GigaomTop Microsoft China executive jumps over to Baidu
Zhang Yaqin has been a key figure in Microsoft’s Chinese strategy for seven years, but reports say he’s leaving to join Chinese search powerhouse Baidu. Read more »
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Zhang Yaqin has been a key figure in Microsoft’s Chinese strategy for seven years, but reports say he’s leaving to join Chinese search powerhouse Baidu. Read more »
The move will result in a better user experience for Chinese customers, while potentially also mollifying the authorities. Read more »
Days after China removed foreign security vendors from its procurement lists for government departments, it has reportedly done the same with Apple(s aapl) products. According to anonymous sources quoted by Bloomberg,… Read more »
A Chinese government supplier list for security firms now includes only Chinese outfits, with Symantec and Kaspersky having been shown the door. Read more »
It’s not clear why the company is being investigated, but based on earlier statements by the Chinese government it is most likely to do with the security of Windows. Read more »
Samsung has suspended business with a supplier called Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, after China Labor Watch (CLW) exposed the apparent use of child labor in Shinyang’s factory (along with other labor violations… Read more »
Chinese media, which tend to toe the government line, have already cast aspersions on Microsoft’s Windows 8, IBM’s servers and pretty much the entire U.S. tech industry. Read more »
Companies like Google and Apple have been colorfully characterized by the People’s Daily as “pawns of the villain.” Looks like this Sino-U.S. argument over surveillance and hacking will run for some… Read more »
Yet another blow for U.S. technology companies selling into China: the government there is reviewing whether Chinese banks should stop using IBM(s ibm) servers due to security fears, Bloomberg reports. Looks… Read more »
U.S. vendors are not explicitly called out, but there’s little doubt that China’s newly-announced vetting program is part of a trend that will hurt U.S. companies trying to sell into the… Read more »