Shenzhen has six firms in the latest ‘50 smartest companies’ list from MIT Technology Review, but how does it stack up against China’s other tech hubs? The first time that Huawei was mentioned in MIT Technology Review’s...

Special zone Nansha is trying to establish itself as a testing ground for new ideas in artificial intelligence. Local start-up Pony.ai – already a unicorn – is one of its pioneering companies in driverless cars. As the...

The trade war may be making more of the headlines but a ‘war for talent’ is being waged in Guangdong, home to the Greater Bay Area and also China’s most populated province, with 113.5 million people.  Last month we...

Regulators have just granted the much-awaited commercial licences for 5G. Services should be available to customers within three or four months. Expect the GBA to be a touchstone market.   That didn’t take long. Only a...

China’s government is about to grant the first commercial licences for 5G services. But will it even be able to roll out the new network? The GBA has a solid claim as ground zero in the battleground for the next...