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Tencent first quarter profit rises 37pc on-year, driven by online games

16 May 2013

Net profit jumped to four billion yuan (HK$5.05 billion), from 2.9 billion yuan a year earlier. Revenue increased 40.4 per cent to 13.5 billion yuan.

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Theft sparks warning over online hook-ups

16 May 2013

Internet users have been warned to be careful when seeking casual relationships online after a mainland businessman lost HK$300,000 in cash and valuables through such a liaison.

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China Mobile hit by bad Wi-fi bet

23 Apr 2013

I was a bit surprised by the latest quarterly results from cellular crybaby China Mobile, which I expected to contain abundant evidence supporting its grievances in an ongoing battle with Internet...

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China Unicom sides with Tencent over WeChat

2 Apr 2013

A new memo that has been reportedly leaked from China's second largest mobile carrier, China Unicom, shows the nation's three telcos may not be nearly as united as many may think in their approach...

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Outcry after official urges Wechat to charge a fee

28 Mar 2013

An official at China’s National Development and Reform Commission apparently created a storm this week after publicly endorsing information technology giant Tencent for charging a fee for its...

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New WeChat platform attracts indie publishers, and censorship may be close behind

22 Mar 2013

Political writers have repurposed Tencent's new WeChat enterprise accounts as mobile publishing platforms.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Business Digest, February 23, 2013

The euro-zone economy will shrink in back-to-back years for the first time as governments, consumers and firms curb spending, the European Commission said.

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300 million and clicking - Tencent's web chat service a hit

Launched just two years ago, mobile instant-message application WeChat, developed by mainland internet giant Tencent, now has 300 million registered users, according to the company.

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Police intimidate another press freedom-supporting celebrity and WeChat gets caught censoring

Singer and actress Annie Yi has sharpened her tone after security police appear to have threatened her regarding support for Southern Weekly, and censors at Sina Weibo continue to delete her...

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China Mobile muscles Tencent into revenue sharing talks

Just a few weeks after China Mobile complained that Tencent was stealing its text messaging business, we're getting word that the two companies may have started talks for a revenue sharing...

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TECHNOLOGY

Tencent's 'WeChat' instant-message app will challenge Sina

Just two years ago next month, Tencent Holdings introduced a mobile instant-message application called WeChat. It already has 200 million users, including Lai Jingkui, a teacher in Zhuhai in the...

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China Mobile 3G stable, weighs Fetion move

China's 3G market is stabilising in terms of market share, with a more balanced field among the 3 major telcos emerging as Beijing gets set to issue 4G licences.

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