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Business News > Mint Authors > Christina Larson

Christina Larson

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ARTICLES BY CHRISTINA LARSON

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are popular in China because the government limits access to a raft of content, from news and video to politics and pornography that it deems to be undesirable. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s Great Firewall gets tougher as popular VPN shuts down

1 min read . 03 Jul 2017

The venture capitalists went up against “Lengpudashi” an updated version of the Libratus artificial intelligence program that achieved a major milestone by besting four of the world’s best poker pros in January. Photo: Reuters

Poker-playing engineers take on AI machine, get thrashed

3 min read . 11 Apr 2017

Minister of human resources Yin Weimin says the govt has allocated ¥100 billion to subsidize the transfer of displaced workers, with more than ¥30 billion spent last year. Photo: Bloomberg

China plans to cut 500,000 jobs this year in smokestack sectors

1 min read . 01 Mar 2017

Xiaomi had hired Hugo Barra in 2013 from Google to oversee Xiaomi’s international expansion. Photo: Hindustan Times

Hugo Barra, in shift to Facebook, leaves behind unfinished expansion at Xiaomi

6 min read . 27 Jan 2017

Cybersecurity has been a hallmark of President Xi Jinping’s tenure. Photo: Bloomberg

China vows to protect information security ‘using all means’

2 min read . 27 Dec 2016

Baidu has won approval to test its self-driving technology in California, becoming the 15th company to get permission. Photo: Bloomberg

Baidu bets it’s got the upper hand in Chinese self-driving race

1 min read . 28 Sep 2016