I came across an extremely misleading article on China expelling WSJ journalists, recently published by BBC. The BBC article completely missed the point on why China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the WSJ piece was "racist". It was structured in such as a way that it implies the content of the piece - critizing… Continue reading PDC 11 – Misleading reporting by BBC on China expelling WSJ journalists
Author: paradite
PDC 10 – China’s Real Progress on Climate Change Goals
How is China doing in terms of tackling the issue of Climate Change? Is it on track to destorying our planet? Turns out it is doing better than many other countries, including the US. Let's go through some fact:
PDC 9 – GitLab and Code Hosting Services in China
With the drama of GitLab considering no-hire policy in China unfolding, the global tech community once again saw an influx of angry Chinese developers. This is hardly surprising considering China probably has the most number of developers on earth. There is a thread dedicated to this issue on Zhihu (知乎, Chinese Quora) and it is getting attention… Continue reading PDC 9 – GitLab and Code Hosting Services in China
PDC 8 – Shenzhen in 8 photos
Photos are taken in Dec 2018 on a trip to Shenzhen.
PDC 7 – Doubts within China on gene-edited babies story
A Chinese scientist call He Jiankui recently claimed to have performed gene editing for two newly borned babies. This was reported widely within and outside China. So what are the reactions to this news in China? Not good.
PDC 6 – Chinese Travel Tech Unicorn Mafengwo Accused of Using Fake Reviews
The big news in the past few days in Chinese tech space is the massive scandal of fake reviews on Mafengwo(马蜂窝). For those who don't know, Mafengwo is a Chinese unicorn startup in travel industry, expected to be valued at $2.5 billion. It operates in the same space as TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet and travel tour agencies.… Continue reading PDC 6 – Chinese Travel Tech Unicorn Mafengwo Accused of Using Fake Reviews
PDC 5 – Is Huawei really tracking you?
So there is this thread on Twitter going around about Huawei phone tracking your location. While it looks scary at first, there are some information gaps in this reverse engineering analysis that made it appear much worse than it actually it. Let me break it down. Is It An App... Or a Service? In the… Continue reading PDC 5 – Is Huawei really tracking you?
