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China E-commerce Grows 20% in 2008, B2C Set to Soar
January 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm » Comments (0)
The latest China crackdown on ostensibly Internet porn, or more likely websites with 'questionable content', has put the spotlight once again on the Chinese government's growing concern over the online ...more »China’s Internet-based Economy Grows 52.2% in Q3 2008
November 18th, 2008 at 8:55 am » Comments (0)
China is gaining 240,000 Internet users per day and its online population will reach 500 million in about three or four years, said the Chinese Vice-minister of the State Council ...more »Monster Worldwide Buys 55% of ChinaHR.com for US$174 Million
October 8th, 2008 at 7:21 am » Comments (0)
Monster Worldwide, US parent company of global online careers and recruitment resource Monster.com, announced that it has completed its acquisition of ChinaHR by purchasing the remaining 55% stake for US$174 ...more »Alibaba – Where Open Sesame Is An Universal Language
August 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm » Comments (0)
Lenovo had a very successful branding campaign at the Beijing Olympics, where 30,000 pieces of its IT equipment were used to support the event. The world's 4th-largest PC-maker has now ...more »Olympics 080808 – Fireworks For New Digital Media
July 17th, 2008 at 12:21 pm » Comments (0)
The focus on new media and and peer-to-peer (P2P) Internet TV in China as a major distribution channel for the Beijing Olympics is unprecedented. Creating an online network will ...more »Kickstarting China’s Online Retail: Credit Cards And TaoBao
June 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pm » Comments (0)
China is experiencing an explosion in credit card ownership, with the number almost doubling in first quarter 2008 from a year ago, according to the People’s Bank of China. The number ...more »