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DST, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Lead $1.6B Tender Offer Aimed at Alibaba Employees at $32B Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on September 22, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Big play in China, as big investors pour a fortune into Alibaba Group shares to give its employees some walking-around money.

Three Markets U.S. Internet Companies Can’t Ignore: Social, Mobile and … China

Jeff Richards and Jenny Lee, Partners, GGV Capital in Voices on August 30, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Pretty much every U.S. Internet start-up today has a social and mobile component to its business; it’s standard operating procedure in 2011.

Exclusive: Groupon’s Mason Tells Troops in Feisty Internal Memo: “It Looks Good.”

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm PT

Facing a barrage of negative press about its upcoming IPO, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason took up a pen to counter critics of the social buying service in a pugnacious email to employees.

Zynga’s CityVille Breaks Into Mainland China With the Help of Tencent

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 25, 2011 at 7:30 pm PT

Zynga has partnered with Tencent, a massive Chinese Internet company, to roll out its first game in China, where Facebook is currently blocked.

Game Studios Are Hot Acquisition Targets in the Race to Mobile and Social

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 22, 2011 at 10:05 am PT

Following the intense bidding war for PopCap last week, it’s likely that more blockbuster purchases will come. So, who will be next?

Tencent and Expedia Invest $125.6 Million in Chinese Travel Service Provider eLong

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 16, 2011 at 3:49 pm PT

Tencent and Expedia have separately invested in eLong, an online travel service provider in China.

What's Really Going On With Facebook's China Plans

Liz Gannes in Social on April 28, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook is eager to push out a Chinese version of its site soon, which is likely to be integrated with its larger social graph, but gated by warning messages about Chinese government monitors and censors. Let the controversy begin.

With Backing From Asia, New $100 Million A-Fund Targets the Android Ecosystem

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 21, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

In an interview, venture capitalist David Chao called the opportunity with Android one not unlike that that cropped up when Microsoft launched Windows in response to the Mac. The new A-Fund has backing from China’s Tencent along with Japanese social network GREE and mobile carrier KDDI, with more partners to come.

Groupon's China Gamble

Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm PT

Groupon Inc.’s new Chinese deals website is the latest test of whether foreign Internet companies can make it in China. While the company has the backing of China’s largest Web player, it is entering a market with a number of challenges.

China's Tencent Buys Riot Games for $400 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4, 2011 at 6:21 pm PT

Tencent, the giant Chinese Web holding company, has bought Los Angeles-based Riot Games for about $400 million. Yet another big-dollar deal in an industry that’s seen a lot of M&A in the last year, and one of the biggest investments by a Chinese company in an American digital property.