Censorship Is LinkedIn’s China Friend As It Boasts User Milestone
Shen Boyang, LinkedIn’s global vice president and China president, said that the company’s number of users in China has surpassed …
Twitter’s Appointment Of New China Chief Won’t Mean Much
Jace Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter, announced via a tweet that the company has appointed Kathy Chen as Twitter’s …
Is China Responsible For Hong Kong’s Cyber Attack Increase?
The past year has seen both more civil unrest and more advanced cyber attacks in Hong Kong. Is there a …
Alibaba’s South China Morning Post Purchase Puts Focus On News Coverage
Chinese e-commerce boss Jack Ma is emulating America’s Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos, who recently purchased The Washington Post, by purchasing his own media empire in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post. Alibaba Group Holding Limited says it has entered into a definite agreement to acquire the South China Morning Post and other media assets […]
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 find between the refined transparency of Hong Kong and the nuances and perils of the mainland Chinese Internet sector. Twitter announced plans this week to open an office in Hong Kong. Though the company says […]
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 […]
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 lawsuits in the United States against the Chinese e-commerce company. At least five law firms so far have expressed intentions to commence class actions against Alibaba. For example, a complain from Robbins Geller Rudman & […]