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MediaTek $100 Android Phone is Coming, Game-Changing for Shanzhai Phone Market?

[Translate] On 12nd July, MediaTek whose phone chips  and “Turn-key”  (from chips to software design) solution has enabled hundreds of Chinese Shanzhai phone manufacturers to make phones easily, made an announcement saying that it joined the Open Handset Alliance and decided to play with Android market. One month later, in a talk with a friend...

Breaking! Tencent Acquires Comsenz and Becomes the Dominator of Chinese BBS

[Translate] Soon, you would see million of Chinese sites are Powered by Tencent (instead of Powered by Discuz!). Although the news has not been confirmed by both parties, it is today proved by the Whois information of Comsenz’s two domain: Comsenz.com and Discuz.net. Both domains are now registered under the name of Tencent Technology (Beijing)...

Tips for Luxury Brands in Chinese e-Commerce Market

[Translate] Sales of luxury goods grew 12% in 2009, to $9.6 billion, accounting for 27.5% of the global market, according to Bain & Co. In the next five years, China’s luxury spending will increase to $14.6 billion, making it the No. 1 luxury market globally. In 2009, China overtook the U.S. to become the world’s...

StartupsWatch Report (August Edition) Released

[Translate] This year, no matter what kind of discussion on innovation we have, it seems that people just cannot help but come back to a few key topics: microblogging, location-based services, group purchasing, the iPad, and mobile networks. Thus, it’s not surprising that in the space of one year we’ve seen a massive explosion in...