Game Developers Challenge Chinese National Team to High-Stakes Soccer Match
China’s national men’s soccer team — yes, I called it soccer, get over it — is not having a great month. The team, w...
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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.
Dolphin Browser Hits 80 Million Installs, Refreshes Android App to v10
Sino-US startup Dolphin Browser has reached 80 million installs around the world for its iOS and Android browser. Today, Dolphin is also bei...
Digital Music Sales in China Hit $75 Million (No, We Didn’t Miss Any Numbers)
Digital music revenues are on the rise in China – albeit very slowly, and to a not very impressive level. According to figures from mu...
Spying or No, China is Stuck With American Technology
Early today, we wrote about allegations in the Chinese press that Cisco has been working with the NSA to help the US spy on China. And needl...
Chinese Media: Snowden Says Cisco Helped the US Spy on China
China has been concerned about the threat Cisco poses to Chinese information security since right around the same time the US got serious ab...
China’s Top Check-In App Adds Branded Photo Filters
China’s top check-in app has long been doing social marketing, connecting big-name brands like Louis Vuitton with its youthful and urb...
eBay CEO Sees “Encouraging Signs” That Paypal Will Finally Get Regulatory Approval in China
Paypal, the e-payments platform owned by eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), has long been locked out of the Chinese market by policies that safeguard “se...
Rumor: Amazon China to Partner with Alibaba, Join Tmall?
We try to avoid reporting rumors that rely solely on the testimony of completely anonymous sources, but this one is just to weird not to pas...
Baidu Antivirus Launched, Qihoo 360 Facing Increased Competition in Web and Mobile Security
On Tuesday, Baidu finally publicly launched what many have interpreted as the latest salvo in the company’s ongoing battle with Qihoo ...
Chinese Foodie App AiMeiWei Cooks Up $2 Million in Funding
Call us gluttons, but we love food and foodie apps. And there’s certainly no shortage of either those things in China. One such app is...
Fab’s $150M Backers Include Tencent and Itochu, Plans to Launch in China and Maybe Japan
American design-oriented e-commerce site Fab has just raised $150 million in the first part of its series D funding. For us, the most intere...
Gaming Madness in China: Bad Students and Worse Government Officials
With China’s massive Gaokao college entrance exam just having wrapped up, it’s no surprise that we’ve got a couple student...
China’s Huawei to Invest $30 Million to Build Brand in India, Aims for 1 Million Smartphone Sales
Chinese telecoms firm and phone-maker Huawei is going to spend Rs 175 crore ($30 million) to build its brand in India. This push into the co...
Chinese Tech Companies Are Getting Shut Out of India
Late last week, news broke that India’s Intelligence Bureau had fingered Chinese chat app WeChat as a potential threat and that the ap...
Qihoo to Solve Inconvenient Mobile Connection Problems With Clever Hardware Dongle
Qihoo 360 has for a long time been connected with rumors of hardware development, and aside from its smartphone line in connection with Haie...
WeChat Gets In-App Purchases; The Pics Look Slick But Will Users Like This?
Well, you all knew it was coming. The e-commerce train has been rumbling toward the mobile chat app station for months now, and its arrival ...
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