15 Jul, 2021 Snap, crackle, pop: has the Chinatech bubble been burst or was it just the sound of my cereal? By Alex Roberts Last Saturday morning: what did you have for your breakfast? Chinese Cybersecurity Review Measures may not be the expected answer but, if...
30 Sep, 2020 China Big Tech: can it have its (moon)cake and eat it? By Alex Roberts As so many worker bees leave the business districts of mainland China’s cities today for a well-earned 8-day national holiday, many will...
31 Aug, 2020 New Friday after-work drink: A pint of Beijing Export (List) By Alex Roberts Late last Friday, the Chinese government released a revised list of technologies that are restricted or banned for export from mainland...
28 Aug, 2020 WeChat ban: survey results raise another question on domestic security vs overseas competitiveness By Alex Roberts With over 1 billion users, WeChat is omnipresent in mainland China. Regardless of race, gender, age or occupation, just about everyone is...
11 Aug, 2020 Tick tock, tick tock: Trump's headache-inducing executive order aimed at WeChat By Alex Roberts With 280 characters, Mr Trump can shake globe markets. With 992 words, you would expect earthquakes that rock the very foundations of...
21 Jul, 2020 Did Schrems deal a knock-out blow in a fight to which he was not invited? By Alex Roberts We have been watching for months as the world's superpowers spar for supremacy in a tech-shape boxing ring. In one corner of the squared...
19 Jul, 2020 Excitement, relief and disappointment: who would've thought China's data security law could be so emotive? By Alex Roberts I cannot deny it. I was excited to read the draft Data Security Law after it was released by Beijing's top legislators earlier this...
10 Jul, 2020 "Didital" currency – coming to China soon! By Alex Roberts When you want to pilot a new method of effecting secure payments in your fast-growing services industry, it is always useful to choose a...
19 Jun, 2020 Cutting off tech’s nose to spite the West’s strategic face? By Alex Roberts The disruption of Covid-19 is subsiding in many markets (at least for now). Regulators are coming up for air. As predicted in our...
05 Jun, 2020 Is Singapore unanimously winning its contest with Hong Kong SAR to be Asia's top hub? By Alex Roberts As described in the quoted article from the FT, Big Tech definitely continues to cheer the Lion City from ringside. And now, not just the...
28 May, 2020 Who ever thought that "data centre" could be the sexiest words in tech? By Alex Roberts Following on from China’s announcement last week of huge public sector investment in new technologies, China’s private sector doubles...
11 May, 2020 Supply chain reaction to COVID-19 By Alex Roberts Loving this article on some of the measures taken by Samsung to mitigate the threats to its supply chain following the COVID-19 outbreak....