Amid Tensions Over Chinese Censorship, US Unveils Strategy for Cyberspace
We recently wrote about the growing tensions between the US and China over online censorship and internet freedoms. In part to address growing concerns like censorship around the world, the US has launched […] Related posts: Chinese Censorship Pushes Further Amid Foreign Concerns For those of you keeping an eye to censorship in… Indiatimes Unveils […]
The World is Obsessed with Facebook [VIDEO]
The world is obsessed with Facebook and that includes Asia. 143 million out of 825 million Internet users in Asia are Facebook users. That is 1 Facebook users out of every 6 Asian […] Related posts: The Most Watched World Cup Video Is… …the official theme song for this year’s World Cup, Waka… How the […]
China’s Internet Economy Can’t Stop Growing
According to latest statistics by iResearch, China’s Internet economy reached 45.67 billion Yuan (approximately 7 billion USD) in the last quarter of 2010. The figure was up 9.9% from Q3 2010. Judging from the data indicators, China’s overall Internet economy achieved fast growth throughout last year. The growth for each quarter was all above 50% […]
Tencent set to Acquire U.S Company, Riot Games
U.S based game maker, Riot Games announced through a blog post that Tencent Holdings, China’s Internet behemoth, has acquired a majority stake in the company. The price negotiated is believed to be more than $350 million, according to Bloomberg. The deal will be finalized within the next 30 days. Riot Games is the creator of […]
WikiLeaks Cables Show a China Obsessed with, Afraid of the Internet
While WikiLeaks goes through a very public period of turbulence and political pressure, its most recent set of leaked documents are giving journalists something to write about. The Chinese state has long shown a certain uneasiness about allowing free access…