China

Sina Weibo now claims 50m active users a day

China’s Twitter equivalent and social networking super power Sin Weibo claims that it now has around 50-million active users a day. The figure, which…

Flipboard gets the Great Firewall treatment in China

It looks like Flipboard has become the latest victim to fall prey to the Great Firewall, the state-run system of censorship and surveillance that…

China’s internet wars: who’s sided with who?

The battle between China’s internet giants is only becoming more contentious, and the nation’s major companies seem to be making acquisitions and partnerships at…

Mobile video gets massive: China’s Youku hits 200m daily mobile views

It’s mobile, mobile, mobile with China’s video sites these days as they chase China’s middle-income web users onto tablets and smartphones. Today Youku (NYSE:YOKU)…

Alibaba reportedly set to buy stake in streaming video service PPTV

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is apparently in the final stages of talks to buy a stake in streaming video service PPTV, with an announcement…

Sina Weibo users can now post to Facebook… unless they’re in China

This is interesting. Anyone even vaguely familiar with the Chinese online scene knows that Western social networks like Twitter and Facebook are banned in…

Chinese government wants 5 more Lenovos by 2015

There’s no doubting that Lenovo is one of the Chinese tech scene’s greatest success stories. The electronics manufacturer is growing fast is set to…

9 Chinese tech companies that could go public in 2013

2011 saw economic turmoil and financial scandals that led to only two Chinese tech companies venturing to IPO in 2012. But 2013 is looking…

Sina Weibo launches in-stream advertising in bid to boost revenue

China’s most prominent microblogging (or weibo) service Sina Weibo has followed the path worn by Twitter, officially launching in-stream advertising. The social giant has…

Tencent’s WeChat passes 300m users, says 100m joined in last 4 months

The makers of WeChat said recently that the messaging app will likely soon surpass 300 million-registered users – and now that has officially happened….

Alibaba’s Jack Ma to step down as CEO, will remain chairman

Alibaba founder Jack Ma is set to step down as CEO of the Chinese ecommerce giant, although he will retain his seat as chairman…

China’s internet population keeps on growing, now numbers 564 million

China’s web registry regulator, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), has today released a new tranche of data showing the size of the…

Major Chinese angel investor calls for more online freedom

Like most of China’s big tech investment gurus, Xu Xiaoping is on Sina Weibo. And although fellow tech investor Kaifu Lee just spent some…

Why Chinese companies censor users overseas even though they don’t have to

A few days ago, I wrote about a rant posted to Sina Weibo and spotted by Global Voices Online in which an alleged member…

China’s gaming market was worth US$9.7bn in 2012

Gaming in China is getting to be seriously big business. In fact, it brought in an estimated US$9.7-billion in revenue last year, rising 35.1%…

China to hit 800m internet users by 2015

China already has the world’s largest online population but that doesn’t mean its growth is about to slow down any time soon. In fact,…

Why 2013 isn’t going to be a good year for tech in China

It’s no secret that I’m pretty pessimistic about 2013. Just a week ago, I said it would be the worst year ever for China tech….

Why a home-grown gaming console could be great for China’s tech space

I recently found myself on the Amazon China page for the CT-510, Lenovo-backed Eedoo’s $600 home entertainment system, reading the reviews. They are not…

Meeker files: emerging markets own web growth, mobile on top

People around the globe are still coming online on the for the first time in their millions. That much of that growth comes from…

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