Chinese Blog: SinoCast China IT Watch:
A Late but the First Blog Survey in China
BEIJING, October 18, SinoCast -- A new Chinese blog survey, the first formal blog survey, was published this week in Beijing by Sohu.com (SOHU), the biggest Chinese Internet portal, and Dr.Jin Jinabin from Tsinghua University. In terms of registers, the top ten Chinese blog websites are blogcn.com, Bokee.com, ycublog.com, MSN Space, blog.hexun.com, blogdriver.com, blog.edu.cn, tianyablog.com, and donews.com.The survey shows major aspects of Chinese blog services, ranging from blog...
Chinese Blog: SinoCast China Business Daily News:
Google, Yahoo! Compete for Blogcn.com
BEIJING, February 14, SinoCast -- Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc., two global leading Internet-based companies, are competing for Blogcn.com, the largest Chinese blog hosting provider in China, as efforts to further expand their presence in the country.Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the world's largest Internet search service provider, plans to bid Blogcn.com for USD 160 million, including USD 90 million in cash and shares. Yahoo! intends to offer USD 200 million, including USD 50 million...
Chinese Blog: Computer firms walking a fine line in China
In congressional hearings recently, senior executives from some of the most powerful U.S. companies got an earful about their dealings with Communist China. How often do Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Cisco get lectures on their failure to stand up for human rights and freedom of expression? Not often, one imagines. So, kudos to Rep. Chris Smith's House International Relations Subcommittee on Human Rights for taking an interest in the issue of the Internet in China.The question...
Chinese Blog: The Standard :
Multimedia sites targeted by investors
Investment in China's Internet industry has heated up in 2005 as investors look to interactive community and multimedia Web sites to be the next growth drivers. As China's mobile short-messaging and online gaming industries are currently dealing with the challenges of over-investment over the past few years, venture capitalists are turning to new multimedia Internet services that are offering new services to users. Online music sites in China seem to be some of the most...