bold move, Shenzhen petshop.

Shenzhen’s 90s-built Window of the World park is a mad mix of miniature landmarks - here Christ the Redeemer looks over a Manhattan still punctuated by the Twin Towers with weed growing from them. A Moai wearing a Santa hat in the distance (photo from Dec).

Shenzhen: make money not friends

After 5+ yrs, ~1k stories & a book, I'm moving to a part-time role at TechCrunch in March (pitch me fast!). I am forever grateful for Jon Russell who brought me on as TC's first China-focused writer, for the freedom I had, & the friendships I built within & BECAUSE of TC.

Shenzhen public art is surprising sometimes.

Many Chinese sellers are hoping TikTok’s shop will provide an alternative route to US consumers besides almighty Amazon. But several complain the under-fire platform is tightening rules for overseas sellers as US election season gets under way. reuters.com/technology/chi…

For the first episode, I talked to Xin (Shin) Yan 閻欣 about his journey from China to Sierra Leone, how he envisages a 'digital residency system' powered by blockchain, and what exactly that means. leapfrogs.substack.com/p/1-from-china…

China #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin sentenced to five years on subversion charges, supporters say. Her co-accused, the labour activist Wang Jianbing, was sentenced to three years and six months' imprisonment. reuters.com/world/china/ch…

China is championing a version of Huawei's HarmonyOS as the national operating system in its pursuit of technological self-sovereignty, likely at the expense of Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows. reuters.com/technology/hua…

The Shenzhen government is throwing its weight behind former Huawei unit Honor, giving tax breaks, retroactively funding its R&D and using its networks to push its growth overseas, official documents show. reuters.com/markets/asia/c…

There's a huge surge in Shenzhen property again after the government's recent stimulus measures, but China's inland regions remain too risky a bet, real estate agents and buyers told me at a property fair over the weekend. reuters.com/markets/asia/c…

Reuters: "China's exporters run for cover as US election nears…If Donald Trump wins next month's U.S. presidential election, Mike Sagan's toy-making company will halve its China supply chain within a year." David Kirton reuters.com/markets/chinas…

Long queues with umbrellas outside west Kowloon court for the sentencing of the 47 democrats in the landmark national security case. Nearly 4 years to reach this point amid western criticism of China’s continuing crackdown on freedoms in HK #China #NSL

Scoop: In careful protest, China Evergrande's investors press for action - reuters.com/world/china/ca… w/ ⁦David Kirton⁩

David Wei had to carry his nephew on his back for 3 km after the younger man suffered a heart attack, staggering down a road being repaired in rural China, while an ambulance took 90 minutes to drive out from the city and save him. reuters.com/world/china/ch…

TLDR on this gnarly claim: The contract in question with a division of Thomson Reuters (not Reuters) was a red teaming job for anti phishing campaigns. / US Defense Department contract 'inaccurately represented' on social media, says Thomson Reuters - reuters.com/business/us-de…

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