Report: Ruling Sees iPads Taken off Shelves in China
Reports in China are suggesting that authorities have begun removing Apple iPads from retail stores in the country following a court ruling that a local monitor company owns the right to…
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Nokia's Lumia 800 Tipped for China Launch in March
Sources in China are reporting that the Nokia Lumia 800 will be launched in China in March, with the Windows Phone 7 device set to become available on China Telecom’s…
Tencent Mobile Gaming Platform Hits 200M Users
Tencent this week revealed some impressive statistics around the success of its mobile gaming platform, Mobile QQ Game Hall, which has surpassed 200 million registered users. According to a report…
Facebook, Google, Twitter: 3 Approaches to China
As the social media space in Western markets edges closer to the point of saturation, the Internet’s top firms are tightening their focus on emerging markets where they can continue…
Politics and Celebs Feed Google+ Growth in Asia
Google+ is now up to 90 million users worldwide and while the spotlight shines on its battle with Facebook and Twitter, and the ongoing enhancements it makes to its platform, Google…
China: Video Site Tudou Links with Sina Weibo
Chinese video sharing site Tudou has introduced an enhanced sharing platform for Sina Weibo that will allow users of the microblogging site to more easily share content from its service, according to…
Facebook's challenge is China, not Asia
There’s nothing like a social network IPO to get people interested in Asia. Well, going on the most significant one to date, which saw Facebook file for a $5 billion…
Japan's DeNA to Grow in China with Baidu Yi Deal
Japanese mobile social gaming firm DeNA has announced a strategic alliance with Baidu that will see its Mobage games platform get its own dedicated section on the mobile app store for…
China Telecom Confirms Imminent iPhone 4S Launch
China Telecom has confirmed that it will begin selling the Apple iPhone 4S in just over a month as its partnership with Apple is set to break rival China Unicom’s…
More Support Could See Apple Sell 40M iPhones in China
Analysts at Morgan Stanley have predicted that Apple could sell more than 40 million iPhones in China this year, but only if the company partners with new operators in the country,…
Report: Half of Retweets on Sina Weibo are Spam
New research from HP Labs Social Computing Research Group has suggested that the spam problem on China’s Sina Weibo, the closest thing to Twitter (which is banned in the country), may…
2011 Saw Apple Commission 229 Audits on Chinese Operations
Apple is actively working to improve its green and ethical credentials and remedy the well-known problems within its operations in China, after it was revealed that the company commissioned 229…
China Builds Its Own Hackers Mentality
I’ve recently completed a week long stint in China and have seen and experienced some very interesting moments relating to the Internet which made wonder how it affects Chinese businesses…
Tips for doing business in China
The internet market in China is enormous and growing. As Jon was writing earlier Chinese citizens spend significantly more time on the internet than Americans and, in spite of Chinese…
Budget iPhone Could Revolutionize Asia
Barely a week has passed over the last couple of years without rumour, leaks or ‘irrefutable proof’ that Apple will introduce a lower-cost iPhone aimed squarely at developing markets. The…
