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This is big. Chinese online video monoliths Youku and Tudou have announced the completion of their billion dollar merger, with the latter set to halt trading on the Nasdaq today.The reason Tudou is the one to leave the stock market is because it's now a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

Chinese online video giants Youku and Tudou have announced plans to merge.According to Tudou the deal will take the form of a 100% stock-for-stock transaction, with the new company to be called Youku Tudou Inc."We intend to lead the next phase of online video development in China. Youku ...

Chinese video integration site Tudou has announced an enhanced video-sharing site for China’s most popular microblogging platform Sina Weibo.The companies claim that the platform will allow any Sina Weibo user who isn't already registered on Tudou to "upload and share videos seamlessly to and from Tudou's video site".The ...

China's official state news agency has called on websites in the country to put a stop to the "cancer" of online rumours. The call is believed to be the latest sign of unease over the potential of social networks to subvert the official Communist Party line.The call, from the ...

China's largest microblogging service has contacted millions of its users warning them to ignore any false reports spread over the network. The move is being viewed by some as a sign of growing unease over the rise of social networking sites in the country.Sina sent at least two messages ...

Much has been written of late about the Chinese government’s efforts to control and censor the internet. The government’s censorship of websites is an important issue, but it is not the top priority of the country’s 420-million internet users (netizens). Their top priority? Connecting with other Chinese online.The internet ...

Shares in Chinese online video company Youku.com's soared 161 percent on their first day of trading on Wall Street -- the strongest New York Stock Exchange debut in more than five years.Youku's founder and chief executive Victor Koo rang the opening bell on Wednesday to celebrate the firm's debut, which ...

A crying shop girl runs in front of a red convertible, staring down the driver as he screeches to a halt. "That Love Comes" has all the elements of Chinese television drama, only it is not on TV.The show is the first made-for-internet original production by Shanghai-based Tudou, a web ...