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

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

10 years ago

Telstra Appoints New Chairman For Autohome

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

10 years ago

CNY2 Billion Deal Amps Up Chinese Smartphone’s Appeal

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

10 years ago

MSN Ceases Chinese Operations

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

10 years ago

Nothing Virtual For Iqiyi’s Latest VR Product

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

10 years ago

Streaming Content Pays Dividends For China’s Letv

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

Net Losses For Baixing.com’s Online Classifieds Business

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

10 years ago

Who Knew Chinese Food Delivery Could Get So Big?

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

China Can Be Deadly For Foreign E-commerce Firms

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

10 years ago

Americans Can Now Use China’s Didi Ride Hailing App

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

10 years ago

Japanese Cosmetics Gain Internet Boost In China Via New Agreement

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

10 years ago

China’s Xiaomi Eyes Bollywood With Latest Investment

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

10 years ago

China.com Finds New Buyer For CNY150 Million

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

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

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

10 years ago

Lenovo Begins Major Business Reshuffle Next Week

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

10 years ago

LinkedIn Expands Headhunting Reach Into China

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

10 years ago

Facebook’s Founder Loses Face While Catching Breath In Beijing

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

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

Aston Martin Signs Chinese Internet Of Vehicles Deal

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

10 years ago

Chinese Internet Recruitment Business Names New Chairman

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

10 years ago

Chinese Mobile Phone Users Sent 699.2 Billion Texts Last Year

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

10 years ago