RenRen, the top Chinese social network, has purchased China-based video and photo sharing site 56.com. Reports state that the deal exchanged around $80 million.56.com was launched in 2005 and is a Chinese photo and video sharing site where users can upload, view and share videos — just like on YouTube. The almost all of the videos on the site are user-generated. The videos consist of mingling content from performing artists, amateur groups and video aficionados.Renren has more or less 30 [...]

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It’s an order the police probably don’t hear every day: use more social media. However, in China, the police are being told just that.


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How do you sell the Facebook phone in a Facebook-free environment? Luckily for HTC, China isn't short on homegrown social networks, one of the largest being the instant messaging service QQ.

So as the HTC Status (once known as the ChaCha) migrates toward China, where our favorite social network has been banned, Facebook will be left behind to make room for a dedicated QQ button (pictured at left).

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In what obviously appears to be a very embarrassing failure to secrecy, the footage of a Chinese general discussing sensitive spying cases was leaked onto the video sharing site YouTube and other Chinese video websites this week.


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Xiaomi, a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, has launched its first Android-based smartphone that relies on MIUI OS. The MIUI ROM is a translated Chinese customized version of Android 2.3.5 designed to give a feeling of iOS or Samsung’s TouchWiz, Android platform is becoming increasingly popular in the competitive Asian smartphone market.

Read More: Chinese Mobile Phone Company Xiaomi Launches First Android-Based MIUI Smartphone