Tencent

Chinese gaming sector in turmoil as regulators announce new proposals

Measures include spending limits for online games and ban on rewarding players for logging in each day

Amy Hawkins, Senior China correspondent

27, Dec, 2023 @5:31 PM

Chinese video games are on the rise, but I wish they got more respect

China is the world’s biggest gaming market, where a culture of creativity has flourished – so please do not conflate companies and players with a repressive regime that cracks down on individual expression

Lu-Hai Liang

20, Aug, 2023 @11:00 PM

‘The everything app’: why Elon Musk wants X to be a WeChat for the west

Twitter owner’s rebranding is part of larger strategy to add payment functionality and more

Dan Milmo and Amy Hawkins

29, Jul, 2023 @12:00 PM

China to take ‘golden shares’ in tech firms Alibaba and Tencent

Move marks shift in focus by Beijing as it tries to extend influence and keep sector in check

Mark Sweney

13, Jan, 2023 @11:09 AM

Influence Empire by Lulu Chen review – the story of China’s Tencent

A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government

Simon Parkin

13, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM

Chinese-speaking voters critical of Coalition’s ‘militaristic’ stance on China in lead-up to 2022 election, WeChat study shows

Labor also faces criticism, but Albanese is gaining ground in news coverage on Chinese social media platform, research finds

Anne Davies and Wing Kuang

12, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

A Swiss army knife app: what is WeChat and how is it being used in Australia’s 2022 federal election?

With three million users across the country, including politicians and media, the network could play a pivotal role in determining who wins

Anne Davies and Wing Kuang

10, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

Celtics’ China broadcasts erased after Kanter attacks ‘cultural genocide’ in Tibet

Highlights of Boston Celtics games have been erased from the NBA’s Chinese broadcast partner after one of the team’s players attacked government policy in Tibet

Guardian sport

21, Oct, 2021 @4:15 PM

Drop Chinese investments, MPs and peers tell parliament’s pension fund

Letter from 137 lawmakers urges fund to drop stakes in firms accused of human rights violations or linked to Chinese state

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

19, Oct, 2021 @7:57 AM

The party’s over: China clamps down on its tech billionaires

The startling rise to wealth of the nation’s entrepreneurs has been an affront to Beijing’s political philosophy and increasingly, a threat to the communist party

Vincent Ni

21, Aug, 2021 @3:00 PM

Chinese president vows to ‘adjust excessive incomes’ of super rich

Chinese Communist party to crack down on almost weekly creation of billionaire company bosses

Phillip Inman

18, Aug, 2021 @4:50 PM

TikTok acts on teen safety with ‘bedtime’ block on app alerts

Social networking firm introduces range of child safety measures including increased privacy controls

Alex Hern

12, Aug, 2021 @5:35 PM

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