It is well known that many Chinese local governments are cash-strapped, burdened by excessive debt, and searching for ways to replenish their depleted coffers. Reports abound of local governments, utilities, and even police...
Toys riffing on China’s hottest online idiom, “calling a rat a duck,” were yanked from online shelves this past week, a sign of the idiom’s continued political sensitivity. The tongue-in-cheek saying “calling a rat a duck”...
This year’s United Nations theme for March 8 International Women’s Day (IWD) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” highlighting gender gaps in STEM education and careers, as well as the online harassment...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media and internet companies by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Hello...
While China wages war on corruption in the pharmaceutical industry, China Real Time’s...
Soon after China’s revised filial piety law requiring regular visits to aging parents took effect last Monday, entrepreneurs have started offering elder-care services on e-commerce platforms. From The Wall Street...
As of March 19, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Leadership Transition: • Tao-Bao (涛宝): Playing on the name of the online shopping site Taobao, this is a term...
China Daily reports Singles’ Day promotions have successfully draw in online shoppers. This report comes amid the shift in political power with the 18th party congress and claims of the continuing need for economic growth: By 7...
Popular Chinese search engine Baidu and Chinese online retailer Taobao have been criticized by the U.S. Trade Representative Office for facilitating piracy and counterfeiting of goods. From Bloomberg News: Baidu Inc. and Alibaba...
Warc.com looks at Google’s recent list of the most popular websites around the world: The potential scale of China’s future trajectory in this area, was shown by the impressive headline scores of some of the...
The Straits Times reports on the failure of international Internet companies to compete with local Chinese counterparts: In China, most global Internet giants live miserable lives. Auction giant eBay, which once controlled as...
From Reuters: China’s Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares. Named “Shaolin The Stage of Joy”, a Web page has been set...
From Forbes: Web media company Yahoo! is in advanced talks to purchase an approximately 35% stake in China’s biggest homegrown e-commerce company for almost $1 billion, in what would be the biggest investment by a foreign company in China’s Internet industry to date, sources close to the negotiations said. Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO – news – […]
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