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Musk's China visit ends with burgers for 100 Shanghai Tesla workers and favor from Beijing as state-affiliated media showcases trip on Twitter
The billionaire's first trip to China in three years ended with fast food for Tesla workers in Shan…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Elon Musk hailed as 'Brother Ma' during a trip to China, where he's been lavished with a 16-course meal and treated like a king
The billionaire was given a five-star welcome during his visit to China, with locals heaping praise…
Hasan Chowdhury,Cheryl Teh
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'We are the last generation': China's youth rallied around a now-censored social media hashtag to rage about their disillusionment with life and disdain at draconian lockdowns
Crippling depression over the economy, the environment, and COVID-19, have led many young Chinese p…
Cheryl Teh
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A Chinese resident used ChatGPT to produce a viral government notice. Many were shocked to learn it was fake.
Many Chinese residents are bypassing OpenAI's ChatGPT ban in the country through virtual private ne…
Aaron Mok
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China's social media platforms, including the country's TikTok and its version of Instagram, are set to show users' locations based on their IP addresses
Users cannot disable the feature, the social media platforms said, noting that they are designed to…
Waiyee Yip
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Ohio and New Jersey ban Tiktok on government devices over Chinese surveillance fears, joining over 20 other states
A growing number of US states are banning TikTok on state devices over concerns that Chinese compan…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Investors are preparing to vote on whether China's ride-hailing app Didi will delist from the NYSE after year-long slide that erased $60 billion from its market value
Last June, Didi listed on the New York Stock Exchange despite Beijing's reluctance. Shortly after, …
Weilun Soon
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1 billion Chinese citizens' data stolen after a police database was left open without a password for a year, reports say
Access to a Shanghai police database containing 1 billion Chinese citizens' personal data was repor…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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China's censors are quietly deleting WeChat LGBTQ accounts to silence gay rights groups at the country's colleges
Screenshots circulated on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, showing how WeChat accounts run by…
Cheryl Teh
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China bars celebrities from showing off wealth and 'extravagant pleasure' on social media, saying pop stars must comply with 'core socialist values'
Social-media platforms must monitor the accounts of celebrities and report violations to the state …
Hannah Towey
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A controversial Chinese tech system can predict whether employees are about to resign — by spying on their online activities
The system tracks websites frequented by staff, such as job search websites, and can tell if worker…
Waiyee Yip
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TikToker Lamu had hundreds of thousands of followers who watched as her ex-husband set her on fire during a livestream. He's now facing the death penalty.
Lamu was a 30-year-old Tibetan vlogger with 770,000 followers on TikTok. She regularly posted video…
Matthew Loh
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Global stocks edge higher on expectations the Fed will calm inflation jitters, and bond complacency creeps in
"The Dow could look increasingly jittery, as Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting approaches," said …
Shalini Nagarajan
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Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to be blocked in China alongside Jack Ma's Alibaba browser, as Beijing cracks down on social-media platforms
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, is the second social-media app to be reportedly blocked in Chi…
Kate Duffy
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10 things before the opening bell
There's a perfect storm for rising energy costs, and gas prices are surging. This and more, in toda…
Phil Rosen
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The new popular parenting term in China is 'jiwa' - or 'chicken blood' parenting
The author explores how the parenting style in China went from "tiger moms" to "chicken babies" and…
Mina Yan
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Cryptocurrencies sink as widespread rout wipes $200 billion off the market in a day amid mounting regulatory concern
Growing regulatory concerns, slowing investor interest and online criticism from celebrities impact…
Sophie Kiderlin
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A Chinese citizen journalist who went viral for his reporting on coronavirus from Wuhan has gone missing, and his family says he's been forcibly quarantined
Li later contracted coronavirus while treating patients in Wuhan and died on February 6, sparking o…
Kat Tenbarge
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People in China are bypassing its internet firewall to read explosive leaked files about Uighur oppression, and saluting an official who disobeyed Xi Jinping
The New York Times piece, published Saturday, contained leaked documents instructing party official…
Alexandra Ma
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Chinese citizens are furious at the death of the whistleblower doctor censored for talking about the coronavirus. His mother said she couldn't even say goodbye.
Li had warned some of his medical-school colleagues about the virus on December 30, about three wee…