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Tudou Rolling out a new online video advertising format AdSelector

August 27, 2010
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Tudou.com, one of the leading video portal in China, two weeks ago announced their parntership with VivaKi, digital media operations of the worldwide Publicis Groupe, to roll out a new online video advertising format called “AdSelector” in the China market.

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Google.cn stopping to redirect to HK with a deceptive landing page

June 29, 2010
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As Google’s Internet Content Provider (ICP) license is up for renewal on June 30 in China, Google now has a new approach to handle Google.cn visitors.

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Vuvuzela voted the top World Cup hit by Youku users

June 24, 2010
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In a Youku poll to see what made the biggest impression on viewers of World Cup 2010, the vuvuzela takes the first place, with 22.5% of respondents (2,355 votes) voting for “The ear-splitting vuvuzelas” as the most striking feature of the matches so far.

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China to Allow Non-financial Companies to Offer online payment services

June 22, 2010

China’s central bank on Monday said it would allow non-financial companies such as Alibaba, the country’s leading e-commerce company, to offer online payment services. The move comes after months of uncertainty over whether the People’s Bank of China might severely curtail the business of AliPay, an affiliate of Alibaba. The central bank has been pushing [...]

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Explore Shanghai World Expo on Google

May 5, 2010

Google Maps aggregated Shanghai Expo data and you can explore different pavilions, activities (not available in English version), and World Expo history. Check out Expo on Google in Chinese or English.

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China Internet Mourns Earthquake Victims

April 21, 2010

Today, April 21, the whole country mourns its earthquake victims and the nation’s flag lowered to half-mast around the countr. Not only the front pages of Chinese newspapers were bathed in black but also the online properties.

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Google Dropped its Chinese Name GuGe

April 5, 2010

Google China’s homepage changed its name to “Google China” on April 3, 2010. Previously, Google had a Chinese name “Gu Ge” (as shown in the image above), announced in April 2006.

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More Targeted Attacks Originated in China

March 29, 2010

I think this is no more surprising to you: Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the publication of its March 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis of the origins of targeted attacks, malicious emails sent in small volumes aimed at gaining access to sensitive corporate data, reveals that the majority of targeted malware sent this month, [...]

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Baidu Employee Cheers as Baidu Shares Rise on Google’s Likely Withrawal

March 16, 2010

Baidu shares jumped on Monday as it appeared increasingly likely that Google  will shutter its Chinese-language search engine. Financial Times seems pretty sure about it, Google  has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the [...]

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Tencent Launched English Portal imqq.com for Expats

February 6, 2010

Tencent launched English version instant messenger some time ago and it has recently launched an English portal for expat netizens – imqq.com. Unlike its Chinese portal qq.com, imqq.com currently seems to focus on local content. Right now, it has included Shanghai and Beijing.It also promotes its English version instant messenger – QQ International (in English, [...]

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Chinese Hackers Retaliate and Hacked Iran Website

January 12, 2010

Baidu.com was not accessible this morning and possibly hacked by Iranian Cyber Army, and Chinese hackers retaliate back! A friend from China pinged me of this site iribu.ir (seems like an education institution page), whose page is currently replaced by Chinese hackers’ page. This is a cached page from Bing on Jan 10 showing what [...]

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Baidu Hacked by Iranian Cyber Army?

January 12, 2010

Around 7:20 this morning, many posts at webmaster forums reported that Baidu.com and its subdomains could not be accessed. It’s already working when this post is being published.

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Alibaba Alipay CEO Went Streaking to Celebrate 1.2 billion daily transactions

December 8, 2009

Alipay (under Alibaba Group; similar to PayPal) CEO Xiaofeng Shao made a promise this July that he would go streaking if Alipay daily transactions exceed 1.2 billion yuan by the end of 2009. It reached 1.213 billion yuan on Dec 7 for the first time; and, yes, Mr Shao kept his promise and ran around [...]

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Google Digital Library Suspected of Copyright Infringement in China

October 13, 2009

CCTV reported in its Morning News program that the Google China Digital Library is suspected for large-scale infringement of copyrighted Chinese books. According to China Written Works Copyright Society, a total of 17,922 books from 570 authors, including works from government officials, have been scanned into Google China Digital Library without authorization. Soruce: TechWeb

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Foreign Investment Banned in China Online Gaming

October 13, 2009

via FT.com, Foreigners would be banned from operating online gaming within China through wholly foreign-owned investments, joint ventures or any other forms of co-operation with local companies, the country’s publishing regulator said.

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