Alibaba takes on Baidu with Chinese search engine eTao

Alibaba has launched a new search engine called eTao, as China’s largest e-commerce company looks to take on Baidu in the search market. Alibaba has launched its search engine called eTao.com after a beta trial last year. Alibaba’s eTao site has been...

Zynga expands to China without Facebook

Zynga is to create a Chinese version of its CityVille game, despite its platform of choice, Facebook, being blocked in the territory. The game will be played via internet portal Tencent instead of Facebook, where most of its games are played, but which is blocked in...

China: Number of websites ‘halves in 1 year’

The number of websites in China almost halved last year, as increasing online censorship laws take their toll, according to new research. The report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a government think tank, found that there were 1.91 million...

Microsoft partners Baidu for English-language search

Microsoft has struck a deal with Chinese search giant Baiduto offer its English-language search functions to Chinese users. Baidu has struggled to match Google’s English search capabilities and is expected to introduce Microsoft Bing by the end of the year....