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• Tweeting The Sina Q4 2011 Earnings Call
  Posted by bbishop on February 27th, 2012 at 10:08 pm, Comments: 0

  Sina reported disappointing Q4 2011 results and Q1 2012 guidance. I tweeted the earnings call and have embedded some of my comments below. CEO Charles [...]

• Microblog Marketing Becoming a Dubious Business in China? | Penn Olsen
  Posted by bbishop on October 13th, 2011 at 6:30 am, Comments: 0

  Those bullish on the maketing potential of Sina ($SINA) and Tencent Weibo might find this post from Penn Olsen interesting. From Microblog Marketing Becoming a Dubious [...]

• Bloomberg Keeps VIE Fears Alive: China Companies Evading Rule With U.S. Listings Stump Regulators
  Posted by bbishop on October 10th, 2011 at 3:23 am, Comments: 0

  Bloomberg is keeping variable interest entity fears alive with today’s story China Companies Evading Rule With U.S. Listings Stump Regulators. (See my September 2 post Do Most [...]

• Luxury Marketing On The Chinese Internet
  Posted by bbishop on September 15th, 2011 at 7:24 am, Comments: 0

  Interesting new report on social media marketing in China by L2 Thinktank: L2 China Digital IQ Study View more presentations from Digicha

• CCTV Continues Its Assault On Baidu
  Posted by bbishop on August 16th, 2011 at 10:27 pm, Comments: 0

  China’s main TV network CCTV is running a concerted campaign to discredit Baidu ($BIDU). Yesterday we discussed the first TV report and the possible CCTV [...]

• CCTV Attacks Baidu, Again
  Posted by bbishop on August 16th, 2011 at 5:15 am, Comments: 0

  Last night CCTV aired a 26 minute report critical of Baidu ($BIDU), its sales practices and its Phoenix Nest system for advertisers. Using undercover reporters [...]

• RedTech Advisors Report: The Rise And Stall Of SNS In China
  Posted by bbishop on May 3rd, 2011 at 8:15 am, Comments: 0

  RedTech Advisors, a Shanghai-based advisory firm specializing in China’s ConsumerTech, CleanTech and MedTech sectors, has published an excellent report on the SNS market in China, [...]

• Sinica Podcast: Does China Have A Second Internet Bubble?
  Posted by bbishop on April 22nd, 2011 at 7:05 pm, Comments: 0

  This week we have a good podcast on the high flying Chinese Internet stocks: Interest in Chinese Internet companies has reached fever pitch. Fueled by [...]

• Inside RenRen, The First Of China’s Facebook Clones To File For A US IPO
  Posted by bbishop on April 17th, 2011 at 8:32 am, Comments: 0

  iChinastock.com has created a presentation introducing Renren.com: On April 15, 2011 RenRen Inc. filed for IPO on the NYSE under the ticker RENN. China-based Renren [...]

• China’s Internet: The Invisible Birdcage
  Posted by bbishop on February 21st, 2011 at 10:03 am, Comments: 0

  This essay I wrote last year originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of the China Economic Quarterly. Some of the numbers may already be a [...]