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Jack Ma and Other Chinese Business Leaders Meet With Xi Jinping

alishpagda08@gmail.com5 months ago05 mins

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met on Monday with a group of corporate chieftains, including the entrepreneur Jack Ma, who was sidelined by the government four years ago, in a show of support for private business at an economically precarious time. The heads of the electronics companies Huawei and Xiaomi, the battery maker CATL and…

TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet

alishpagda08@gmail.com6 months ago013 mins

The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok. Calling themselves “TikTok refugees,” these users paid the “cat tax” to join RedNote by posting cat photos and videos. They answered so many questions…