GSMA Announces Summit Speakers, Key Exhibition Feature Areas, and New Exhibitors, Partners and Sponsors

Shanghai, China, May 24, 2017 /ChinaNewswire.com/ – The GSMA today highlighted new developments for the 2017 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 28 June – 1 July 2017 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). The GSMA provided several updates, announcing the first confirmed speakers for the conference summit sessions, introducing… Read More

China’s Gaming Market Scale To Reach USD26 Billion In 2017

The Chinese gaming market scale will reach USD26 billion by the end of 2017 and mobile games will continue to …

Alibaba’s Mobile Advertising Income Reached USD11 Billion In 2016

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group realized USD11 billion mobile advertising revenue in 2016, accounting for 40.3% market share in the …

White Paper: China Newswire Says Brand Storytelling Is Vital Task For Social Media Interaction With Consumers

Shanghai, China, September 1, 2016 /ChinaNewswire.com/ – Twenty years ago, brands could take their time to craft a brand with Chinese consumers. But today, the Internet compels companies to use faster techniques to build brands, engage influencers, and put out social media fires. And the cornerstone focus for companies should be on effective brand storytelling.… Read More

Blockbuster Investment Shines On Chinese Movie Review Website

movie theaterTwo thumbs up for Dushe, the Chinese movie review website that has just raised about US$11 million. Bertelsmann Asia Investments …

Censorship To Blame For VC-Backed Chinese Website Outage?

Fenda appWhen a website goes offline, it’s often the result of a DDoS attack, forgotten domain name purchase, or bad programming. …

Momo Cancels Go-Private Deal To Focus On Live Short Video

momoChinese mobile social networking firm Momo Inc. says an investor group including chairman and CEO Tang Yan has withdrawn its …

Alibaba’s Chief Bets Big On Internet Gambling, Which Is Banned In China

wasting moneyDon’t believe anyone who says Alibaba.com’s founder Jack Ma doesn’t intend to upset the status quo and sense of stability …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cheetah Mobile Forms Partnership For Native Ads With Yahoo

Chinese Internet and mobile Internet security company Cheetah Mobile announced a strategic deal with Yahoo for mobile search and native advertising platform partnerships. With the cooperation, Cheetah Mobile will integrate Yahoo’s “search in Apps” function into its various products, which will allow its users to enjoy Yahoo’s latest Buzz search tool as well as other […]

China’s Dianping.com Expands Into Singapore

Chinese classified information site Dianping.com has inked a strategic deal with Singapore Tourism Board to provide various services to Chinese tourists visiting Singapore. The two parties will combine resources to cover dining, hotel, traveling, sightseeing, shopping and entertainment. Dianping.com will integrate information from tens of thousands of Singapore vendors, providing tickets of over 60 popular […]

Legend Holdings Invests In Chinese Social Mobility Company

Legend Holdings announced a USD58.5 million strategic investment in Social Touch, a corporate mobile social marketing solutions provider in China. Social Touch, which was formerly known as ShiquTech, was established in 2011. As a social management system, service and data solutions provider, the company mainly focuses on providing Social CRM solutions to enterprises. Commenting on […]

Tmall.com Teams With Oil Giant For Mobile Payments

Chinese B2C e-commerce platform Tmall.com and China National Petroleum Corporation’s Hunan branch will integrate their resources to launch a mobile payment service model. Tmall.com, which is a subsidiary of Alibaba, said that the company will integrate Alibaba’s ecosphere to help CNPC Hunan implement an “Internet Plus” transformation that includes an online store, mobile payment, big […]

Coolpad Appoints Letv’s Chief As Executive Director

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has appointed Jia Yueting, chairman and general manager of Letv.com, and Liu Hongwei, vice chairman and deputy general manager of Letv.com, as executive directors, effective immediately. According to the company, Jia and Liu signed three-year service contracts with Coolpad, starting from August 17, 2015. Both of them will receive CNY1 million […]

BlueFocus Acquires Stakes In Two Chinese Mobile Ad Companies

Brand management company BlueFocus Communication Group will acquire two major mobile advertising companies Domob Limited and Madhouse Inc. The report revealed that BlueFocus will acquire a 100% stake in Domob Limited and a 95% stake in Domob Network Technology for USD289 million; and the company will acquire a 51% stake in Madhouse Inc. for USD61.2 […]

China’s Tencent Invests In Another American Mobile Game Firm

Tencent reportedly invested USD60 million in the acquisition of a 20% stake in Pocket Gems, a start-up mobile game company in America. Tencent will gain one position on the board of directors at Pocket Gems, according to reports in foreign media. Founded in 2009, Pocket Gems is headquartered in San Francisco and the company is […]

Profit Drops For China’s Three Top Telecom Operators

China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom published their performance for the first quarter of 2015 and all of them reported a net profit decline during the period. China Mobile said that the company’s operating revenue in the first quarter of 2015 was CNY160.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%; while its net profit was […]

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 search engine service Baidu.jp. A spokesperson from Baidu confirmed that the Japanese search engine has been shut down. However, the spokesperson quoted in local Chinese media said they will not rule out the possibility to […]

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 will be reportedly realized in cash and stock. Fu Sheng, chief executive officer of Cheetah Mobile, said that by integrating Cheetah Mobile’s large and increasing mobile traffic with MobPartner’s global advertiser resources, leading mobile advertising […]

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 it benefit consumers in China? China’s two leading taxi-hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache jointly announced on February 14, 2015, that the two companies will realize a strategic integration and they will hold an […]

Facebook To Establish Office In Taiwan

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

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 Facebook’s Whatsapp, Tencent’s Wechat, and Apple’s iMessage.

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 as Baidu aims to develop international businesses through mobile services.