7 Must-Read Tech Stories in China This Week
With spring now in full flow here in China, new tech news developments bloomed as quickly as plum bl...
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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.
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...
25 of Asia’s Top Photo Apps to Take On Instagram
With Instagram getting acquired by Facebook for $1 billion, there is no question that photo apps are...
New Chinese E-Store Caters to Expats in China, Supports Payments in Bitcoin
With China’s e-commerce market set to be worth at least $175 billion this year, it’s a m...
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 ...
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...
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...
China’s Underground Network Of International Telephone Fraudsters Busted
Just last week, two Chinese nationals were arrested in Vietnam. They were found with a total of 7,20...
Calvin Chin: The Motivation for Social Innovation in China and “Making Epic Shit”
At Mailman Group’s T13 conference in Shanghai yesterday, one of the city’s top entrepreneurial v...
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...
LongPlay Allows Peers To Listen To Your Music While On The Move
LongPlay is a mobile app that allows your peers to listen to your music on the move.
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...
WeChat Squashes Rumor: We’re Free To Use!
WeChat sent an official update to all of its users in China that the mobile messaging app will remai...
‘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...
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 ...
Xiaomi Revamps Flagship Phone Ahead of Hong Kong and Taiwan Launches
There’s a Xiaomi fan festival going on right now in Beijing. It turned into a surprise product...
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