Top 10 Trends in Startup Asia 2012
My Top 10 List of Trends in Startup Asia for 2012. Predictions coming next!
View ArticleTech Billionaire Lei Jun Is Shared Angel For Online Fashion Retailers
The race is on to harness e-commerce for China's fashionable spenders, rich and not.
View ArticleChinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Ups Specs, Adds TV Box
Xiaomi 2A Model Like Apple, the tech company that it aspires to be, China's Xiaomi Corp like to launch new products to fanboys and press at events that combine news, entertainment and geeky...
View ArticleNew Midas Lister Hans Tung On The Next Big Idea In China After Xiaomi
Hans Tung, who is a Chinese newcomer to the 2013 Midas list, has become the darling of China's VC industry after his early bet on Xiaomi Tech proved to be a runaway hit. The three-year-old company is...
View ArticleChinese Tech Billionaire Lei Jun's Kingsoft Climbs 18% On Surge In Profit
Shares in Kingsoft Corp., the Chinese online game and Internet software supplier chaired by Chinese tech billionaire Lei Jun, soared by 18% in Hong Kong yesterday after the company said its earnings...
View ArticleChinese Smartphone Xiaomi Is Really Not A Knock-Off Of The iPhone
If you think Chinese tech entrepreneurs are just copycats of American ingenuity, think again. Take a look at China's popular smartphone brand Xiaomei as yet another example of the market's...
View ArticleFinancial Twitter Trends Today In China
Cognito just launched a neat tool for our industry, Comtela. Comtela aggregates the twitter feeds of the 600 most influential financial journalists and sees what they're writing about at any given...
View ArticleApple, Watch Out: Xiaomi Has Overtaken You In China
The iconic iPhone maker needs a new Chinese business model quick.
View ArticleAlibaba Ups Stake In China's Top Mobile Browser UC Web
Alibaba's Jack Ma China's leading mobile browser UC Web said last week that e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma was joining its five-man board. Alibaba, the Chinese e-tailer part-owned by Yahoo and...
View ArticleGoogle Exec's Departure Marks Key Moment For Chinese Mobile Vendors
Hugo Barra is one of the most high profile Silicon Valley executives to have joined a Chinese technology firm, at a time when their smartphone marketshare is growing.
View ArticleAmid Crush Of Fans, China's Xiaomi Touts New Phone, Smart TV
Xiaomi's Lei Jun Another day, another Smart TV launch in China. First it was Baidu and TCL with a 48" Smart TV for $746, to be fed with content from Baidu's iQiyi online video site. Today was the turn...
View Article2014 Forbes China 30 Under 30: Wang Ke's Backers Include Billionaire Lei Jun
Wang Ke Age: 29 Founder and CEO Company: Koudai.com Industry: Internet City: Beijing Website: www.koudai.com Wang is the founder and CEO of Koudai, a which provides smart-shopping mobile phone app to...
View ArticleChina Hands Dot The Latest Forbes Midas List Of Top Venture Investors
Familiar faces in the private equity and venture capital world in mainland China dot the Forbes Midas List of top venture investors published in the new issue of Forbes Asia and the latest U.S. edition...
View ArticleLei Jun-Led Kingsoft Dropped 4% On Friday On Bond Sale, Broader China Web...
Shares in Kingsoft, the online game and software company whose chairman is Chinese tech billionaire Lei Jun, fell 4% in Hong Kong on Friday after the company said it would raise HK$2.3 billion, or...
View ArticleVenture Capitalists In China Face Changes As Winners Race Ahead In Global Ranks
The Midas List of successful venture investors published by Forbes last month is dotted with members that have found good returns by putting money into companies from China. So what are some of the...
View ArticleTesla's Campaign To Ratchet Up Chinese Expectations, Especially This Month
Yesterday, I received a WeChat message with a link to a Chinese media report about Elon Musk’s planned visit to Beijing on April 19—just one day before China's Auto Show begins. The story says he'll...
View ArticleApple, Be Afraid: China's Xiaomi Going Global
China’s most impressive smartphone manufacturer, facing a slowdown at home, is seeking new markets.
View ArticleAlibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search
(Updates with list of UCWeb investors) Alibaba Group, China’s largest e-commerce company, has formed a joint venture for mobile search with UCWeb, a provider of mobile Internet software and services....
View ArticleXiaomi's Mi4 Shows Ambition And Emphasis On Design
Xiaomi, the brand behind China’s best-selling Android phone, has released its 2014 flagship – Mi 4. Despite Xiaomi’s Apple-style secrecy measures, the specs of the new phone have long been known....
View ArticleState Companies Lose Ground In Survey Of Best Places To Work In China
A government-controlled company topped a recent ranking of China’s 50 best places to work among college students and recent graduates, but non-state-owned businesses grabbed a bigger share of the...
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