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US, China to cooperate more on cyber threat

By AP News Tue, May 08, 2012 10:59AM UTC View Comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Asserting that cyberattacks against the U.S. do not come only from China, the U.S. and Chinese defense ministers said they agreed Monday to work together on cybersecurity issues to avoid miscalculations that could lead to future crises. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that since China and the United States have advanced cyber...

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Infographic: China’s microblogging giants sized up

By Jon Russell Mon, Aug 08, 2011 1:00PM UTC View Comments

Chinese microblogging is a topic rarely off the radar in Asia, and recently its role in overcoming censorship and information bureaus in reporting the Wenzhoubar train crash garnered considerable interest. With that in mind, the infographic below (via TechCrunch), from competitive intelligence agency Digimind, comparing the country’s leading Weibo (microblogging) providers Sina and Tecent will be...

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The rise of social media in China

By Jon Russell Mon, Aug 01, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

China has long fought to manage the amount of communication published online. The recent Wenzhoubar train crash, which saw 39 people lose their lives, is being been cited as a landmark in the changing face of the Chinese web which is seeing government officials battling to control the message amongst social media platforms – with the...

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comScore and the issue of misleading internet research in Asia

By Jon Russell Mon, Jun 27, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

A recent conversation I had over Twitter with a few switched-on digital types in Asia brought up the topic of comScore and the reliability of its data in Asia Pacific. This is a topic I’ve blogged about before in a post I wrote back in March suggesting that the inaccuracy of the company’s data is...

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Freed Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei given Twitter ban

By Jon Russell Sat, Jun 25, 2011 2:00PM UTC View Comments

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has reportedly received a Twitter ban included in the conditions of his recently agreed one-year long bail, according to media reports. The Telegraph, amongst many others, claims he will be unable to address his 89,000 plus Twitter followers although these details remain unconfirmed by Ai himself who is additionally banned from talking...

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