Archive for January, 2012

• Chinese Press Reports Say Google China Maps May Be Facing Shutdown (UPDATED)
  Posted by bbishop on January 31st, 2012 at 9:53 pm, Comments: 0

  Grim if not unexpected. Chinese press reports say Google ($GOOG) has not met the deadline to apply for a mapping license and so is likely [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for January 31st
  Posted by bbishop on January 31st, 2012 at 3:53 am, Comments: 0

  MIH Is A Good China Partner, Yahoo Is A Bad China Partner | DigiCha – Sina Weibo deleted posts archive | The Rice Cooker 電飯煲 [...]

• MIH Is A Good China Partner, Yahoo Is A Bad China Partner
  Posted by bbishop on January 31st, 2012 at 3:48 am, Comments: 0

  Yahoo ($YHOO) owns nearly 40% of Alibaba. Jack Ma is desperate to cut its stake and used alleged Chinese government discrimination against foreign investors to expropriate [...]

• How One Chinese Firm Intimidates Short Sellers
  Posted by bbishop on January 22nd, 2012 at 8:27 pm, Comments: 0

  Crazy story–How They Do It: The White Shoe Lawyers, SkyPeople And The Case Of The Disappearing Documents : The Financial Investigator. Will Focus Media or [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for January 18th
  Posted by bbishop on January 18th, 2012 at 6:19 am, Comments: 0

  China to expand real-name registration of microbloggers | World news | The Guardian- “Currently, this type of registration is being tested in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, [...]

• Tencent Is Going After Sina Weibo
  Posted by bbishop on January 16th, 2012 at 11:42 pm, Comments: 0

  I have written about Tencent’s Weibo efforts in Will Tencent’s Weibo Spending Spree Destroy Sina’s Weibo Profit Potential? and Can Tencent Weibo Threaten Sina Weibo?. My point [...]

• How Can Apple Avoid Launch Chaos In China?
  Posted by bbishop on January 13th, 2012 at 5:59 am, Comments: 0

  Apple ($AAPL) cancelled today’s iPhone 4S retail launch in China after a near riot at its Beijing flagship store. Some may see that it is [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for January 13th
  Posted by bbishop on January 13th, 2012 at 4:26 am, Comments: 0

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• Near Riot At Beijing Apple Store As iPhone 4S Goes on Sale
  Posted by bbishop on January 12th, 2012 at 9:58 pm, Comments: 0

  Beijing’s Flagship Apple Store Not Selling iPhone 4S After Fight Breaks Out Between Scalpers » M.I.C. Gadget Apple ($AAPL) needs to rethink its launch plans [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for January 12th
  Posted by bbishop on January 12th, 2012 at 3:12 am, Comments: 0

  Sino-Forest Short-Seller Block May Go Long on U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks – Bloomberg – Carson Block, the short seller who last year alleged fraud at Sino-Forest [...]