Cherry Zhang on Nov 28 2008

China's B2B e-commerce market is famous for the big players such as Alibaba.com (1688.HK) and Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL)[/url]...

Elias Glenn on Oct 21 2008

The popularity of Yao Ming has made the US National Basketball Association one of the most popular sports leagues in China. Another rising star from the Mainland, Yi Jianlian, as well as US stars Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady and others, also have large followings in China...

Elias Glenn on Sep 05 2008

With the Olympics just finished, we thought it appropriate to take a look at a website that is looking to capitalize on the rising profile of sports in China. Shanghai-based WSN.com, which offers betting information and statistics on European football matches...

Elias Glenn on Jul 22 2008

This week we are running interviews with two Shanghai-based Bluetooth advertising companies. With new types of outdoor advertising popping up everywhere around Shanghai, many involving loud LCD screens, these companies are looking to offer something a bit different with their Bluetooth downloads to mobile devices...

Fiona Zhou on Jul 21 2008

Alibaba Group's online advertisement trading platform Alimama.com held a conference in Wuhan on June 28 for local small-and-medium-sized website owners to learn about how these website can make money by selling advertisement inventory via Alimama...

Elias Glenn on Jun 13 2008

Beijing-based Docin.com is a document sharing site; the idea is similar to that of US-based Scribd.com, which has raised $3.7 million from Redpoint Ventures and has been dubbed "the Youtube for documents"...

Elias Glenn on Jun 11 2008

Beijing-based 51wan.com, founded by a pair of former Kingsoft employees in mid-2007, operates browser-based massively multiplayer online games...

Elias Glenn on Jun 06 2008

GGV Capital, previously Granite Global Ventures, has been investing in China for awhile. The company's successful China investments include Alibaba.com (1688.HK) and Hurray! Holdings (Nasdaq: HRAY). GGV was also one of the first investors in Chinese video site Tudou.com...

Elias Glenn on May 28 2008

Despite the difficulties China's third-party wireless value-added services providers have faced over the last few years, it is hard to argue with those excited about the potential for selling content to China's 575 million mobile phone subscribers[/url]...

Lucy Fu on May 26 2008

GyPSii, a Netherlands-based mobile technology developer and service provider, offers a worldwide location-based social network. Location-based services (LBS) are just starting to develop in China; China Mobile listed location-based location services as one of the key areas of development for its wireless value added services (WVAS) department...

Elias Glenn on May 14 2008

Online advertising in China is still mostly about banner ads on the major portals, but some companies are starting to look at doing targeted and rich media ads. Beijing-based Adsit is one of several companies looking into video ads...

Elias Glenn on May 05 2008

Shanghai-based online video site Hupo.tv is a unit of BroadWebAsia (BWA), which listed on the US over-the-counter market under the symbol “BWBA” in April. Hupo announced a partnership with US baseball league Major League Baseball (MLB) on March 31 to develop and host MLB’s Chinese site (Major.hubo.tv)...

Elias Glenn on Apr 18 2008

Ctrip has been a major name in China’s travel market for a while now, but travelers are now discovering Beijing-based vertical search site Qunar.com to find better deals and other alternatives when making travel plans...

Riki Hsu on Apr 09 2008

In China, people are usually too embarrassed to refuse their friends a loan. However, it is also not always a guarantee they will get their money back according to the original agreement[/url]...

Elias Glenn on Mar 21 2008

While Focus Media (Nasdaq: FMCN) has popularized digital advertising, Beijing-based Take-One Media sticks to paper-filled display stands with its belief that advertisers still prefer traditional out-of-home media...