What does a massive social network following and criticizing China's government from within get you? For Kai-fu Lee, the former head of Google in China, it was a three-day ban social networking.
The Chinese equivalent of Twitter has just issued a “code of conduct” for its users in an attempt to put a stop to political criticism, rumors, and the spread of social unrest.
Weibo.com, an online property run by Sina Corp, …
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Xu Xiaoping, one of China’s most prominent angel investors, doesn’t think China will be able to produce its own equivalent of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates in this generation.
On Saturday, I went to a Yale Club of Beijing talk …
Japan’s DeNA and China’s Sina have teamed up to form a big mobile gaming market.
DeNA is a $1.4 billion company that operates the Mobage mobile social gaming network with 35 million lucrative users. Under the deal, Sina will enable …
Mig33, which operates mobile social networks in emerging markets, is launching a new Twitter-like social communication service called the “Mig33 miniblog.”
The move represents a major shift in focus for the Singapore-based mobile community, which will use the miniblog service …
In July, it was reported that Sina Corp. had turned down Digital Sky Technology (DST)’s $500m investment in Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging service. But it seems that the talk between two parties is still on going. We just heard …
Leaders of 10 top Chinese tech firms, including Alibaba CEO Jack Ma (pictured), have pledged to uphold the censorship and surveillance goals of the Chinese government.
These firms met for three days in Beijing at the behest of the State …
Huge Chinese Internet portal Sina denied today that it has plans to launch an IPO for its popular Weibo microblogging service. Rumors have been circulating about a potential IPO and about how valuable such a move could be for Sina. …
