Tencent Holdings (0700.HKG), China's largest internet company, reported a 2.8% increase in first-quarter net profit to a record RMB2.95 billion (US$467 milli
French advertising company Publicis Group (PUB.EPA) said Monday it bought Beijing-based digital-marketing company Longtuo for an undisclosed amount, Publicis
News Corp (NWSA.NASDAQ), the owner of 20th Century Fox film studio, plans to acquire a 19.9% stake in Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group (BONA.NASDAQ)
Pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera English said it was closing its Beijing bureau following China’s refusal to renew the visa of its sole English-language corr
Wanda Group is considering buying some or all of US-based AMC Entertainment Inc, a purchase that would make it the first Chinese theater company to have a ma
US-based Evernote plans to install servers in China in a bid to provide better stability and speed for its application to share and store data online, despit
China Unicom (CHU.NYSE, 600050.SH, 0762.HKG) announced it generated net income of RMB1 billion (US$159 million) in the first quarter, missing analyst estimat
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether US movie studios violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when signing agreements with C
Shares of Baidu (BIDU.NASDAQ) fell more than 10% on Tuesday after the company announced that it expects to report revenue of US$847-866 million for the first
E-commerce website Alibaba.com (1688.HKG) said its first quarter net profit dropped 25% annually to US$54 million, the lowest since the first quarter of 2010
Japan e-commerce retailer Rakuten (4755.TSE) announced that it will discontinue its online shopping mall in partnership with Baidu (BIDU.Nasdaq) due to tough
China Mobile (CHL.NYSE, 0941.HKG), the world’s largest mobile carrier by users, plans to launch fourth-generation (4G) wireless service in Hong Kong this mon
People.cn Co (603000.SH), the online business of the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, raised RMB1.4 billion (US$222 million) in an initial publi
People.cn Company, the online platform of China’s state-controlled People’s Daily newspaper, said it aims to raise RMB1.6 billion (US$246 million) in its upc
Apple Inc (AAPL.NASDAQ) has agreed to let outside auditors review environmental conditions at its China-based suppliers, just one month after the Fair Labor
A brief internet blackout rendered a number of Chinese and foreign websites inaccessible for around two hours on Thursday, as officials warned against intern
Walt Disney (DIS.NYSE) has formed alliance with Tencent Holdings (0700.HKG), China’s largest internet service provider, and the state-run China Animation Gro
ZTE Corp (ZTE.CVE), China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker, agreed to export US$10.5 million worth of embargoed American computer equipmen
China's two largest microblog sites resumed normal service Tuesday after barring users from commenting on other microblog accounts for three days on governme
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to replaced Wen Jiabao as China's premier later this year, promised Apple (AAPL.NASDAQ) CEO Tim Cook that th
Japan’s Sharp (6753.TYO) announced Tuesday that it sold a 10% stake to Hon Hai Precision (2317.TPE) for around US$800 million to prop up its ailing liquid cr
Huawei Technologies (002502.SHE) announced Monday that its bid to participate in the Australia's US$38 billion National Broadbank Network program has been bl
Apple’s (AAPL.NASDAQ) CEO Tim Cook paid a visit to Beijing this week, as the firm announced plans for “greater investment” in its second-largest market after
Microsoft's (MSFT.NASDAQ) top China executive commented that the Chinese government has helped the company's business by strengthening intellectual-property
Carrefour (CA.Euronext) and McDonald’s (MCD.NYSE) have issued apologies in China following allegations in a CCTV broadcast that the two had misled consumers,
Bank of Communications (601328.SH, 3328.HKG), China's fifth-largest lender, announced plans to shore up capital by issuing US$8.9 billion in shares, the worl
