A new report from a team of researchers at The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, examined the most sensitive topics subject to censorship on Tencent's WeChat platform in 2018.
CNBCWechatscope is a research project from the University of Hong Kong; they ingest every public status update on Wechat, the Chinese social network used by more than a billion people, then record which messages are later made unavailable, and infer from that the most censored topics on the network. International scandals top the list -- the US-Chinese trade war; the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou by Canadian authorities; US sanctions against ZTE -- but the list is dominated by domestic...
Boing BoingCitigroup details three scenarios that investors may have to grapple with depending on how the trade talks progress this month.
CNBCUS futures are pointing down after pessimism about the the trade war hit Asian shares Friday and weak retail sales figures in the US. Weak inflation data out of China initially hurt European markets before shares rebounded. The South China Morning Post reported that both sides on the negotiations "remain far apart on key issues" on trade. US stocks are set to decline on Friday, following Asian markets lower on reignited pessimism about US-China trade talks, where there's reports of tensions as...
Business InsiderU.S. exports to China represent only 7.2 percent of total American sales abroad and markets shouldn't overreact even if there's no trade deal with China, Michael Ivanovitch writes.
CNBCMUNICH (AP) " The Latest on the international security conference taking place in Munich (all times local):1:35 p.m.A top Chinese official is defending Huawei, dismissing American concerns that the telecom giant might covertly collect data and report it to Beijing, and urging Europeans to ignore Washington.Yang Jiechi's comments Saturday came after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence labeled Huawei a "threat" to national security systems and urged allies to exclude them from [
The Palm Beach PostEgypt's president has called on Western countries to boost efforts at tackling extremist ideology in online media and mosques.
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