China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions.
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Using social media to measure air pollution’s psychological toll
People are less happy on days when the air is more polluted, according to an analysis of 210 million posts on the Chinese ...
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How realistic are China’s plans to colonize the moon?
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. Last ...
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Blockchain investment still lags behind fintech despite record-breaking 2018
European blockchain technology companies had a record year in terms of VC investment in 2018, although overshadowed by funding ...
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India’s porn crackdown isn’t working — but China’s is
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection ...
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China’s scientific achievements are surrounded by secrecy – but this could change
China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear ...
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Microsoft's Bing search engine is the latest victim of China's 'block and don't tell' (Update: it's back)
Update (January 25): After a day-long outage, Microsoft's Bing search engine is now accessible again, the company confirmed. ...
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Bitcoin con artists charged with $51M investment scam
A group of Bitcoin con artists has been charged with running an elaborate cryptocurrency scam that defrauded local and foreign ...
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This Chinese app reportedly maps nearby debtors to get you to shame them
China has reportedly launched a WeChat mini-app to highlight debtors around you, in an effort to shame them for not paying ...
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A cotton seed sprouted - and died - on China's Lunar Lander
On Tuesday, Chinese media reported that one of the cotton seeds aboard the Chang’e 4 lunar lander sprouted, marking the ...
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China's moon landing could launch a new space race
China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on January 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do ...
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200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach
Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in ...
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China is forcing blockchain devs to dox users, censor content
The Chinese government is forcing blockchain companies to censor content, store users' identity data and share it with authorities. ...
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Rise of foreign stars in Chinese social media marks the beginning of a new trend
China’s internet celebrity economy has expanded exponentially in recent years. According to a report released by iResearch, ...
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China hacked the US Navy and stole personal info on at least 100K sailors
The US Department of Justice today unsealed documents pertaining to the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT 10's years-long ...
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2019 will be a pivotal year for Southeast Asian tech startups
With a rising middle class and a booming tech startup scene, Southeast Asia (SEA) sits where China did 10 years ago — on ...
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Google reportedly shuts down its Chinese censored search project
Google has stopped key data analysis needed for its highly contested China project, the censored search engine 'Dragonfly' ...
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Apple faces ban on sales of older iPhones in China over a tussle with Qualcomm (Updated)
Qualcomm announced that a Chinese court has awarded it two preliminary injunctions against Apple that might be banned from ...
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Starwood breach affecting 500M users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
The New York Times reports that the Starwood breach was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred ...
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Ethiopia to launch its first-ever satellite with China’s help
Ethiopia has announced its intention to launch its first satellite during 2019 costing a total of $8 million and China will ...
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Fortnite bests Russia and Japan to become world's 8th most-populated place
Epic Games today revealed that the number of players registered in Fortnite is now around 200 million. Let that number ...
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China has a new surveillance tool that identifies citizens by how they walk
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool designed to identify people by how they walk, or the shapes ...
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Tencent to limit some mobile gamers to an hour of play time per day
Tencent is set to roll out sweeping changes to how it deals with younger gamers. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tencent ...
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Amazon gets patriotic while Google embraces censorship
Wired 25 was attended by some of the biggest names in tech, and Amazon and Google's bosses both took the opportunity to get ...
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China’s ‘barrage videos’ are chaotic af — and say a lot about loneliness
China's barrage videos reveal a lot about the population's psyche regarding loneliness. These videos show live comments that ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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Elephant tusk DNA may hold the key to stiffer penalties for poachers
A study published Wednesday in Science Advances detailed a creative approach to stopping the illegal ivory trade. While ...
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Google allegedly working on censored search engine for Chinese market
Recently leaked documents reveal Google might be ready to make a government-friendly, censored version of its search engine ...
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Tencent teams with Chinese government to choke kids' game time
Remember last week when we found out China was going to be putting the squeeze on game companies in an effort to combat childhood ...
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Google just turned 20 -- time for it to grow up
Google's birthday may be a happy one for shareholders, but the rest of us have plenty of cause for alarm and concern as the ...
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We are thinking about Bitcoin’s energy usage in all the wrong ways
It's en vogue to critique Bitcoin mining for its potentially harmful impact on the environment - but that's not the whole ...
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Study: Air pollution responsible for 'huge' drop in intelligence
Air pollution could be a leading cause in a societal reduction in intelligence levels, according to new research. A study ...
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Now is the perfect time for foreign developers to focus on the Chinese app market
Although there are issues with China's tech scene — like its harsh censorship. Now is the perfect time for us developers ...
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Cryptocurrency media outlets banned from WeChat for spreading hype
Several prominent media outlets in China have had their WeChat accounts permanently frozen for hyping cryptocurrency too ...
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Censorship in China
China’s internet has always been heavily censored by its government. The Great Firewall is part of the People’s Republic ...
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Report: Facebook ad clicks tumble, but the internet keeps on growing
The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in ...
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China breaks up underground $1.5 billion World Cup crypto-gambling ring
A illegal World Cup gambling ring has been busted holding more than $1.5 billion in live bets - all in cryptocurrencies. ...
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Teen requires surgery to remove knotted USB cable from penis
I think it's fair to say that few of us have made decisions we didn't later come to regret. But personally, I can proudly ...
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China brags its cryptocurrency ban has practically killed local Bitcoin trading
A report from the People's Bank of China indicates that just one percent of global cryptocurrency transactions are conducted ...
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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research
Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...
