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China: COVID-19 and AI healthcare response

COVID-19 has proven an ideal testbed for an industry very much in its infancy. Diagnosing the virus requires lung CT scans to identify GGO (ground glass opacity), a key...

China’s USD crypto rival looms

28 November 2019 | by Graeme Philipson

China is set to launch a digital version of its currency, backed by its central bank. The new blockchain based central bank digital currency (CBDC) has the potential to...

Alibaba ramps up local presence

27 August 2019 | by David McClure

Many people would be familiar with Alibaba from its famous Singles Day event, which generated around $40 billion in sales in 2018. Less well known is the company’s emphasis...

Facebook’s long march to China

27 July 2018 | by James Riley

Facebook has been bending over every which way to somehow get back into China after the country’s so-called Great Firewall was significantly jacked up in July 2009, blocking western...

McGowan preps innovation plan

14 November 2017 | by James Riley

Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan will release an updated state innovation policy by the end of the year, but has cautioned against any expectations of large new spending programs....

Jack and the data-driven giant

12 November 2017 | by James Riley

Mid-way through the world’s biggest shopping festival seems a weird time to declare that Alibaba is no longer an eCommerce company, but that’s the argument that Alibaba Group chief...

Alibaba’s 11.11 consumption giant

11 November 2017 | by James Riley

On the eve of the Alibaba Group’s famous 11.11 global shopping festival, the world is battening down the hatches in preparation for a deluge of gigantic numbers. Records will...

Emperor Xi and the tech giants

2 November 2017 | by James Riley

It is already last month’s news that Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerged triumphant from the 19th Communist Party Congress as the effective one-man ruler – some would say dictator...

Xi tightens grip in China tech

17 October 2017 | by James Riley

The quinquennial Chinese Communist Party Congress, its 19th since winning the country’s civil war in 1949 begins this Wednesday. It will be the coronation of its leader for the...

Alibaba Cloud pitches a contest

2 August 2017 | by James Riley

Ecommerce giant Alibaba is on the lookout for Australian and New Zealand startup talent and will host its first pitching competition in Sydney in September to find a pair...

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