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What Chinas Big Tech CEOs suggest on the annual parliament assembly

The annual meetings of the Chinese parliament and its advisory body are underway in Beijing this week. Top executives from a couple of of China’s greatest tech firms are amongst the many thousands of delegates who attend and put forward their reviews. Here is a take a look at what the tech bosses are proposing fo…
The annual meetings of the Chinese parliament and its advisory body are underway in Beijing this week. Top executives from some of China’s largest tech firms are among the thousands of delegates who attend and put forward their opinions. Here is a look at what the tech bosses are proposing fo…

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Author: Rita Liao

Rita covers China for TechCrunch, with a special interest in how tech shapes people - especially their minds. Previously, she wrote for Tech in Asia and TechNode and oversaw communications for SOSV’s Asia accelerators. At one point, she worked at a film productions company in Maine and a mindfu…

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