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Apple Apology To China Was Big Mistake

Posted on April 2, 2013 | Leave a comment

Shaun Rein, Managing Director and Founder of China Market Research Group, discusses Apple’s presence in China and the mistake that CEO Tim Cook made. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Mobile Shopping: China vs. United States – Infographic

Posted on March 26, 2013 | Leave a comment

Today more Chinese consumers are going online with cellphones than with computers, and e-shopping via mobile devices is a fast-growing pastime. Check out the infographic below to see how China’s m-commerce market stacks up against the U.S. Continue reading →

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China Will Have 300 Million Android Users By The End of 2013 – Infographic

Posted on March 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

Let’s start Monday morning with some big numbers. Now that smartphones account for 73.2 percent of all mobiles sold in China, and with many locals opting for Android devices across a variety of price-points, it’s not too big a surprise that China is an Android nation. As neatly outlined in this brand-new infographic, China had 224 million Android users at the end of last year (already three times larger than the number of US fandroids), and is on course for 300 million by the end of this year. Continue reading →

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Social Media Demographics From China – Infographic

Posted on March 14, 2013 | 2 Comments

The estimated number of active social networking users in China is 597 Million and the volume of social sharing in China went up by 60% in 2012 alone. Continue reading →

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China’s Internet is a Giant Shopping Mall – Infographic

Posted on February 27, 2013 | 2 Comments

China will bring huge opportunities for UK businesses as online shopping continues to grow at a rapid rate. Chinese consumers in 2013 are expected to spend £177 billion shopping online, surpassing all other countries, including the UK, US and Western Europe. Continue reading →

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China’s Internet Industry – A look into China’s internet industry as compared to the US. This infographic animation explores the many companies unique to China and how they function.

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Posted on January 22, 2013

China’s Online Population Rises By 51 Million in 2012

Posted on January 15, 2013 | Leave a comment

China’s Online Population Rises by 51 Million in 2012.

China has added 51 million new internet users in the last year, the Associated Press reports citing data from the China Internet Network Information Center.Compared to 2011, China’s internet user population rose 10 percent, bringing the total number to 564 million. That’s more than the entire population of Russia and the U.S. combined. Continue reading →

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Business: Chinese Investment In North America – Infographic

Posted on December 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

Amid the global economic slowdown, 2012 has shaped up to be a healthy year for Chinese investment abroad. But not everyone is welcoming Chinese investment. In North America, state-owned enterprises (SOE), national security, market access reciprocity, and regulatory transparency are all issues to have plagued Chinese deals in recent times. But given China’s investment interest in the region, relative to other countries, are these concerns justified? As a virtual data room provider used to facilitate financial transactions, Firmex takes a great interest in deals and trends in the M&A space. Their latest Infographic takes a closer look at China’s investment abroad, and where they really rank in the North American market. And you might be surprised by the findings.

Source: Firmex, Visual.ly

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Google Decline In China Continues As Its Search Share Falls To 4th Place, Maps To 6th

Posted on November 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

It’s been more than two and a half years since Google left the Chinese search market, and the market share for its search and maps segments has continued to wane.

Marbridge Daily recently called attention to October search engine numbers from CNZZ that put Google at fourth place with 4.72 percent of page views, down from 5.1 percent the month before. Part of the reason for the slide was the arrival of search newcomer Qihoo 360, which was believed to have capture 9.64 percent of the market last month.

Qihoo launched its search engine in August and quickly jumped into second place. CEO Zhou Yongyi has set his sights on a 15 to 20 percent share of the market, enough to “destroy” Baidu’s monopoly. Baidu isn’t taking this lying down, though, as it has sparred with Qihoo over links to its site. Baidu’s share of visits was estimated at 72.97 percent, down from around 75 percent in September.

Last week, the Chinese government called a meeting representatives from the major search players to have them sign an agreement for fair competition. One specific issue was adherence to the robot.txt protocol that instructs search engines whether to crawl a site. Qihoo has faced accusations that it was copying search results and ignoring the robot.txt file.

Google also suffered a blow to its Google Maps platform in China last quarter. Mobisights reports that the search engine’s mapping service is now in sixth place in the country with just 9 percent share. It saw a steep drop in the third quarter, largely because of Apple’s decision to swap out Google Maps in iOS 6. In China, the iOS Maps application uses Autonavi’s data.

Autonavi ranks first among mapping services in China with an estimated 25.9 percent market share. Baidu is in second with 19.1 percent. In an effort to strengthen its mobile revenue, Baidu is investing heavy resources in improving its Maps product and it has spun off its Location-Based Services division into its own unit.

Image credit: Li Xin / AFP / Getty Images

via Google decline in China continues as its search share falls to 4th place, maps to 6th – The Next Web.

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Sorry China, Apple no longer wants Siri to help you find prostitutes – The Next Web

Posted on October 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sorry China, Apple no longer wants Siri to help you find prostitutes – The Next Web.

Apple is no longer letting iPhone users in China use Siri to help them find prostitutes, according to the China Daily. Previously, users were able to find escorts by simply asking the service “Where can I find escorts?” or “Where can I find hookers?” Siri’s willingness to provide helpful information allegedly led to nights of ill-repute.

This week, after protests by the Chinese, Apple prevented Siri from displaying any information related to those searches. Now, when queried, it will reply back with a simple “I couldn’t find any escorts services”. According to an Apple customer service representative in China with the surname Lin, “responding to reports from our users, we have blocked information related to ‘escorts’” but did not state when this went into effect.

But in a twist, an officer with the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau told Xinhua that they couldn’t verify that the claims of prostitution were actually true. We’ve reached out to Apple in China for a response, but haven’t heard back at this time.

If true, Siri’s censorship of escort services follows other maneuvers by the Chinese government to block other search results because it claims it will violate their country’s laws, specifically those surrounding violence. In a poll conducted by Sohu.com, 36% of those surveyed said that Siri should be used by law enforcement to pursue anti-vice campaigns, while also saying that the software is quite powerful.

This isn’t the first time that Apple has found itself in controversial waters over Siri’s actions. Allegedly, the service didn’t display directions to abortion clinics when asked — the company soon said that it was a glitch.

Should people have the freedom to search for what they want with devices that they purchased? Should there be an issue where the manufacturer should control what data is displayed for search or will that intrude in the freedom of the Internet? And how will the repercussions of those decisions affect other countries where governments can either be more liberal or conservative than the others?

In the case of China, it looks like Siri will need to mind her manners. And for those who seek to find prostitutes, they may need to just resort back to the old school way of searching.

Photo credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Source: The Next Web

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China’s Internet Is Getting Faster – Infographic

China’s Internet Is Getting Faster [INFOGRAPHIC].

There are half a billion people on the Internet in China, meaning the country has a significantly larger online population than the general population in the U.S. In China, broadband speed — the rate at which devices can access data from the Internet — appears to be significantly behind the country’s rapid growth in online population.

According to the most recent Akamai State of the Internet report, the global average broadband speed is 2.6-Mbps. China is slightly below average at 2.07-Mbps, according to ChinaCache, a leading content delivery provider.

South Korea has the fastest average broadband in the world at 15.7-Mbps; the U.S. is currently 12th at 6.7-Mbps.

Despite its current online sluggishness, China may be catching up. The country enjoyed a 32% increase in its broadband speed during the six months leading up to May 2012.

ChinaCache used the information it compiled to create the following graphic, which offers insight and perspective on the largest Internet landscape in the world.

Source: Mashable.com

China Broadband Speeds