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China Tech Looks Unready for What’s Coming Next
They survived the coronavirus lockdown, but even the biggest companies aren’t safe from the global recession.
Wuhan is back in business, but it’s not enough.
Photographer: Cai Yang/Xinhua/Getty Images
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Smartphones are a daily necessity, weddings will still go ahead, and enterprises will embrace digital upgrades.
Those are just some of the justifications that Chinese technology companies such as Xiaomi Corp., Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. have for telling us that the worst may be behind them as the country gets through the Covid-19 pandemic.