CNNIC: Chinese E-commerce Market Exceeded $190 Billion in 2012
The China Internet Network Information Center released its numbers for Chinese e-commerce in 2012 an...
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Kaifu Lee: Rumors of Weibo’s Death Are Exaggerated
We’ve written a lot about the rise of WeChat and the danger it poses to Sina Weibo. Last night...
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- April 17, 2013
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Papaya Mobile Launches SDK to Help App Developers Monetize Through China Mobile Billing
Getting your game or app into China’s mobile marketplace can be hard enough, but monetizing th...
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- April 16, 2013
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What Games Are Chinese Government Officials Playing at Work?
Recently, the Chinese media has been buzzing with the results of an investigative report that found ...
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- April 16, 2013
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NMA Launches Ridiculous ‘North Korea Smackdown’ HTML5 Game
North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humor, but the folks...
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- April 16, 2013
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Jingdong Picks Up E-Banking Domain, Moving Towards New Online Payment Platform?
Chinese e-commerce giant 360Buy — which I suppose I ought to be calling Jingdong now — q...
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- April 13, 2013
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Sina Weibo in Thailand: Way Too Little, Way Too Late
Last Friday, Sina Weibo quietly announced that it would be entering Thailand thanks to a partnership...
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- April 13, 2013
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Scammers in China Exploit Apple to Turn Fake iPhones into Real Ones
Apple has been taking quite a bit of stick over the last month for its after-sales service practices...
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- April 12, 2013
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Taiwanese Gamer Witnesses Murder in Internet Cafe, Keeps Playing Games in Bloodstained Clothes
I’ve written a lot recently about murders revolving around video games in China (i.e. this, th...
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- April 12, 2013
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Tencent Has Bought Back $73 Million of Its Own Stock This Week
On Thursday, Chinese tech giant Tencent (HKG:0700) announced that had purchased back 92 million RMB ...
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- April 12, 2013
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Chinese Law Proposes Real Name Requirements for All Phone and Mobile Network Connections
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is very enthusiastic about real...
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- April 11, 2013
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‘Danger Maps’ Invites You to Map China’s Polluted Areas via New Open-Platform Maps
Late last year, I wrote about Danger Maps, a Chinese web service that had tracked and mapped reports...
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- April 11, 2013
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China’s Search Wars: Qihoo’s 360 Search Growing Slowly, But Baidu’s May Be Growing Too
Top Chinese internet companies Baidu and Qihoo 360 have been beating the hell out of each other sinc...
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- April 11, 2013
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WeChat Experiences Short Service Outage, Blames Hardware Problems as Users Complain
Tencent’s WeChat has gotten very big in China (and pretty big outside China, too). But even a ...
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- April 11, 2013
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Is Foxconn Firing Suicidal Employees? Worker Claims He Was Fired Over Suicide Misunderstanding
Zhang Moujun, a 27-year-old employee at a Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, doesn’t sleep very well, ...
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- April 8, 2013
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Tech in Asia: Our Picks for News of the Week
This was a busy week at Tech in Asia what with our Startup Asia Singapore conference and the Startup...
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- April 7, 2013
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