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China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights

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Tmall Sold Over One Million Smartphones in One Day

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According to Tmall’s official data released on Weibo, there are 1,039.9 thousand smartphones sold on 18 Jun online shopping promotion day, more than all offline smartphone retail channels’ combined one day sales.

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends in China

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A new report from research and advisory firm Gartner identifies the top 10 strategic technology trends that CIOs in China should consider in order to pursue business growth and remain competitive throughout the digital era. The top 10 technology trends highlight the current state of technology adoption in China, as well as the maturity and […]

World Cup 2014 on Weibo

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  Twenty two million China Internet users followed news on Weibo on the first day of FIFA World Cup 2014 ; total number of posts published reached 83 million in the first two hours of this event.

China Mobile Maps Market Overview

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The top three mobile maps in China are Baidu Maps, Baidu Navigation and Google Maps, according to a survey conducted by Chinese research company iResearch.

Weibo.com Eyeing for More Revenue with We Media Program

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Weibo.com has launched a new program for “we media” to encourage more unique and quality content creation on Weibo. Weibo “We Media” Program is for verified individual Weibo accounts to apply, whose monthly posts have more than one and half million monthly views and total number of fans are below five million.

Sina Weibo to Launch Smartphone Apps for Sellers

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Weibo.com announced last week they are opening up its Weibo Payment for third parties including both businesses and individuals. This week, some images are leaked on China internet showing the to-be-launched smartphone app called “Weimai” (or Micro-sell) for sellers to manage product inventories and provide online customer service.

Nielsen: Chinese Consumer Confidence Maintains High in Q1 2014

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Chinese consumer confidence remained high in the first quarter of 2014 as in the previous quarter, higher than the same time period in the previous year and above the global average, according to findings from Nielsen. Nielsen also found that FMCG sales in the Chinese market rebounded back to 8% growth in Q1, two percentage […]

China’s Top 100 Best E-Commerce Cities

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Alibaba Ali Institute and Chinese Academy of Information Technology jointly started “E-Commerce Development Index” research in 2010. This year, Ali Institute studies 294 cities and released “China’s Top 100 Best E-Commerce Cities 2013” report.

Weibo to Open Up Weibo Payment This Month

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Weibo has announced this morning to open up its Weibo Payment for third parties, including enterprises and individuals. Weibo Payment was launched this January, co-developed by Weibo.com and Alipay.

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