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China’s Online Black Market — Part I: QQ IM Credentials

Like on the rest of the world, in China some users’ online credentials and data are either used without their permission by some Internet companies ...

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Venture-Backed Travel Startup Bequ Takes SNS Seriously

Bequ, which sounds like “must go” but means “must be fun” in Chinese, is a travel site that lets you book trips, plan your itinerary, ...

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Nester Wants To Go Beyond A Kid-Safe Android Launcher To Teach Children Self-Control

It’s a conversation that many parents have had in this super technology era: “My kids keep begging me to hand them my cellphone, but I ...

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US-based Wish to Bring Chinese Online Retailers Reach More Targeted Overseas Audience on Mobile

It seems Wish can bring Chinese online retailers selling made-in-China goods overseas to the next level. Wish is a mobile shopping app that shows personalized items based ...

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WeChat Has Had 396M Monthly Active Users and 5.8M Public Accounts

WeChat monthly active users reached 396 million in more than 200 countries and regions as of this month (July 2014), WeChat disclosed yesterday at an event. ...

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Productivity Apps among the Biggest Chinese Ad Spenders in Overseas Markets

AppFlood, a global mobile advertising service with roots in China, found the biggest Chinese mobile ad spenders with it in Q2 2014, AppFlood found, are ...

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Dianping Saw 86% Growth in Monthly Active Users One Quarter after Landing on WeChat

Dianping’s mobile app had had 150 million users as of the end of June. Users are from 2300 cities and have contributed more than 36 ...

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WeChat Unveils an Ad Network for Public Accounts

WeChat unveils today a new self-serve advertising system for public accounts to monetize the traffic of their accounts or buy display ad placements in WeChat pages of other ...

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Smart Router HiWiFi Introduces Investment from Chipset Solution Provider MTK to Tap into Smart Home and Wearables

Smart WiFi router HiWifi announced today tens of millions of dollars in A+ round of funding from investment firm KPCB and MediaTek (or MTK), the ...

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5 Questions With SHIELD, A Smart Thermometer Made by Designers

Shield is a smart wristband thermometer that is friendly to young kids. The thermometer can be connected to an app that helps parents to track and ...

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WeChat Launches API for Smart Hardware

It’s an open secret that WeChat has been figuring ways to involve smart hardware products. We heard that WeChat might introduce a solution from an Internet-of-things ...

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24 million Internet-connected TV Sets Sold in China in 2013

In 2013, 23.97 million Internet-connected TV sets were sold in China, according to the latest report released by Chinese research firm iResearch. The Internet-connected TV sets include ...

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Jack Ma-owned Company to Acquire Stake in Chinese Fintech Service Provider Hundsun

In a regular press conference held by Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on June 17th, spokesperson Shen Danyang said that MOFCOM has established the case on June 4th ...

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Alibaba Pressured to Launch an Internet-of-things Service as JD is Announcing the Cloud Service for Smart Hardware Today

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), one of the largest online retailers and marketplaces in China, is launching a Could-based service for smart hardware today, as we reported earlier. ...

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Chinese Online Show Platform 9158 Plans IPO on the SEHK

Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Ltd., the parent company of online video broadcast platform9158.com, files for IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to raise up ...

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WeChat Relaunches Advertising System. Any Public Account with over 500 Subscribers Allowed to Join It.

WeChat has rebuilt the self-advertising system for public WeChat accounts and was beta launched yesterday. The previous one that debut in early this year was built by ...

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Chinese Tech Entrepreneurs Set to Disrupt the Lucrative Cosmetic Surgery Market

Korean cosmetic surgery institutes have long provided convenience to Chinese customers and increasingly more plastic surgery hospitals or surgeons in China shifted their business focus ...

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TechCrunch is Coming Back to Beijing!

The first ever TechCrunch Disrupt in China was held in 2011 in Beijing. TechNode, TechCrunch’s official partner in China, helped bring TechCrunch conference back to China last year ...

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ironSource Set up Office in China to Help the Chinese Go Global

We’ve seen an increasing interest from Chinese mobile apps in expanding overseas. The categories range from those that have been proven successful in China such as ...

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Qihoo 360 Launches a Mobile Search App, will Roll out In-app Search

Qihoo 360 launches the long-touted mobile search app today. Unsurprisingly, the app has voice search. What’s different between Qihoo way and others’ is two app ...

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Personalized News App Toutiao Lands $100mn Series C Funding

Toutiao, a personalized news app, announced that it has secured $100 million of Series C financing led by Sequoia Capital and followed by Sina Weibo ...

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Alibaba’s Ambitious Future Hospital Plan

Alipay announced a Future Hospital plan, which aims to facilitate the workflow efficiency in the current healthcare system in China. Through such a program, Alipay plans to utilize ...

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[English China] Alibaba Acquires 10.35% Stake in Singaporean Logistics Company SingPost

Alibaba Group announced today it has acquired 10.35% stake in Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) for S$312.5 million(US$249mn), through Alibaba Investment Limited. The two companies will ...

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[English China] Chinese Online Video Solution Provider Xunlei, with Xiaomi as the Largest Shareholder, Refiles for US IPO

Chinese online video service and solution provider Xunlei Limited has resubmitted IPO prospectus to the US SEC, a little less than three years after the company’s ...