Shanda’s Mochi Media Warns Tencent About Game Infringement

Mochi Media, a Flash game development platform owned by Shanda Games, has issued an open letter, claiming that the Chinese Internet company Tencent has pirated its games.

Kingsoft, Tencent Join Baidu’s Chinese Internet Ethics Cleansing Campaign

Chinese Internet companies Kingsoft and Tencent have announced their intentions to join Baidu’s recently launched campaign to make the Chinese Internet a safer place.

Chinese Instant Messaging Software Goes Global

Tencent Holdings Limited announced the launch of their QQ International instant messenger product.

Malware Attacks Don’t Keep Tencent From Generating More China Revenue

Tencent Holdings Limited, one of China’s top Internet firms, announced its unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Rumors Flow In China For Dangdang.com’s E-Commerce IPO In The USA

Amidst a shuffle of blog posts and news reports in China, rumors are forming that Chinese e-commerce company Dangdang.com is planning an initial public offering on Nasdaq sometime in the next few weeks.

China’s Tencent To Acquire 49.92% Stake In Thai Portal

Chinese Internet company Tencent Holdings has announced that it plans to acquire a 49.92% stake in the Thai portal website Sanook.com for HKD81.7 million.

APAC: 4,000 Fake “Taobao” Websites Closed By July 2010

The Anti-Phishing Alliance of China has announced that by the end of July 2010, the alliance had received 19,817 reports related to phishing websites, and e-commerce websites were the most imitated ones.

Rumor: NetEase.com May Take 50% Stake In MSN China

According to reports in local media, the Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com is in contact with MSN China and intends to take a 50% stake in MSN China from Shanghai Alliance Investment.

Tencent To Acquire Remaining Stake In SZdomain For CNY150 Million

The Chinese Internet company Tencent Holdings Limited has published an announcement, stating that it will acquire the remaining 40% stake in SZdomain, a Shenzhen-based online game developer and operator, for a consideration of over CNY150 million. On the completion of this transaction, Tencent will own the complete stake in SZdomain. Tencent said that it will […]

Tencent, China Merchants Bank Sign Strategic Agreement

Chinese Internet company Tencent and China Merchants Bank have signed a strategic cooperating agreement to realize overall cooperation for the construction of a financial service platform.

China’s Tencent Buys USD300 Million Stake In Eastern European Internet Firm

China’s Tencent Holdings Limited announced a USD300 million investment in Digital Sky Technologies Limited, a large Internet company focused on Russian-speaking and Eastern European markets.

China’s Tencent To Focus More On Search Engine Services

With the slogan of “Soso knows you better”, the Chinese Internet company Tencent has announced plans to set up its fifth major business division for the development of search engine services in 2010.

China’s Renren.com Teams With Samsung To Create SNS Ecosphere

Chinese social networking site Renren.com and the South Korean electronics company Samsung have announced in Beijing that the two companies have reached cooperation and will jointly create a social networking service ecosphere based on products of both parties.

Initiative Launched For Parents To Supervise Online Games In China

According to ifeng.com, an initiative has been launched in China to enable parents to supervise computer games that their children play.

China’s Ministry Of Culture Publishes Online Game Market White Paper

China’s Ministry of Culture has published “2009 China Online Game Market White Paper”, which reviews the general development and management of China’s online game industry in 2009 and reveals authoritative data for the industry.