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    Eleanor Olcott

    China technology correspondent

    Eleanor Olcott writes about Chinese technology for the FT. Before joining the FT, she was a China policy analyst at the financial research firm TS Lombard.
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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      News in-depthShein
      Reclusive Shein founder Sky Xu prepares to enter the spotlight with IPO

      Chinese ecommerce tycoon behind fast-fashion group beloved by the Instagram generation prefers to fly below the radar

      Shein brick-and-mortar pop up inside Forever 21 at the Ontario Mills Mall
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Alibaba
      Jack Ma urges ‘change and reform’ at Alibaba

      Intervention comes at critical moment for tech group as main rival gains ground

      Jack Ma, chair of Alibaba Group
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Broadcom Inc
      Broadcom-VMware $69bn merger to close after China approves deal

      Beijing clears regulatory hurdle holding up tech tie-up as trade tensions ease with Washington

      Outside Broadcom offices
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Alibaba goes back to the future with reversal of cloud spin-off

      Chinese tech group’s shock change in direction represents gamble by new chief in face of US curbs

      Alibaba logo
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Alibaba
      Alibaba ditches plans to spin off cloud business and list supermarket

      Shares fall 10% after Chinese ecommerce group says US export controls have created ‘uncertainties’

    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Batteries
      Tech start-ups race to make EV battery recycling sustainable

      Industry anticipates surge in disposals as first batch of electric vehicles nears end of 10-year life cycle

      A worker cleans ‘black mass’, a mix of battery metals, off plates at a battery recycling facility in Kingston, Canada
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Nvidia develops AI chips for China in latest bid to avoid US restrictions

      Technology’s performance has been moderated compared with what was previously sold in key market

      Nvidia chief Jensen Huang having a selfie during a technology show
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Shein
      Fast-fashion group Shein buys UK brand Missguided

      Chinese online retailer faces growing threat from new rival Temu

      Shein shopping bags
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      #techAsia
      Tech tensions and costlier iPhones

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      CATL batteries on a table
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      SenseTime
      US chip curbs stymie efforts by China surveillance group to diversify

      Hong Kong-based AI company SenseTime faces ‘end of the road’ for data centre ambitions

      SenseTime logo and Xu Li, cofounder
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Tightened US rules throttle Alibaba and Baidu’s AI chip development

      Chinese tech groups restricted to using outdated processors as Washington aims to curtail Beijing’s AI ambitions

      People attend a forum about artificial intelligence in Beijing
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      TSMC optimistic over premium chip demand despite revenue hit

      World’s biggest contract manufacturer sees broader recovery for semiconductors next year

      The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company building in Taiwan
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      #techAsia
      Taiwan’s chip oracle and Japan’s new ‘wood’ Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      Morris Chang wearing a white shirt, waving to the crowd
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Appetite for soya hinders China’s self-sufficiency drive

      Political will confronts geographical reality as Beijing tries to rely less on foreign farmers

      Aerial view of workers gathering fresh green soyabeans in Zhejiang province
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      China Renaissance
      China Renaissance retrenches after influential founder’s detention

      Tech-focused investment bank forced to cut staff as start-ups and investors react negatively to uncertainty

      China Renaissance’s offices in Beijing in June 2018
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Nvidia and iPhone maker Foxconn tie-up to build ‘AI factories’

      Collaboration announcement comes a day after US tightens rules on chip sales to China

      Jensen Huang and Young Liu
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Carrefour SA
      Carrefour and Chinese conglomerate Suning in legal battle over China stores

      The retail network in the country has been bleeding cash and losing market share to rivals

      The shelves in a Carrefour China store in Beijing are empty as cardboard boxes litter the floor
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      HongShan
      Neil Shen plots global expansion for Sequoia’s China spin-off

      Venture capital firm plots future outside China after split with Silicon Valley giant

      Neil Shen speaking into two microphones
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      News in-depthApple Inc
      ‘A shot across the bow’: how geopolitics threatens Apple’s dependence on China

      Beijing’s restrictions on government use of Apple products and Huawei’s resurgence pose problems for Tim Cook

      A woman walks past an Apple Store in Shanghai
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Apple Inc
      China warns over reports of iPhone-related ‘security incidents’

      Beijing says foreign phones not banned but producers should ‘strictly adhere’ to domestic laws

      Customers try iPhones at an Apple store
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Alibaba
      Former Alibaba chief Daniel Zhang steps down from cloud unit

      Leadership shake-up comes as ecommerce group starts breaking up its empire

      Daniel Zhang
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Apple Inc
      China workers reveal extent of iPhone curbs

      ‘We were told not to bring any Apple products’: US tech group loses $200bn in share value this week

      An Apple store in Beijing
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Tencent declares AI ‘war’ on Chinese rivals

      Tech company releases large language model as it joins battle to become China’s AI national champion

      Signage outside Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      FT Magazine
      No other investor has a life story quite as unbelievable as Li Lu

      How a radical who fled Tiananmen made billions betting on China

    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Semiconductors
      US to check on chips used in Huawei’s ‘Made in China’ smartphone

      Mate 60 Pro sells out in China as public celebrate reports of domestic chip breakthrough despite years of sanctions

      A specialist disassembles Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone
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