6 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week

Let’s check out China’s tech news this week. As always, the huge country has got tons of interesting growth news like UCWeb and Samsung. As well as some interesting commentary from Charlie on what setbacks China’s needs to face in order to conquer the future.

1. 400 Million Users Strong: UCWeb CEO Shares Turning Points of the Company

UCWeb is by far one of the biggest mobile browsers in the world, and they’re been slowly making the move to go global out of China. With now 400 million users, that’s quite a bit over Opera’s numbers, which clock in at a little over 200 million users.

2. Samsung Sold 12.5 Million Smartphones in China in Q1, Heading for Blockbuster 2013

With Samsung winning patents across the world and

3. A Quarter of Chinese Startups Are Founded by Overseas Returnees; Is That a Problem?

This article from Charlie reminds me of this article in Vietnam, overseas influence, folks educated abroad with a Western mentality. Do they have the mettle to take on China’s market?

4. Beating the Censorship of China’s Great Firewall with Raspberry Pi

The tiny single-board computer originally designed for education, is going far these days. Some folks have even been hacking it to revamp their Nintendos, and now it’s headed into helping some diehard hackers into escaping censorship in China. We’re looking beyond “long tail” these days, we need a new term for this, where the original use grows into areas that it was never expected to: “Long Value”?

5. No Chrome, No Firefox: Why Chinese Online Banking Still Requires Internet Explorer

It turns out Chinese bankers are lazy, and that’s holding them back from using new technologies.

6. China’s Government is Stifling Tech Innovation and Prolonging Social Problems

As long as China continues to hold back its people from growing, it’ll be hurting its innovation. And one key problem is that local governments aren’t letting local businesses tackle social issues.