Jolla inks exclusive license to kick-start its Android alternative in China

 Mobile OS maker Jolla, whose Sailfish platform remains one of the few smartphone alternatives in play…

500 Startups reboots its efforts in China, but there’s no dedicated fund

 500 Startups is rebooting its efforts in Greater China after it hired a new head of…

Baidu’s iQiyi video service raises $1.53 billion

Baidu is charging up its video content push after iQiyi, its YouTube-style service in China, raised $1.53…

Facebook on course to be the WeChat of the West, says Gartner

 It’s the beginning of the end for smartphone apps as we have known and tapped on…

Temasek jumps into China’s bike rental startup war with investment in MoBike

 Temasek, Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, has jumped into China’s on-demand cycle war after it backed MoBike. China’s ride-sharing…

Fintech is stimulating Chinese consumption and capital flow

 Fintech is rapidly being adopted in China and is spurring consumption, both domestically in China and…

Oppo topped China’s smartphone market in 2016, as Apple recorded first annual decline

 Oppo is not a name that is anything like as familiar as Apple, Xiaomi or Huawei worldwide, but…

Snap sees risks in Brexit, hacking and China’s Great Firewall

 Snapchat, which filed for its initial public offering today, sees potential risks to its business in…