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Tencent wants to take full control of longtime search ally Sogou

It’s been seven years since Tencent picked up a 36.5% stake in Sogou to fend off rival Baidu in the online search market. The social and gaming giant is now offering to buy out and take private

Microsoft confirms Bing was down in China

Microsoft’s Bing was down in China, according to users who took to social media beginning Wednesday afternoon to complain and express concerns. The Seattle-based behemoth confirmed that its sear

Television content creation in China

The biggest industry you’ve never heard of -- until now.

Lost in translation: Streaming in China

The rapid growth of streaming is taking the globe by storm, but no country seems to have the market potential for OTT video streaming quite like China. While the United States OTT market is beginning

Sogou Is Reportedly Being Courted By Baidu, Qihoo 360 And Tencent For An Acquisition

Chinese Internet companies <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/baidu/">Baidu</a>, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/tencent/">Tencent</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/qihoo-360/">Qihoo 36

Sohu.com Buys Majority Stake In Gaming Company 7Road For Up To $100 Million

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/7road.png" class="shot2" /> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/sohu">Sohu.com</a>, one of China's leading online media, search and ga

Is Search Now A Strategic Industry in China?

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cole.jpg" /> <em><strong>Editor's note</strong>: This is a guest post penned by <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-cole">Micha

Chinese Social Networks 'Virtually' Out-Earn Facebook And MySpace: A Market Analysis

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/happy-farm-215-215x169.jpg" width="215" height="169" /> Despite China’s massively growing internet market, international giants like Google

Record Companies Try Suing Baidu Again

The major record labels have gone in for a second round of listing pirated songs is bad legal action against leading Chinese search engine Baidu and smaller player Sohu. Universal Music, Sony BMG, War