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China’s Tencent Sees Market Cap Hit $66 Billion, Passes Facebook [UPDATED: Not Yet!]

Mark your calendars: China’s social media giant has surpassed America’s leader in terms ...

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  • July 19, 2012
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Ushi: Aiming for $5 Million in New Funding Round This Year

We spotted a report on ChinaVenture (article in Chinese) earlier that says there’s a rumor tha...

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  • July 17, 2012
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Police Warn of Dangers on Tencent’s Weixin

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) Weixin messaging app (known as WeChat outside China) is growing more popu...

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  • July 16, 2012
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Is This Satire? Sina Weibo Censors Searches for Truth. Seriously.

The truth may set you free, but in China, searching for it is illegal. Or so says Sina Weibo, China&...

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  • July 13, 2012
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Rumor: Skype and China’s TOM No Longer Talking, About to Hang Up

There are rumors in the tech industry in China that Microsoft-owned Skype and its China partner, TOM...

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  • July 13, 2012
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Sina Weibo Backlash Beginning as US Consulate in Shanghai Gets Banished

The official Weibo page of the US Consulate in Shanghai has met its end, today being blocked by Sina...

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  • July 12, 2012
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Politicawave Analyzes Social Media Conversations on Indonesian Politics

We previously wrote about some services that tried to aggregate and visualize social media discussio...

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  • July 10, 2012
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Hit the Road With Sina’s New App for Chinese Drivers

China’s love affair with the car and the open road (traffic jams permitting) has only just beg...

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  • July 9, 2012
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25% of Facebook Users Live in APAC [INFOGRAPHIC]

Even if it’s blocked in China, Facebook has a lot of users in Asia. In fact, users in the Asia...

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  • July 17, 2012
  • at 10:06 pm
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Game Publisher Qeon Interactive Acquires Bouncity

Bouncity, the location-based gaming platform, has been acquired by the Indonesia game publisher Qeon...

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  • July 16, 2012
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Most China Check-ins: Starbucks Tops on Jiepang for Second Year Running

Here’s a pretty graphic that came our way on this Friday afternoon. It’s not the usual infog...

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  • July 13, 2012
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Jakarta Votes: Can Social Media Analytics Offer More Insights than Pollsters?

Jakarta’s governor election is the talk of the week for a great many Indonesians. When I wrote...

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  • July 13, 2012
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Sina to Unveil a Social Web TV Service Today

Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) is set to expand on the success of its Twitter-esque social media platform Weibo ...

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  • July 13, 2012
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Report: Asia Now Has 1 Billion Web Users, And This is What They Do Online

Asia now has more than one billion internet users – or 1.016 billion, to be precise – wh...

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  • July 10, 2012
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Sina Clones Path for New Meyou App, Only For Your Bestest Bestest Buddies

Sina – makers of China’s hit Twitter-esque service Weibo – has got all its develop...

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  • July 10, 2012
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How Thai Football Fans Reacted to Euro 2012 Final on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Euro 2012 is all over after a spectacular win by Spain that gives them the extraordinary triple wham...

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  • July 6, 2012
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