Censorship of Google searches in China could stop within weeks, but the company is unlikely to leave the country entirely.
“There will be a way for Google to not pull out 100%,” one source said, noting that the company could reach agreements with different Chinese agencies on an individual basis, allowing it [...]
Shanghai-based Shanda Interactive Entertainment announced its fourth-quarter profit rose 13% after the company introduced a wide selection of game titles.
Shanda revenues increased 49% to $220 million.
Shanda licensed games from outside developers to bolster revenues and win share from rival Tencent Holdings. Online game sales in China were up 30% last year, acccording to data from [...]
Online game operator NetEase reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter revenues and profits on strong results from its online advertising business.
Net revenue in the fourth quarter was $183.1 million, up from $116 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Fourth-quarter profits fell slightly year-on-year, to $83.8 million from $84.4 million.
While online gaming remains the main focus of NetEase’s [...]
China Unicom said that China Unicom (Europe) Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary, had been in contact with bidders to support the privatization of Nigerian telecom firm Nitel.
Last week, Unicom denied that it was participating in a bid for a stake in the Nigerian firm.
However, following the release of [...]
The two Chinese schools have denied reports that they were involved with January’s cyber attack on Google and other firms said all allegations are “unfounded.”
The New York Times said investigators had tracked the online attack to two mainland schools – Shanghai Jiatong University and Lanxiang Vocational School.
“We were shocked and indignant to hear these baseless [...]
Taiwan said Wednesday it would lift restrictions on mainland investments by domestic flat-panel and electronic chip manufacturers.
At present, manufacturers from Taiwan are only to carry out final assembly in the mainland, using components made elsewhere.
Under the planned reforms, flat-panel makers will be able to set up an unlimited number of “fifth [...]
China has closed down what it is believed to be the country’s biggest commercial operation to train computer hackers.
Police in Hubei province in November arrested three people and seized money and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in connection with Black Hawk Safety Net.
The website, which was started in 2005, is said to have [...]
A Walt Disney-led consortium that also includes Google is in talks to buy a stake in Bus Online, China’s largest in-bus digital media and advertising company.
The consortium wants to take a 30-40% stake in Bus Online for more than $100 million through the purchase of old and new shares to be issued by the Chinese [...]
Lenovo Group booked net profit of $79.5 million for the quarter ended December 31 against a net loss of $96.7 million the previous year after the PC maker shifted its sales strategy to target China and other emerging markets.
Shipments in China over the fiscal third quarter rose 54% year-on-year, accounting for [...]
China’s population of young internet addicts skyrocketed to 24 million in 2009.
The figure accounts for one in seven young internet users.
One of every three of China’s 384 million internet users is younger than 19, according to the China Internet Network Information Center, with 15.6% of internet users aged 18 to 23 reported as addicts.
Internet addiction [...]
