Just last week, during the start of the Beijing Olympics frenzy, Zendesk launched their Chinese version of their help desk service. Tackling the Chinese market with a Western product can be challenging and I’d see Zendesk will see its fair share of those challenges, much like other services we’ve seen launched in China. There was [...]

The 6th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) conference will take place next week in Hong Kong at the University of Hong Kong on June 13-14, 2008. This year’s conference theme, “China and the Internet: Myths and Realities,” seeks to separate fact from fiction about the Internet in China. As the attention of the world [...]

CityIN, launched last month, has rolled up some interesting features including automatic face detection. Today, they announced they have joined OpenSocial. This is significant in that it is one of the OpenSocial pioneers in China, but whether it will gain traction remains to be seen. I’ve been told however, that they will provide a Chinese [...]

CityIN, a social network for China will exit private beta and launch publicly tomorrow. Based in Guangzhou, China, the company aims to bring people together by matching their personal interests, entertainment, brands, celebrities and others. Social networks are everywhere in China with mostly clones popping up in the market, as well as the entrance by [...]

China BloggerCon 2007 in Beijing has to be one of the best events I have attended. It’s a great environment and everyone knows everyone and if not, you will by the end of the conference, that’s how casual and friendly environment it is. I can’t say much about the previous two conferences, but this one [...]