Beijing Shuts Down Taobao’s ‘Take a Number’ Service for Hospitals, But Consumers Cry Foul
Chinese hospitals are, to put it mildly, a bureaucratic nightmare. Just checking into one generally ...
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Ctrip Confirms Investment in Hotel Booking Mobile App
After rumors had begun to swirl about the two companies, Chinese travel site Ctrip’s vice-chai...
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- May 24, 2013
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Tencent to Open Malaysia Office: Good News for Malaysian Startups?
The overseas expansion of Chinese tech giant Tencent continues, following along with the success of ...
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- May 24, 2013
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Chinese City Bans Taxi Finder Smartphone Apps, Threatens to Punish Drivers Who Use Them
Taking a cab in China can be a real pain, but increasingly, smartphone apps can make the process qui...
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- May 23, 2013
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Gaming Madness in China: Attacking the Police, Driving out a Japanese Porn Star, Faking a Kidnapping
Some crazy things happen in the world of Chinese gaming. Rather than giving each its own article, fr...
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- May 23, 2013
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GREE China Shutdown Gets Uglier With Accusations of Denying Aid to Pregnant Employee
Last week, employees reported that Japanese social gaming giant GREE had just announced it was shutt...
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- May 23, 2013
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Jack Ma Says He Doesn’t Give a Crap About Rival Jingdong or its CEO
Apparently retirement isn’t doing much to keep former Alibaba CEO Jack Ma out of the limelight...
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- May 22, 2013
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As EU Investigates Huawei, is China Gearing Up to Retaliate?
Like I said last week, it never seems to be good news for Huawei and ZTE, does it? The companies alr...
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- May 22, 2013
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Report: Xiaomi Mi3 Coming August 16, Features New “Hi-Fi” Capability
The impending release of Xiaomi’s next-gen smartphone, the Mi3, isn’t exactly a secret. ...
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- May 22, 2013
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Can Charles Zhang Conquer His Demons and Make Sogou a Serious Search Challenger in China?
Sogou, the search subsidiary of Sohu, has been a player in China’s search engine market for a ...
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- May 21, 2013
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Who Owns Your WeChat Posts?
It’s an issue that seems to pop up for every developing social platform that doesn’t spe...
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- May 21, 2013
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Staff Picks: 5 Top News Stories this Week on Tech in Asia
We all know why we’re here: to get a taste of the top stories Tech in Asia covered from across the...
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- May 19, 2013
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7 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
This week we saw all kinds of interesting stuff happen in China. A king stepped off his throne, we t...
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- May 19, 2013
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Malaysian Mobile Game Dev Nexx Snags $250k from Crystal Horse Investments
Nexx Studio is a Kuala Lumpur-based iOS game developer, with titles like Pig Shot, Glow Puzzle (whic...
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- May 17, 2013
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Tech Execs Deflect, But Don’t Directly Deny, Rumors of Sogou Acquisition
Rumors have been swirling for several weeks now of an acquisition deal for Sohu search and input met...
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- May 17, 2013
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China Unicom Ups Beijing Broadband Speeds
Beijing may be China’s capital, but as we saw last month, it’s still not winning any rac...
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- May 17, 2013
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