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JD.com Formally Launches Cross-border E-commerce Platform

Chinese B2C e-commerce provider JD.com formally launched its cross-border Internet shopping services, which allows Chinese users to conveniently purchase quality…

10 years ago

China’s Baidu Bids Sayonara To Japanese Search Engine

Following several years' operation in the Japanese market, Chinese search engine company Baidu announced a decision to close its Japanese…

10 years ago

Japanese E-commerce Firm Makes Chinese Rebate Investment

Japan-based Rakuten has taken a minority stake in Fanli.com, one of China's online rebate and rebate-based flash sale companies. The…

10 years ago

Chinese E-commerce Customer Complaints Up 174.4% In Q1 2015

Consumer complaints during the first quarter of 2015 for Internet shopping increased by 174.4% year-on-year to 24,100 cases, according to…

10 years ago

China’s Leading Classified Information Websites Announce Merger

Chinese lifestyle service platform 58.com announced a merger with its classified information listings competitor Ganji.com. According to the agreement, 58.com…

10 years ago

Google Freezes Chinese Websites And Certificate Authority

Thousands of Chinese websites will soon be marked unsafe by Google's Chrome browser. Adam Langley, a Google security engineer, says,…

10 years ago

Alibaba Becomes Exclusive Distributor For BMG In China

BMG, a music business subsidiary of Germany's Bertelsmann Group, has signed an exclusive online music distribution agreement for the Chinese…

10 years ago

Yandex Teams With Chinese E-commerce For Cross-Border Payments

Chinese and Russian technology companies plan to jointly launch an e-commerce platform which aims to promote the cross-border trading between…

10 years ago

China’s Cheetah Mobile Acquires MobPartner For USD58 Million

China's Cheetah Mobile has acquired the entire stake in the global mobile marketing company MobPartner for USD58 million. The payment…

10 years ago

Amazon’s Flagship Store On Tmall.com Begins Trial In China

Amazon China Z.cn announced that its official flagship store on Tmall.com has started trial operation and will be formally launched…

10 years ago

What Twitter Can And Can’t Do In Hong Kong As It Views China

Hong Kong's geographic proximity to mainland China belies the gulf in business practices, Internet laws, and access that Twitter will…

10 years ago

What’s The Future For Taxi Apps In China?

On Valentine's Day, two of China's taxi-hailing apps agreed to merge. But is this a good business decision and does…

10 years ago

Game Over For Zynga’s Beijing Office

American game developer Zynga announced that the company will close its office in Beijing. Zynga announced the decision while publishing…

10 years ago

Chinese Internet Company Sets Domain Name Record With USD17 Million Purchase

How much is a good website domain name worth these days? An insider from Qihoo 360 confirmed that the company…

10 years ago

Possible Class Action Suit Against Alibaba For Disclosure Failures

Alibaba and its executives may feel the sting of American jurisprudence as law firms line up for possible class action…

10 years ago

Facebook To Establish Office In Taiwan

Facebook will reportedly set up a new office in Taiwan which will be engaged in platform advertising sales.

10 years ago

Is China Mobile Now Competing With Whatsapp And Wechat?

Chinese information technology solutions provider Ultrapower's wholly-owned subsidiary is helping China's biggest mobile provider compete with instant messaging apps like…

10 years ago

Kingsoft, Huaduo Group Sign Online Game Cooperation Agreement

Kingsoft Corporation Limited signed a joint operation framework agreement for games with Huaduo Group.

10 years ago

Nokia Here To Provide Overseas Map Data For Baidu

Chinese search engine company Baidu recently reached an agreement with Nokia to provide map services to Chinese users outside China…

10 years ago

Beijing Subway Vulnerability Can Disrupt Normal Transportation Operation

Crushing masses of people, airborne viruses, and smelly air are not the only threats for travelers on Beijing's subway system…

10 years ago

Suning Appoints Management Committee Chairman For PPTV

China's Suning announced plans to increase its strategic investment in PPTV, a Chinese video website. At the same time, its…

10 years ago

Baidu Also Wants To Own China’s Offline Reading World

If China's top Internet search engine controls Chinese literature the way it delivers Internet search results, be prepared for Baidu.com…

10 years ago

58.com Delivers Common Chores Direct To Chinese Consumers

Chinese classified information website 58.com announced the launch of a new housekeeping service brand named "58 Daojia" and appointed Chen…

10 years ago

Xiaomi Invests USD10 Million In Youku-Tudou

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announced that the company plans to invest USD10 million to purchase shares of Youku-Tudou from the…

10 years ago

NetEase Closes Chinese Blog Services

Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com announced that the company will officially close its blog services and recommends users to move their…

10 years ago

Renren Kills Non-core Chinese Internet Businesses

Chen Yizhou, chief executive officer of Renren, says the company is planning to sell some non-core businesses to improve their…

10 years ago

JD.com Teams With China Post To Expand O2O To Small Chinese Towns

Chinese B2C e-commerce website JD.com and China Post Group have reached a strategic deal to jointly develop an e-commerce platform…

10 years ago

Facebook Hits The Same Wall As Apple In China

The leaders of Facebook and Apple were in China this past week on separate missions with the same goal: gain…

10 years ago