Archive for the “China” category
While Alibaba Has IPO Bonanza, Yahoo Faces Tough Questions In Congress
by Tony Hung on November 6, 2007
Duncan Riley reports that Alibaba has had the typical — or perhaps, more than typical — run up of a hotly expected internet IPO, with its stock price shooting up around 160% of its initial offering. The big obvious winner (…)
Ripping Off Copyrighted Content: Its Just Cultural, Man!
by Tony Hung on August 2, 2007
I can’t decide whether I should laugh, cry, roll up into a fetal position, or shrink with embarassment. No, truth be told, you can file this under “totally not surprised”, with this article about Chinese mainstream newspapers routinely stealing copyrighted (…)
User-Generating Snitching? MySpace Comes to China!
by Tony Hung on April 30, 2007
It looks like MySpace has finally made a move into China four days ago, with almost of all of its control in local hands (i.e. with no direct connection to its overseas office). Furthermore, in a move that surprised no (…)
Lame Alert: China’s President Calls for Internet “Crackdown”
by Tony Hung on April 25, 2007
China calls for another crackdown on the Interwebs.