Alibaba Group to Drive Major Investment in Logistics in China
Alibaba Group, Chinas leading e-commerce company today announced, it is planning to build a network of warehouses across China and hopes to mobilize other partners to join in this effort…
George Godula
George Godula, Shanghai resident for 5 years, is co-founder of Web2Asia – a full-service market entry partner for Western Internet companies in China, Japan and Korea. The company additionally incubates and invest in local start-ups in the region. George is also the Managing Director of the international direct marketing agency MH | direkt’s Asian subsidiary. Read up on his company at http://www.web2asia.com and subscribe to his Twitter account here
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Tencent QQ launches international IM v1.0; announces English language SNS
Tencent, the largest Internet company in China and best known for their instant messenger product QQ, today announced the launch of version 1 of their QQ International (QQi 1.0) IM….
Chinese eCommerce Platform Taobao Launches App Store
Taobao, the largest online shopping destination in China, has today announced the launch of the Taobao App Store and will invest RMB10 million (US$1.46 million) to foster promising independent software…
Breaking: Chinese entertainment company Shanda acquires local Youtube clone Ku6.com
Sina broke the news today that – according to an unnamed insider – Chinese entertainment company Shanda (NasdaqGS: SNDA) has just completed the acquisition of local Youtube clone Ku6. Ku6…
Latest statistics on online SNS usage in China
The Chinese Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) yesterday released its latest report (Chinese only) covering the usage of online social networks in the Middle Kingdom. Before highlighting some of the…
Clarification from the Ministry of Culture on Chinese online game investments
I have just received several documents relating to last weeks announcements from the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) “prohibiting foreign investment in domestic online gaming operations through…
China bans foreign investment in online games: O RLY?
Apparently good news for people that love bad news: just in time for “GDC China” which is taking place in Shanghai these days (not to be confused with “China GDC”…
