Chinese dominate in smartphones

Chinese dominate in smartphones

According to data collect by International Data Corporation, Chinese vendors are dominating the smartphone market. The worldwide market grew 23,1% year-over-year in 2Q14, establishing a new single quarter record of 295,3-million shipments.

Samsung suspends child labour factory

Samsung has suspended business with a Chinese factory accused of hiring child labour. Last week (10 July), China Labour Watch (CLW) accused Dongguan Shinyang Electronics of hiring children, upon which Samsung launched an investigation into the allegations. According...

Economic shocks in China to be felt globally

The growing risk of a hard landing for China’s economy would result in global growth weakening by an average of 0,4 percentage point annually over 2015-17, according to a scenario developed by economists at HIS. IHS economists developed the scenario because of the...

China’s mobile enterprise market to boom

Mobile applications are taking off in Chinese companies, and could reach $4,67-billion by 2017. According to IDC’s report China Enterprise Mobility Solution Analysis by Key Verticals, along with the popularization of smartphones and driven by consumer mobile...
IT’s role in Chinese reform

IT’s role in Chinese reform

As China enters a period of “second reform”, it will have a profound effect on the world’s economy, and the IT industry will have to change quickly to keep up. The Chinese government has revealed that by 2020, decisive achievements shall be made on reform in major...