China’s Weibo Enters Thailand

Jiaranai Entertainment, the general distributor of Sina’s microblog service in Thailand, announced that China’s Sina microblog service at Weibo.com has officially entered the Thai market.

China’s Weibo Shuts Messaging Door To Outside Social Media Developers

Sina.com’s microblog service Weibo.com has fully closed its open platform private messaging interface to prevent third-party applications from sending private messages to Weibo users.

China’s Tudou.com Reinvigorates IPO Plans As CEO Settles Marital Dispute

Amid a thunderous drop in Chinese companies’ market capitalization in recent weeks, Tudou.com has filed an amendment to its filing for an initial public offering in the United States to raise money for its online video operations in China.

Sina Microblog, China Telecom Ink Deal

The microblog channel of Sina.com and China Telecom have signed an agreement to implement a cooperation for products based on the microblog services at Sina.com.

Tencent To Operate New South Korean Online Game In China

Chinese Internet company Tencent has gained the rights to operate Blade & Soul, a new online game developed by the South Korean company NCsoft, on the Chinese mainland.

Sina.com Fails To Keep Internet Profit Growing In China

Chinese online and wireless media company Sina Corporation says its profit fell on higher costs as it announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

China’s Phoenix New Media Announces IPO Plans

Chinese online news and video media service Phoenix New Media Limited filed its F-1 statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to raise up to USD200 million in an initial public offering.

Chinese Group Buying Navigation Website Opened By Shanda

China’s Shanda has announced its launch a new navigation site, Tuan.sdo.com, for group buying websites.

Sina.com Launches New Social Media Domain For Microblog

Chinese Internet company Sina.com has officially launched a new domain name, weibo.com, for its microblog product, and the company has also adopted a new logo for the social media business.

Sina.com, China Dongxiang To Acquire 29% Stake In Chinese E-commerce Company

Shanghai-based mail order and Internet retailer Mecox Lane has announced that Sina.com and China Dongxiang plan to purchase 117,505,755 ordinary shares from its two major shareholders, Maxpro Holdings Limited and Ever Keen Holdings Limited.

China’s Renren.com Publishes Strategic Products List

Chinese social networking site Renren.com has published its five annual strategic products, covering information, entertainment, and location services, and what it plans for 2011.

Shanda Open Platform Reaches Cooperation With Sina Microblog

Shanda Open Platform and Sina.com’s microblog service have reached a cooperation agreement to implant the various gaming applications of Shanda Open Platform into the microblog sector of Sina.com.

Sina.com Forecasts Lower Net Revenue From Chinese Internet Operations

Chinese online and wireless value-added service media company Sina Corporation announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, and said net revenues grew 12% year over year to USD108.2 million but the company expects lower results in the following quarter.

Sina.com Begins Social Media Deal With MSN China

Chinese Internet company Sina.com and Microsoft’s MSN China has jointly announced that the two parties have signed a strategic cooperation agreement and formally entered a social media strategic partnership.

Chinese Internet Real Estate Company Posts Quarterly Numbers

China Real Estate Information Corporation, an online real estate information service in China, announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

China’s Sina.com Publishes First Microblog White Paper

Chinese portal website Sina.com has published its first white paper targeting the Chinese microblog market.