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Behind the scenes of China’s biggest VC deals
Jixun Foo, managing partner at GGV Capital China, on his investments in Baidu and Hellobike and the Youku-Tudou merger.
Hans Tung · · 6 min read
Brief: Beijing in talks to take direct control of tech giants with 1% stake
The move would let regulators appoint government officials to companies’ boards and have a say in operations.
Eva Xiao · · 2 min read
Here’s what happens every minute online in China (Infographic)
We sorted through the numbers put out by some of China’s biggest internet companies, and brought them down to scale.
Erik Crouch · · 1 min read
Alibaba goes beyond ecommerce to powerful data sets
Is ecommerce only a launching platform for Alibaba to become a powerful data company? Why Alibaba could overtake Google.
Greg Armshaw · · 3 min readAlibaba just agreed to buy Youku in a $4.4b deal. Here’s why
Aliababa just splashed a bunch of cash on China’s oldest video streaming giant. Why?
C. Custer · · 4 min read5 big reasons Alibaba is spending over $4 billion to acquire a video site
This is yet another landmark deal as China’s tech industry sees more consolidation. So what might Alibaba and Jack Ma have in mind?
Steven Millward · · 5 min readAlibaba bets big on video with $4.2B proposed acquisition of Youku
Alibaba’s buy-out of Youku values the video site at about US$4.2 billion, according to earliest calculations.
Steven Millward · · 2 min readChina’s top video streaming site now getting 900M views each day
Youku and sister site Tudou now get 900 million views each day and have 150 million daily active users, the company revealed today.
Steven Millward · · 2 min readChina’s Youku video portal will launch a 15.6-inch tablet, smart router, and set-top box next month
Youku Tudou, one of China’s biggest online video portals, today revealed its first ever hardware products. They include a wifi router, set-top box, and Android tablet.
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read