China Tech Daily Briefing (Jan 7)

1. Head of China’s tech ministry calls for enterprises to support core technology.

2. Xiaomi purchases 0.5% stake in electronics giant TCL.

3. Wenzhou Didi driver pleads guilty to passenger’s murder.

4. Amid intensified scrutiny, Baidu removes 50 billion pieces of ‘harmful’ content.

5. Chinese EV startup Byton to complete China factory by May.

6. Huawei launches new laptop for US amid security scrutiny.

7. Lenovo puts the focus on AI and data to drive growth.

8. Huawei unveils ‘big data’ chip as China pushes home-grown tech.

(Reported by Mengjuan Li, an intern with the Passage)