Michael Kan - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Michael Kan

Article | 1/03/2011 US raps China's Baidu and Taobao over pirated goods

Two of China's biggest websites, the search engine Baidu and online retailer Taobao, were named as "notorious markets" in a new U.S. government report...

Article | 28/02/2011 Groupon launches China site at Gaopeng.com

Groupon has finally launched its China site at GaoPeng.com, following weeks of reports and speculation on how the U.S. company was going to enter the ...

Article | 25/02/2011 Huawei calls US "bluff," invites probe to clear reputation

Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei wants to clear its reputation and has asked the U.S. government to investigate the company for co...

Article | 25/02/2011 China blocks LinkedIn, ramps up Internet censorship

The social networking site LinkedIn has been blocked in China, a move that analysts say is tied to Chinese government efforts to suppress mention of a...

Article | 24/02/2011 China's Baidu accused of search bias in monopoly complaint

China's largest search engine, Baidu, is facing a potential antitrust investigation after the company was accused of blocking and degrading the search...

Article | 23/02/2011 Huawei wins preliminary injunction in Motorola lawsuit

Chinese network equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary injunction from a U.S. court, preventing Motorola Solutions from carrying out the transfe...

Article | 22/02/2011 China Mobile, Xinhua launch Chinese search engine

China Mobile and China's state-run Xinhua News Agency have launched a new search engine at Panguso.com that will also tap the country's growing mobile...

Article | 22/02/2011 Alibaba tries to restore confidence amid fraud case

Alibaba.com's CEO resigned Monday, hoping to restore the company's image after the Chinese e-commerce giant revealed how its suppliers had defrauded i...

Article | 22/02/2011 iPhone workers still sick after chemical poisoning

Guo Ruiqiang says he still feels sick more than a year after he suffered chemical poisoning while working on an iPhone production line.

Article | 21/02/2011 Alibaba.com CEO and COO resign after fraud investigation

The head of Alibaba.com, a top e-commerce operator in China, has resigned following an internal investigation that found an increase in fraudulent tra...

Article | 21/02/2011 China blocks microblogs for 'Jasmine Revolution'

China has suspended searches for content on the country's popular microblog, an apparent move to stifle mention of a "Jasmine Revolution" that was to ...

Article | 19/02/2011 China's Huawei to reverse controversial deal for 3Leaf

Chinese network equipment supplier Huawei has reversed its stance and has accepted a U.S. panel's recommendation to voluntarily divest from a business...

Article | 18/02/2011 Lenovo to launch LePad tablet worldwide in June

Chinese PC maker Lenovo plans on selling its LePad tablet worldwide in June, but will first launch the device in China at the end of March, a company ...

Article | 17/02/2011 China microblog blocks searches for Hillary Clinton

A top microblog in China has blocked searches for the Chinese words for "Hillary Clinton" and "Hillary", just a day after the U.S. Secretary of State ...

Article | 16/02/2011 Carriers back LTE TDD for 4G through new initiative

Mobile carriers including China Mobile, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have launched a new initiative to promote the 4G (fourth-generation) network techno...