Reports of a Chinese ban on Steam’s international client appear to have been a false alarm, but it’s raised more questions about the country potentially blocking the widely-used video game… Read More
Microsoft said Thursday that it will pull LinkedIn from China later this year as it faces a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements” in the country. LinkedIn… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered new details about the company’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire TikTok a year ago on Monday night at the Code Conference. “It’s the strangest thing I’ve… Read More
The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) is shaking things up. The first-of-its-kind educational institute — created by the University of Washington, China’s Tsinghua University, and Microsoft — plans to revamp its… Read More
Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants are restricting employee travel to and from China in the wake of concern over the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed more than… Read More
What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn, and as I was editing GeekWire contributing writer Christopher Budd’s… Read More
Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who stirred up a global controversy last year when he said his experiment produced twin baby girls with gene-edited traits, has been sentenced to three years… Read More
China wants to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030 — but a new analysis by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, suggests that Chinese researchers… Read More
I’ve always had the entrepreneurial bug in me. In high school, I sold CDs to friends, discounted telescopes from Costco, bought and resold TVs — none of which continued very… Read More
Minecraft, the wildly popular game that allows players to create infinite online worlds, will soon be available in China. The game, which Microsoft acquired with the $2.5 billion purchase of Mojang… Read More
If the first 30 minutes of today’s Starbucks’ shareholders meeting today is any indication of the company’s future, it’s clear that China is at the forefront. The annual meeting in… Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued his charm offensive in China this week, meeting with the country’s propaganda tsar and going on a controversial jog in the smog as part a long-term… Read More
Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is in talks to buy an undisclosed stake in the Chinese business and financial magazine, Caixin, through Alibaba’s financial arm, Ant… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball is serious about bringing its sport to China. At the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the league today announced a three-year partnership with Chinese… Read More
Uber operates in 68 countries, but none may be more important to the $62 billion company than China. Travis Kalanick, the 39-year-old CEO of the world’s most valuable private company, has made it… Read More
Having founded and sold five Seattle-area startups in less than a decade, Kelly Smith fits the description of a passionate, veteran, and successful entrepreneur. Which is why it was surprising… Read More
When I was traveling through Beijing earlier this month on a GeekWire reporting trip, my throat became itchy with mucus and my eyes dried up because of the pollution. But locals told me… Read More
The U.S. and China operate the world’s largest economies and warming relations between the two nations are opening up new business opportunities. Still, the language barrier can be problematic when navigating… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: An inside peek at Facebook’s new Frank Gehry-designed offices in Seattle, including a massive rooftop park — an example of the amenities being… Read More
The University of Washington is committed to partnering with China’s leading technologists and innovators. That much was clear last week in Shanghai, where the UW held its inaugural Innovation Summit in China’s… Read More
BEIJING, China — Microsoft Research Asia. The Uber of China. Tsinghua University. And, some incredible Peking duck. It’s been a busy past few days in Beijing, where I arrived late… Read More
SHANGHAI, China — An energetic buzz grew as fans poured inside the arena. Lines from concession stands crowded the concourse. Couples smooched on the Kiss Cam. Dancers performed during timeout… Read More
SHANGHAI, China — I told y’all I’d step up my food game in China, and on Friday morning here in Shanghai, I came through. One word: Dumplings. I had read about… Read More
SHANGHAI, China — Everybody uses WeChat, some Chinese taxi drivers are a bit crazy, and yes, the pollution is pretty bad. These are some initial observations after my first 24… Read More
Representatives of Seattle’s University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University met in Beijing on Monday to announce the first degree program to be offered through the recently formed Global Innovation Exchange, or… Read More
GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper departed Seattle on his way to China earlier today, preparing to spend the next 10 days reporting from Shanghai and Beijing. It’s one of our most ambitious reporting… Read More
From athletics to academics, the University of Washington will be well represented in China next week. A large cohort from Seattle that includes UW President Ana Mari Cauce, the UW… Read More
When you think of Chinese technology companies, does the word innovative come to mind? This complicated issue is one of the questions we’ll focus on for the next two weeks as GeekWire… Read More
Apple CEO Tim Cook sees huge opportunity for his company in China despite the country’s recent economic fluctuations. After Apple beat Wall Street’s expectations for both revenue ($51.5 billion) and profit ($11.1… Read More
Apple’s iPhone reservation system put a damper on the traditional lines outside its stores, but that didn’t stop the company from setting a new record for first-weekend sales, selling more than… Read More
