WeChat expands search feature into a ‘walled garden’ – China latest business and technology news
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A summary of the top news in Chinese business and technology for May 18, 2017. Part of the daily The China Project news roundup "Dog meat reportedly banned at infamous festival."
A new search engine from WeChat could change China’s internet / Quartz
- Opinion: Can China afford its Belt and Road? / Bloomberg
- Why did a Chinese peroxide company pay $1 billion for a talking cat? / Bloomberg
- Big data, Chinese surveillance, and Donald Trump could keep China’s biggest payments company from entering the U.S. / Quartz
- Home prices rise in fewer cities as more curbs imposed / Bloomberg
- Chinese insurer warns of defaults as ban on new products bites / Financial Times (paywall)
- Western banks eclipsed by China’s along the new Silk Road / Reuters
- Ivanka Trump criticized over Chinese factories allegedly paying $1 an hour / Bloomberg
