Xiaomi’s credentials get a boost as Beijing picks smartphones as state gift

The selection of its flagship consumer product as a state gift reflected Xiaomi’s growing status as a symbol of China’s ...

China’s Xi jokes about ‘backdoor’ with tech gift to South Korea’s president Lee

Lee hosted Xi at a state summit and dinner after the APEC leaders' meeting in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, marking Xi's first visit to the U.S. ally in 11 years. The choice of the gift - ...

Watch: South Korean President receives Xiaomi phones as gifts from Xi Jinping; jokes 'is the line secure'?

During a meeting in Gyeongju, Chinese President Xi Jinping gifted South Korean President Lee Jae-myung two Xiaomi smartphones. Lee humorously inquired about communication security, to which Xi ...
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A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All

The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find. By Andrew Higgins ...