Post-Covid-19 world: are online services set to take over?
The world is witnessing an unprecedented growth and transformation of online services and consumption as a result of the Covid-19 crisis – are online ...
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Zen Soo digs into the big tech stories being talked about inside and outside of China, bringing essential background, context and analysis to the news of the week. Joining her are SCMP reporters based in Hong Kong and the tech centres of mainland China. Brought to you by the South China Morning Post.
How technology has changed the way we die and mourn
People around the world are adapting how they mourn their loved ones amid the coronavirus pandemic. Live-streaming funerals are being organised, while...
Why Huawei has found itself at the epicentre of the US-China tech war?
SCMP reporters dissect why Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has found itself in Washington's cross-hairs and where matters might go from here. You can re...
Online learning: Has the pandemic democratised education in China?
In China, one way or another, at least 260 million students and 15 million teachers had to migrate their entire offline learning and teaching activiti...
TikTok vs Douyin: why does China have its own TikTok?
We're digging deep into China's version of TikTok called Douyin. How different is Douyin from its international version TikTok? Why are there two almo...
How China has turned to tech like never before to combat the coronavirus
The impact of the countrywide lockdown on the economy has the potential to cut China’s GDP growth in the first quarter from 6 to 4.5 per cent. However...
Life under coronavirus lockdown: personal accounts from two tech reporters
Two of the Post's tech reporters are among the hundreds of millions of people whose lives have been directly affected by the coronavirus lockdown. Rep...
What on earth is TikTok? We spent a day with a TikTok star
To better understand how TikTok works in domestic and international markets, our producer Yang Yang went to visit TikTok stars with millions of follow...
How to (re)introduce plant-based meat to China
China is no stranger to vegetarian food. If anything, the Chinese have invented countless vegetarian dishes that imitate meat throughout their centuri...
Leaders in Tech: Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang on what's trending and what's next
E-commerce giant Alibaba started trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on November 26, 2019. The company raised a whopping US$13 billion, making it ...