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That Chinese news aggregation app that’s been driving a ton of traffic might become an American news aggregator app

Laura Hazard OwenJuly 10, 2019

Hong Kong protests, but also the Met Gala: The New York Times Chinese edition looks for new audiences

“Censorship is a way of life in China right now. Everybody knows that whatever they say and share is controlled by the government. But our traffic has been rising, especially this summer, with all of the big news out of the trade war and the Hong Kong protests, as well as some of the sensitive anniversaries of this year.”

Shan WangJuly 13, 2018

Three multi-billion-dollar companies dominate the Chinese internet landscape, from news media to AI

Plus: WeChat now has 1.04 billion monthly active users, shortform video is booming, and a few other significant numbers out of a recent report on the state of the Chinese internet landscape.

Shan WangJuly 2, 2018

As The New York Times extends its reach across countries (and languages and cultures), it looks to locals for guidance

“What I’m trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation in a place like this?…Readers are not going to read 100 Australia stories. So what’s the right mix?”

Shan WangMay 17, 2018

Is there a big enough global audience interested in China to sustain the South China Morning Post’s ambitious new sites?

With its new verticals Abacus and Inkstone and another on the way, the century-old newspaper is trying to use Alibaba money to build products that both reach a global audience and feel mobile-native.

Paloma AlmogueraMay 17, 2018

Pear Video produces hundreds of news videos a day across China — with no full-time video journalists

The startup maintains a network of about 30,000 videographers to help source roughly 1,500 videos a day.

Shan WangMarch 9, 2018

What do Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They’re both flagged by Chinese censors

They’re just a few of countless names, codewords, memes, and phrases that have been blocked. Weiboscope, a project out of the University of Hong Kong, since 2011 has tracked deleted posts on Weibo, collecting a substantial dataset of the types of terms and content that triggers censors.

Christine SchmidtJanuary 10, 2018

China’s news agency is reinventing itself with AI

“We saw lots of interest in AI in China, and the sector is moving so fast in the country…The U.S. still has the best AI talent, but there are many good engineers and AI researchers in China as well.”

China blocks Facebook. But state-owned media still target English-speaking audiences on the platform

Nieman Lab StaffApril 21, 2017

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