Social media! Cash! Bribery! No, we’re not trying to bribe you to follow us on social media – though we’re delighted if you do – and instead we’re giving you our weekly round-up of the hottest tech stories that happened in China these past seven days:
1. Report suggests China’s web censorship not aimed at suppressing criticism of authorities
The title reflects the common perception worldwide about what gets so many articles, blogs, and Weibo tweets deleted each week – but the real cause and motivation is a bit more complex than that.
2. Hudong, China’s Wikipedia, raises $50 million in funding
With 6.4 million articles to date, Hudong.com – which is run as a for-profit company, not a charity – recently got tapped by Microsoft to help improve Bing’s Chinese search results. And now it has wrapped up its biggest-ever funding round.
3. Microsft confirms Sina Weibo integration in Windows 8
When Windows 8 goes gold later this year, Chinese users will find that support for Sina Weibo – the country’s hottest Twitter-esque service – is baked right in. This will be especially evident in the upcoming People app in Windows 8.
4. Apple highlights new Chinese features in WWDC keynote
Sina Weibo is getting some loving from the other side of the OS divide as well, as Apple detailed a number of China-specific features in the upcoming iOS 6 (for mobile) and Mountain Lion (for desktops)…
5. Here’s Apple’s Siri speaking Chinese [screenshots & video]
…Not least of these new features is the fact that Siri, Apple’s smart and sassy voice assistant, can now speak Chinese – both Mandarin and Cantonese.
6. Huawei, ZTE execs sentenced to 10 years for corruption in Algeria
Africa has been a big part of the global expansion of Chinese tech – especially for telecoms companies Huawei and ZTE. But two Chinese men attempting to bribe staffers at Algérie Télécom has turned into an international incident.
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