Posts Tagged: China

China is often called a land of contradictions, and its tech industry is no different. Yes, the middle kingdom is the source of some hackers and copycats, but it’s also the source of some startling innovation, one of the world’s most unique and vibrant internet cultures, and some of the most passionate techies and gamers in the universe. China’s internet may be censored but that hasn’t stopped web, gaming, and mobile startups from springing up all over the country. Here at Tech in Asia we’ve got it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly. The hottest startups, the craziest copycats, and the darkest tales of censorship in Asia.


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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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The Story of App Annie: Building A Company For The Mobile App Economy

App Annie is a mobile app store data provider with its headquarters in Beijing, China but it is oper...

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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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How InMobi Grew From a Startup to a Giant Mobile Ad Network

Founder and CEO of mobile ad network giant, InMobi, Naveen Tewari, has come a long way. Naveen is an...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Huawei and ZTE Face More EU Scrutiny: What Are They Doing Wrong?

I’m beginning to think we might as well just consider Huawei and ZTE, given that they seem to ...

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  • May 16, 2013
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WeiboSuite Translates Censored Sina Weibo Posts Into English, Is Awesome

The folks at Hong Kong University’s China Media Project have been doing incredible work lookin...

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  • May 15, 2013
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GREE Shuts Down China Branch (Update: CONFIRMED)

Update: GREE has replied and this is the company’s official statement on the matter: We are re...

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  • May 15, 2013
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China’s Biggest Pirate Movie Site Was Also Hosting 70s Pornos

Last month we wrote about Chinese authorities’ takedown of two websites suspected of distribut...

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  • May 14, 2013
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App Annie: “Google Play is growing very fast in Southeast Asia”

Beijing’s App Annie is growing rapidly with over 80 team members located at Beijing, Hong Kong, To...

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  • May 18, 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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How China’s Top Video Site Battles the Pirates

After merging into one company last year, Youku Tudou (NYSE:YOKU) further established itself as Chin...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Netease Planning World’s First Crowd-Designed FPS Game?

Last week, I wrote about Netease’s new mystery FPS based on the fascinating teaser page the co...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Tencent Posts Rocketing Profits, Sees 195 Million Active Users on WeChat

China’s biggest web company by revenue has just posted its Q1 2013 financial report. Tencent (HKG:...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 6:39 pm
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Bloody Brawl in Chinese Internet Cafe Starts Over Pocket Change

Last week, an argument between some patrons at a Chinese internet cafe ended in violence when one ma...

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  • May 15, 2013
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Is Sina’s Stock Undervalued?

Yesterday, Sina Tech sub-site Startup Stories posted an interesting op-ed from T.H. Capital CEO Hou ...

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  • May 14, 2013
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China’s Top Chat App Gets a WeChat-Like Makeover, But Everyone Hates It

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) chat service QQ is used by over half a billion people and is China’s top ap...

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  • May 13, 2013
  • at 8:00 pm
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