We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products into the country. Now here’s an example of a Chinese giant looking shop its own mobile services abroad: the internet portal Tencent is now distributing its QQ…

Baidu’s determination to get a piece of the action in China’s fast-growing mobile market has yielded plans for an app store and mobile platform of its own, Baidu Yi, based on Android; and now we are getting more details on the second part of the equation: the devices.

Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU), the search-portal provider and “Google (NSDQ: GOOG) of China,” has made a key move into the world of mobile today: it is launching its own app store, to be called “Baidu Yi,” which will be available on Google’s Android OS. The move comes after months of speculation…

Sina (NSDQ: SINA) may have taken the crown in the Twitter-style, homegrown microblogging race in China, but its leadership has come at a price. The Chinese internet and mobile company today reported that Q2 profit was down by more than 60 percent compared to the same period a year ago—caused…

Chinese internet search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) reported a 95 percent increase in net income on Monday, beating Wall Street expectations and sending the company’s shares up nearly seven percent in after-hours trading. Baidu said strong traffic growth and increased ad spending powered the blockbuster results, which came amid fears…

While everyone’s attention was focused on Spotify finally launching services in the U.S., another online music milestone has been reached on the other side of the world. China’s search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU), long accused of aiding and abetting music piracy, has finally inked a deal with major music labels…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has had its ups and downs in China, and that presents a ripe opportunity for its competitors, both in China and closer to home in the U.S. Today, it is being reported that the Chinese search giant Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) has signed a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ:…

Last month, the music industry, which had previously lost a piracy case against Chinese search site Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU), went public with further complaints. Now, Baidu “will launch a licensed music search service in May”, Reuters reports, citing Baidu’s spokesperson.

It’s been rumored for a while now that China’s Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) is keen to follow rival search giant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) into the smartphone space with its own operating system for mobiles and tablets, a la Android. Now, we have some more details on what that could look like,…

A Beijing court has cleared Chinese search giant Baidu of copyright infringement suits brought by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the major record labels. The court’s judgment was simply that the search engine had not broken rules by linking to unauthorized music downloads. In the…

It’s a tale of two Baidus - and an excellent attempt at domain name profiteering. Baidu Europe, a five-year-old, eight-person Dutch internet consultancy, wants to sell both the trademark and its baidu.eu, baidu.tv, baidu.nl and baidu.be names, and is clearly hoping the big Chinese search engine will snap them up.…