Karen Chiu 🧮 (@karenhwchiu) 's Twitter Profile
Karen Chiu 🧮

@karenhwchiu

Senior Reporter @AbacusNews covering China tech for the rest of the world. Used to write for news shows @cnni. @DukeU and @JMSCHKU alum.

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Trying to get your kids into coding? Join 12-year-old Jacob online this Sunday morning (HK time) as he shares his experience! meetup.com/Hong-Kong-Hour…

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In Hong Kong, Facebook and WhatsApp have a penetration rate of around 80% according to Statista, Instagram has 60%, whereas WeChat is used by just 54% (Karen Chiu 🧮 / South China Morning Post) scmp.com/abacus/culture… techmeme.com/200708/p52#a20…

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Flight Simulator has my childhood home building, and I haven’t visited my parents since June. Not a long time, I know, but still 😭

Flight Simulator has my childhood home building, and I haven’t visited my parents since June. Not a long time, I know, but still 😭
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“Even if they’re listening to it, that privacy thing isn’t what worries me. The issue that worries me is that they’re modeling my behavior, and they’re making judgments based on that” onezero.medium.com/the-man-whose-…

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Google Chrome is the most popular browser in China across both desktops and smartphones, with a 36%-39% market share in 2020 according to Baidu Analytics (Karen Chiu 🧮 / South China Morning Post) scmp.com/abacus/tech/ar… techmeme.com/201007/p2#a201…

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As the adoption of facial recognition soars in China, thanks in part to COVID-19, stolen biometric data is being sold online at alarmingly low prices (Xinmei / South China Morning Post) scmp.com/abacus/tech/ar… techmeme.com/201012/p3#a201…

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I need this! My favourite stuffed toy, a terry-clothed bunny, has been with me since my 1st birthday but her nose is scratched. Yes, old stuffed toys are part of the family!

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Chinese e-commerce platforms are gamifying upcoming Singles Day, the world's biggest shopping event, and adding social features to keep users in apps for longer (Xinmei / South China Morning Post) scmp.com/abacus/tech/ar… techmeme.com/201109/p16#a20…

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“On different expatriate forums, some suggest using Taobao, China’s eBay equivalent, to purchase an unofficial ‘Communist Party Withdrawal Certificate.’” restofworld.org/2021/how-to-qu…

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Profile of Chinese streaming service Bilibili, which has 54M DAUs and made 40% of its 2020 revenue from mobile games, despite being known as a video site (South China Morning Post) scmp.com/tech/big-tech/… techmeme.com/210315/p11#a21…