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• 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 [...]

• The Fritz Demopoulos China Internet Top And The 2011 IPO Horror Show
  Posted by bbishop on November 30th, 2011 at 3:10 am, Comments: 0

  Of the 8 China Internet IPOs in 2011 only one–Qihoo ($QIHU)–is above its IPO price. My understanding is that the remaining China Internet IPOs in [...]

• The Rise And Fall Of Chinese Facebook Clone Kaixin001 (UPDATED)
  Posted by bbishop on November 27th, 2011 at 2:57 am, Comments: 0

  An ad agency recently sent out a note showing the dramatic rise and then crash of Kaixin001 (开心网), once one of China’s leading social networking [...]

• Muddy Waters Shatters Focus Media
  Posted by bbishop on November 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 am, Comments: 0

  The Muddy Waters report on Focus Media ($FMCN) is both stunning and potentially worrisome for more companies than just Focus Media. From the report summary: [...]

• Chinese Internet Firms Pledge Self-Discipline, Again
  Posted by bbishop on November 7th, 2011 at 5:08 am, Comments: 0

  From The AFP’s China web firms vow to curb ‘harmful’ information: The heads of China’s largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the “spread [...]

• Baidu Has A Killer Quarter. It’s Good To Be A Monopoly
  Posted by bbishop on October 28th, 2011 at 2:56 am, Comments: 0

  Congratulations to Baidu ($BIDU) on an excellent quarter and good guidance. From the earnings release: Third Quarter 2011 Highlights Total revenues in the third quarter [...]

• 6th Plenum Report Suggests China Will Strengthen Internet Management
  Posted by bbishop on October 26th, 2011 at 7:40 am, Comments: 0

  The official report (中共中央关于深化文化体制改革推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣若干重大问题的决定) from the 6th Plenum of the 17th Communist Party Congress is now public. The “Central Committee Decision Concerning the Major Issue of [...]

• China Officially Limits Entertainment Programming on Satellite TV. Good Or Bad News For Youku And Tudou?
  Posted by bbishop on October 25th, 2011 at 3:52 am, Comments: 0

  The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), China’s primary regulator of television and video programming, has issued an edict (限娱令) limiting the amount of [...]

• “Rumors are a Cancer that Threatens the Internet and Society”. Sina Shorts Rejoice?
  Posted by bbishop on October 3rd, 2011 at 5:10 am, Comments: 0

  That is a headline to warm the hearts of Sina ($SINA) shorts everywhere. China Digital Times has a summary of what appears to be a [...]

• VIE Fears For China Internet Stocks Look Unwarranted
  Posted by bbishop on September 26th, 2011 at 7:13 am, Comments: 0

  Listed Companies to be Exempted From VIEs Regulation, Chinese Media Reports | iChinaStock: Investors of Chinese listed Internet companies such as Sina ($SINA) and Baidu [...]