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China’s new tech rules play to local firms’ strengths

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By Gerry Shih, Michael Martina and Joseph Menn BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Draft Chinese government regulation would force technology vendors to meet stringent security tests before they can sell to China’s banks, an acceleration of efforts to curb the country’s reliance on foreign technology that has drawn a sharp response from U.S.

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Tencent inks exclusive online partnership for NBA games in China

January 30, 2015 admin better-inform, china, five-year-deal, gerry-shih, joseph-menn, known-as-wechat, league-entered, michael-martina, san, sharp-response, shenzhen, tencent

By Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association and Tencent Holdings Ltd said Friday the Shenzhen-based Internet giant will be the only company in China to stream the league’s online content. The exclusive, five-year deal will allow Tencent to offer for the first time in China the NBA’s League Pass package, which allows subscribers to watch a full season’s worth of games live and on-demand.