Miss out on our China coverage last week? Worry not! Here’s our regular roundup of the top tech stories from the Middle Kingdom.
1. The Big Bang Theory and 3 other US TV shows banned from China’s video sites
China’s censors remove a handful of popular US TV shows from domestic video streaming sites, though it’s not yet clear why (and likely never will be).
2. Chinese city bans taxi finder apps (apart from ones the municipal government created)
Suzhou bans Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, two of China’s most popular taxi-hailing apps.
3. China’s girliest smartphone maker launches new model with 13MP selfie camera
Meitu makes cosmetics and all sorts of other girly products, but did you know that they also make a girly smartphone?
4. Alibaba and UCWeb team up to make another Chinese search engine, this time on mobile
The Chinese ecommerce firm’s latest bid to dominate smartphone screens sees it teaming up with the popular UCBrowser.
5. Ecommerce titan Alibaba goes multimedia with $1.22 billion investment in video site Youku
Another massive investment for China’s leading online shopping firm.
6. China’s Ctrip invests over $200 million in an online ticketing site
One of China’s most popular travel sites dumps a large sum of cash into local ticketing service LY.com
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