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Beijing to Google’s China Partners: Nice Site You Got There. Shame if Something Happened to It.

in News on March 15, 2010 at 4:45 am PT

If Google makes good on its threat to end censorship on its Chinese site, google.cn, its search partnerships in the country will likely be forfeited–the Chinese government is making certain of that. An unnamed “industry expert” tells the New York Times that Beijing has been warning Chinese Web portals that rely on Google’s Custom Search service they had better reconsider their affiliation with the search giant.

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Taxiing Advertising in China

in News on May 26, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

Shanghai taxis transport 90 million riders per month. Passengers sit in traffic an average of 18 minutes. Shanghai-based advertising company Touchmedia says those are the ingredients that have helped it raise around $40 million from investors, including a just-completed funding round over $14.6 million in the midst of the young Chinese venture capital industry’s toughest period yet.