Search engine Baidu’s profit nearly doubled in 2011
Tweet Baidu, China’s leading internet search engine, has revealed a 91.4% increase in profits in 2011 as its usage grows and online advertising in China accelerates. The results were better…
First phone to run Baidu’s operating system hits China’s streets
Tweet Baidu has cemented its unofficial role as the Google of China with the launch of a Dell mobile phone that runs the new Baidu Yi operating system. The Dell…
A guide to China’s internet industry: Search
Tweet While most of the world uses internet tools and services developed in California, China has built its own. At first glance the technology leaders in China may seem no…
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…
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…
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…
Baidu sued over allowing unauthorized game downloads
Tweet Baidu, China’s version of Google, is facing court action yet again. In the latest case, a group of game developers is suing the internet giant for more than 30…
Baidu’s near monopoly of Chinese search engine market could be investigated
Tweet Baidu’s continued dominance on the Chinese online search engine market could soon be a subject of investigation by anti-trust regulators, according to Analysis, an internet research firm. Currently, Baidu…
Chinese search engine Baidu delivers ‘stellar’ 89% growth
Tweet Baidu, the leading search engine in China, has announced another impressive set of financial results. Revenues in the three months to September 2011 reached RMB4.2 billion (USD655 million), an…
China cracks down on internet to prevent ‘decay of society’
Tweet China has started a crackdown on what it describes as unruly internet usage. What has started as detention for two people accused of spreading misinformation though is likely to…
