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Chinese tomb sweeping festival goes online due to COVID-19

The chinese festival of Quingming is a day each spring set out for tomb sweeping. The practice is an ancient tradition to honor one’s ancestors, and rejuvenate the grave space after the new year for the upcoming months ahead. The practice first started roughly 2,500 years ago amongst the cultural…

Tech billionaire Jack Ma emerges after months long disappearance with new video

January 21, 2021 Asia Business China General Government Networking Politics Social Issues Social Media Technology

Tech billionaire Jack Ma has resurfaced online after an over three month long disappearance from the public sphere. Ma emerged again online in a short, roughly 50 second long video that saw him address a group of rural educators in an online conference on Wednesday 20th January 2021. The video…

All eyes on Shanghai International Art Fair

November 30, 2020 Asia Business China Financial News

Whilst the majority of the Western world enters a much feared second lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis, all eyes were on China as the 2nd edition of the Shanghai International Art Fair took place from the 19-22nd November 2020. With many of the world’s top art fairs…

CCTV facial recognition and the Hong Kong protests

September 5, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Big Data Digital Systems Technology Internet of Things (IoT)

August 24 marked another long day of clashes in Hong Kong between police and protestors. The nearly three-month long protests generally choose their location based on certain problematic aspects of Hong Kong’s relationship with China. That day, the focus opposed police digital surveillance tactics, specifically the city’s installation of ‘smart…

WeChat Pay Partners up with Japan’s Line

September 4, 2019 Asia China No Comments

WeChat, China’s hugely popular messaging and social media app, has announced plans to integrate with LINE, a similar app based in Japan. The partnership will unilaterally allow WeChat users to pay for goods and services over the Line platform. WeChat Tencent, a Chinese multinational holding conglomerate, released WeChat in 2011. …