Yang Weidong Earns President Role At China’s Biggest Video Producer

Yang WeidongUser-generated content first propelled Youku and Tudou into a post-IPO merger, and then Alibaba took control and privatized the company. …

Telstra Appoints New Chairman For Autohome

Cynthia WhelanAustralia-based Telstra has appointed Cynthia Whelan as new chairman of Autohome.com.cn, a Chinese automobile website. Autohome’s former chairman Timothy Chen …

CNY2 Billion Deal Amps Up Chinese Smartphone’s Appeal

LeTV phoneChinese mobile phone retail channel provider D.Phone and Letv have reached a strategic deal with total value of CNY2 billion. …

MSN Ceases Chinese Operations

MSN China endsMicrosoft’s portal website in China at Cn.msn.com will stop providing its Simplified Chinese services from June 7, 2016. Cn.msn.com is …

Nothing Virtual For Iqiyi’s Latest VR Product

Iqiyi IVRChinese Internet video provider Iqiyi announced the launch of its virtual reality product set named iVR+. The company also launched …

Streaming Content Pays Dividends For China’s Letv

Letv.com screenshotChinese Internet video website Letv.com announced that during the first quarter of 2016 it achieved operating revenue of CNY4.63 billion, …

China’s Baidu Misses Expectations As Net Profit Crashes 18.9%

Baidu mobile appChinese search engine company Baidu published its unaudited financial report for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, stating that …

Censorship Is LinkedIn’s China Friend As It Boasts User Milestone

LinkedIn Censorship in ChinaShen Boyang, LinkedIn’s global vice president and China president, said that the company’s number of users in China has surpassed …

Who’s To Blame For Apple’s China Closure?

blameApple’s iTunes and iBook users in China the past few days have been unable to access their accounts and data …

Net Losses For Baixing.com’s Online Classifieds Business

online classifiedsChinese classified information website Baixing.com released its first annual financial report after its IPO, and the company’s operating revenue in …

Who Knew Chinese Food Delivery Could Get So Big?

takeoutNow that Ele.me’s agreement with Alibaba and Ant Financial for a combined USD1.25 billion investment is signed, the company has …

Alibaba Invests USD1 Billion To Control Southeast Asia E-commerce Leader

Asian E-commerceAlibaba Group announced that they will invest USD1 billion to subscribe a controlling stake in Lazada, including about USD500 million …

Twitter’s Appointment Of New China Chief Won’t Mean Much

Twitter in ChinaJace Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter, announced via a tweet that the company has appointed Kathy Chen as Twitter’s …

China Can Be Deadly For Foreign E-commerce Firms

Asos.cn websiteAsos, a leading fashion e-commerce operator in Great Britain, announced plans to end its China business after less than three …

Americans Can Now Use China’s Didi Ride Hailing App

ride hailingChinese taxi-hailing app Didi is now available in America and users can complete payment via WeChat or Alipay with automated …

Japanese Cosmetics Gain Internet Boost In China Via New Agreement

BioreJD Worldwide, the cross-border online shopping platform of JD.com, reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Japanese daily commodity and cosmetics …

China’s Xiaomi Eyes Bollywood With Latest Investment

Bollywood musicChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recently led the investments of USD25 million in Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, an online music and …

China.com Finds New Buyer For CNY150 Million

China.com ScreenshotChina.com, the first big tech IPO from China and one-time darling of netizens of Beijing in the late 1990s before …

Apple’s iPhone SE Receives Over 3.4 Million Orders In China

iPhone SEApple’s new 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE had received over 3.4 million orders in the Chinese market. According to statistics provided …

China’s 58.com Gears Up For New Tech Growth

58comIts homepage may appear staid and plain, but the backend technology running Chinese classified information website 58.com is ramping up …

China’s Youzu.com Acquires German Game Maker For CNY580 Million

FarmeramaYouzu.com announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Yousu GmbH signed a share purchase agreement with Germany’s Bigpoint Investments GmbH, aiming to …

Lenovo Begins Major Business Reshuffle Next Week

LenovoIt probably hurts to be a manager at Lenovo today. Nearly all of the company’s business groups face upheaval in …

LinkedIn Expands Headhunting Reach Into China

linkedinLinkedIn, the U.S.-based social network for working professionals, announced that the company has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese …

Facebook’s Founder Loses Face While Catching Breath In Beijing

Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg, the American founder of Facebook, jogged in Beijing this week. And it caught everybody’s attention. Chinese social media …

Is China Responsible For Hong Kong’s Cyber Attack Increase?

Hong Kong CybersecurityThe past year has seen both more civil unrest and more advanced cyber attacks in Hong Kong. Is there a …

Aston Martin Signs Chinese Internet Of Vehicles Deal

Aston MartinChina’s Letv and the luxury British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin signed an electric car joint venture MOU in Frankfurt, …

Chinese Internet Recruitment Business Names New Chairman

recruitmentChinese Internet recruitment website Zhaopin.com announced Peter Everingham, managing director of SEEK International, is the company’s new chairman of the …

Chinese Mobile Phone Users Sent 699.2 Billion Texts Last Year

Messaging ChinaChinese mobile phone users sent out a total of 699.2 billion short messages in 2015, according to statistics from the …