60,000 mobiles sold in a flash sale but Amazon fails crash testXiaomi has scaled up the number of devices offered on the website after it faced a massive consumer backlash when stocks were limited.
14 Jan, 2015, 07.00 AM IST
China's blogers uses satire to back Hong Kong protestsWhile firewalls censored all non-official information in Weibo, defiant bloggers used jokes & satire to express support for the student mov...
06 Oct, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
In China, people criticise govt for targeting prostitutesBeijing’s crackdown on prostitution is ridiculed as people go online slamming the official hypocrisy behind raids that target working women.
20 Feb, 2014, 06.30 AM IST
China defends internet curbs to contain online rumoursChina yesterday issued new rules under which Internet users could be jailed for up to three years for re-tweeting posts containing defamato...
10 Sep, 2013, 07.25 PM IST
China in big push against opinion-leading blogsOne day in May his account disappeared. So did his profiles on several other social media sites. No explanation was given, but one is start...
19 Aug, 2013, 11.22 PM IST
Manish Tewari calls for self-regulation in mediaUnion Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari has called for a robust self regulation regime for media organisations in the...
26 May, 2013, 12.38 PM IST
- China approves funding for nuclear-powered ships
China has approved funding to develop core technologies for nuclear-powered ships amid speculation about Beijing's plans to build nuclear-p...
21 Feb, 2013, 07.32 PM IST
- China passes new law to tighten controls on Internet
The Standing Committee of China's Parliament has approved the draft stating that it was aimed at protecting personal information, state-run...
28 Dec, 2012, 06.47 PM IST
China microbloggers cross 274 million mark, highest in worldChina has the world's largest number of microbloggers with 274 million people having an account in the country where the social media sites...
01 Oct, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
Redefining ModernAccording to China Daily, Tenzin Dorje, 30, a reincarnated Living Buddha in Lhasa, is called a “modern Living Buddha” because of his unconv...
04 Sep, 2012, 04.23 AM IST
China removes 2.10 lakh online posts; shuts down 42 websitesChina has removed 2.10 lakh online posts and shut down 42 websites as part of a massive crackdown on the country's 300 mn-strong microblogg...
12 Apr, 2012, 07.34 PM IST
- Chinese educationist slams US education system
Peking University President Zhou Qifeng bashed US education as being "a complete mess" during a speech in Changsha, Hunan Province yesterda...
25 Dec, 2011, 10.33 PM IST
- Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng's dramatic stand-by-your-man display makes her instant star on internet
The display by Wendi Deng to defend her husband media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the British House of Commons brawl has shot her to instant fa...
21 Jul, 2011, 10.14 AM IST
- Meet made-in-China Facebook, Twitter
As social networking websites Facebook and Twitter stand banned in China, their indigenous versions have hooked millions of Chinese users.
01 Nov, 2010, 01.02 PM IST
- Chinese clones of Facebook, Twitter gain popularity in China
As social networking websites Facebook and Twitter stand banned in China, their indigenous versions have hooked millions of Chinese users.
31 Oct, 2010, 06.50 PM IST
- Social networkers use web, phones to raise funds for Haitians affected by earthquake
Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have quickly grown to become an integral part of aid organizations' fund-raising campa...
15 Jan, 2010, 01.52 PM IST