Articles about China

Steam outage in China raises more questions about a potential ban

Reports of a Chinese ban on Steam’s international client appear to have been a false alarm, but it’s raised more… Read More

Microsoft will shut down local version of LinkedIn in China

Microsoft said Thursday that it will pull LinkedIn from China later this year as it faces a “significantly more challenging… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls failed TikTok talks ‘the strangest thing I’ve ever worked on’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered new details about the company’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire TikTok a year ago on Monday… Read More

GIX 2.0: U.S.-China tech institute revamps program as Shwetak Patel steps up as interim director

The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) is shaking things up. The first-of-its-kind educational institute — created by the University of Washington,… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft restrict employee travel to China as tech giants react to spread of coronavirus

Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants are restricting employee travel to and from China in the wake of concern over… Read More

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Chinese scientist who led first gene-editing experiment on babies gets 3 years in jail

Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who stirred up a global controversy last year when he said his experiment produced twin baby… Read More

Study tracks China’s ‘startling’ challenge to America in artificial intelligence research

China wants to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 — but a new analysis by Seattle’s Allen… Read More

Guest post: Lessons from the startup that passed on the chance to be the ‘Uber of China’

I’ve always had the entrepreneurial bug in me. In high school, I sold CDs to friends, discounted telescopes from Costco,… Read More

Minecraft goes to China: Microsoft and Mojang expand reach of blockbuster game

Minecraft, the wildly popular game that allows players to create infinite online worlds, will soon be available in China. The… Read More

Here’s why Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is so bullish about China

If the first 30 minutes of today’s Starbucks’ shareholders meeting today is any indication of the company’s future, it’s clear… Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Here is what China is getting right

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued his charm offensive in China this week, meeting with the country’s propaganda tsar and going on… Read More

Alibaba founder Jack Ma looking to increase holdings in media sector, reportedly seeks stake in magazine Caixin

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is in talks to buy an undisclosed stake in… Read More

MLB inks deal with Chinese tech giant Letv to stream games in China

LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball is serious about bringing its sport to China. At the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las… Read More

Inside Didi Kuaidi: How the Chinese tech giant plans to fend off Uber in its home country

Uber operates in 68 countries, but none may be more important to the $62 billion company than China. Travis Kalanick, the 39-year-old… Read More

Q&A: Seattle startup vet Kelly Smith on his new role with Starbucks China, and life in Shanghai

Having founded and sold five Seattle-area startups in less than a decade, Kelly Smith fits the description of a passionate,… Read More

As pollution in Beijing reaches extreme levels, here’s what Microsoft Research is doing to help

When I was traveling through Beijing earlier this month on a GeekWire reporting trip, my throat became itchy with mucus and my… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SeekPanda helps companies find interpreters when doing business abroad

The U.S. and China operate the world’s largest economies and warming relations between the two nations are opening up new… Read More

Podcast

Facebook’s epic office plan, Uber at the airport, and dancing with Matt Harding

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An inside peek at Facebook’s new Frank Gehry-designed offices in Seattle,… Read More

Why these University of Washington innovators traveled to China

The University of Washington is committed to partnering with China’s leading technologists and innovators. That much was clear last week… Read More

China Diary: Microsoft Research in Asia, visiting the Uber of China, and eating duck in Beijing

BEIJING, China — Microsoft Research Asia. The Uber of China. Tsinghua University. And, some incredible Peking duck. It’s been a… Read More

China Diary: Amazing scene at historic Pac-12 basketball game in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China — An energetic buzz grew as fans poured inside the arena. Lines from concession stands crowded the concourse.… Read More

China Diary: Testing Uber, eating dumplings, and catching up with a Seattle startup vet in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China — I told y’all I’d step up my food game in China, and on Friday morning here in Shanghai,… Read More

Day 1 in China: Initial observations from this GeekWire reporter in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China — Everybody uses WeChat, some Chinese taxi drivers are a bit crazy, and yes, the pollution is pretty… Read More

UW and China’s Tsinghua University announce first dual tech degree

Representatives of Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University met in Beijing on Monday to announce the first degree program… Read More

Podcast

Destination China: Why GeekWire is putting a reporter in Shanghai and Beijing for 10 days

GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper departed Seattle on his way to China earlier today, preparing to spend the next 10 days reporting from… Read More

University of Washington visits China to celebrate partnerships, play in historic basketball game

From athletics to academics, the University of Washington will be well represented in China next week. A large cohort from… Read More

GeekWire goes to China: Are Chinese tech companies innovative?

When you think of Chinese technology companies, does the word innovative come to mind? This complicated issue is one of the… Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook: China will be our top worldwide market, and not just for sales

Apple CEO Tim Cook sees huge opportunity for his company in China despite the country’s recent economic fluctuations. After Apple beat Wall… Read More

Apple sells more than 13M new iPhones, setting record for first weekend with a boost from China

Apple’s iPhone reservation system put a damper on the traditional lines outside its stores, but that didn’t stop the company… Read More