From Tangos:
Regarding tsunami of late 2004, Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web has summarized three ways that people used the Web in response to the disaster:
1) as a constantly updated source of news about the disaster;
2) as a way...
Earthquake Relief Efforts on China’s Web
May 17th, 2008 — aggregate, society, users
CNNIC’s China Youth Internet Behavior report 2007
May 16th, 2008 — aggregate, culture, users
From Kaiser Kuo:
CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center ) issued the report last month. That’s not surprising given that all the data were drawn from the research for that report. But it does drill down a bit into the under-25 set’...
SOFTBANK Leads Investment totaling $430 million in Oak Pacific Interactive
May 3rd, 2008 — industry
From Yahoo,
BEIJING, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), the leading provider of Web 2.0 communities in China, announced today that SOFTBANK Corp. has agreed to lead an investment totaling $430 million for approximat...
China cracks down on illegal online map services to protect state security
April 1st, 2008 — aggregate, policy
According Xinhua,
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government is to crack down on illegal online map and geographical information websites, claiming they threaten state security, said an official of the State Bureau of Surveyin...
QQ announces 2007 earnings | Facebook should look carefully
March 24th, 2008 — aggregate, industry
There are some numbers you should notice. All of them are about Tencent’s QQ, China’s leading online community (270 million accounts, 400 million USD in revenues in 2007).
Here is the pdf version of TENCENT ANNOUNCES 2007 FOURTH QU...
What Do Chinese Internet Users Do Online?
February 18th, 2008 — aggregate, users
From: China Web2.0 Review
CNNIC just released its latest semi-year report on development of Internet in China. According to the report, by the end of 2007, the number of Chinese Internet users has reached 210 million, an increase of 48 million i...
Decimal network security address begins operation
January 26th, 2008 — aggregate, industry
China’s decimal network security address was officially launched. China has made a fundamental breakthrough in its Internet development; and actual use has been successful.
The birth of decimal network technology makes China the only count...
China’s Internet market to hit 164b yuan in 2008
January 23rd, 2008 — aggregate, industry
BEIJING - China’s Internet market scale is expected to jump by 40 percent to 163.5 billion yuan in 2008, according to the estimates of CCID Consulting, a leading market consultant.
“Online games and e-commerce are the major driving f...
Typical Internet Infringement and Piracy Cases in 2007
January 17th, 2008 — aggregate, society
1. The “Jin Hudong Corporation” Infringement
Since Year 2000, several persons including YANG Jianwei illegally reproduced movies whose copyright owned by others through the counterfeited authorization, in the name of “Beijing Jin Hudong Ne...
CNNIC: China Internet Users Reach 210 mln
January 17th, 2008 — industry, users
According to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China’s netizens had reached 210 million by December 2007, an increase of 73 mln year-on-year, and 48 mln more than the number in H1 2007. Internet penetration h...
