Influence Matters has selected five interesting articles about tech and China from last week, covering some of the biggest names: Huawei, Uber, Baidu and Qualcomm.

Huawei’s PR fail highlights wrongheaded approach for China’s tech giants | Tech in Asia

Huawei mad a bit of a PR mishap when they told foreign journalist not to take pictures or mention Huawei in reports after a company tour. Of course, media reported on this part only. The incident shows again the disconnect there is between China PR, where media is expected to be controllable, and international where PR activities suggest stories and deliver information to the press for them to cover, or not, without any guaranteed expectations of angle or tone.

Uber Spends Heavily to Establish Itself in China | New York Times

Uber continues to make headlines for its major push and apparent success so far in China. The company is said to have already invested $1 billion and plans to raise another $1.5 billion to win the fight against local rival Didi Kuaidi, with a lot of the cash going to drivers as bonus often three times the fare from a ride as incentives. Uber also started taking China government speech, forbidding its drivers to join taxi protests in order to “maintain social order“. Perhaps already feeling the heat from a government that does not take well overseas companies challenging local ones.

Qualcomm names old-hand as new China chairman; former head joins Xiaomi | Thompson Reuters

Qualcomm continues its localization strategy in China after issues brought by a Chinese government investigation into anti-competitive practices, after which the company agreed to pay a fine of $975 million, the largest in China’s corporate history.

Decoding China’s censorship: How does its Internet panopticon work? | Tech in Asia

An excellent look intohow content censorship works in China by Lotus Ruan, a contributor to Tech in Asia new community generated columns. Be sure to read the comments that ensued for more on what is censored and how media and content providers self sensor in China.

BMW and Chinese tech giant Baidu are launching a self-driving car this year | The Verge

Baidu is trying to beat Google to the punch at putting self-driving cars on the road. A partnership signed with german carmaker BMW in 2014 should result in Baidu launching a self driving car before the end of the year in China.