Tmall.com to use mystery shoppers to fight fake products
Tweet In a spirited campaign to eliminate selling of fake products from its website, Tmall (tmall.com),China’s leading business-to-consumer (B2C) platform has recruited mystery shoppers. The several hundred volunteers engaged in…
The Top 20 most valuable brands in China
Tweet The world’s largest provider of telecommunication services by subscribers, China Mobile Ltd (NYSE: CHL, HKG: 0941) has scooped the top award as China’s most valuable brand for a second…
China’s Youku.com and Tudou.com fight over video copyright theft
Tweet Two of China’s leading online video companies, Youku.com and Tudou.com, have become embroiled in a fight over copyright infringement. Such a fight may surprise casual observers of China, since…
Chinese Christmas shopping gives Taobao.com a sales record of USD 676 million
Tweet Christmas promotional activities on China’s top consumer marketplace website, Taobao.com, have yielded 4.3 billion yuan (USD 676 million) in gross merchandise transactions. The Alibaba Group, speaking on Tuesday said…
Google starts construction of USD 300m datacenter in Hong Kong
Tweet At a ground breaking ceremony held on Thursday, Google Inc. announced that it is planning to invest 300 million US dollars in its Hong Kong datacenter. According to the…
Baidu spins Youa.com off using venture capital funding
Tweet China’s most popular search engine, Baidu.com Inc (NAQ:BIDU), has spun off Youa.com, its e-commerce platform. Qiming Venture Partners and IDG-ACCEL have already given the new company millions of dollars in…
Over half of Apple iPhones in China have been jailbroken
Tweet Over half of iPad and iPhone users in China have jail broken their Apple devices ostensibly to avoid paying for applications, a report released by research firms yesterday shows.…
Alibaba testing Laiwang, a new social network
Tweet (Reuters) – Alibaba Group, China’s largest e-commerce company, said on Friday it is beta-testing a new social-networking-product, as the firm expands outside e-commerce to seek other revenue streams. An…
Alibaba’s slower growth unnerves markets about China
Tweet Alibaba Group (HKG:1688), one of China’s largest internet firms, has sent concern through Asian markets today by posting a slower than expected growth in its profit. The concern may…
Dreamworks Animation to invest USD 2 billion setting up Shanghai studio
Tweet Dreamworks Animation SKG, the company behind hit animation movies Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, is planning to set up a joint venture animation studio in Shanghai by January next…
