Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; The state of the revolution; 1 News 24/7: Sina's story; 2 Being there with Ctrip; 3 Traffic alert: Baidu; 4 Google's China odyssey; 5 Alibaba: The electric souq; 6 Taobao: A market for the rest of us; 7 Tencent: I seek you; 8 Shanda: Pay now, enjoy later; 9 Shanda: Freebirds reign; 10 The mobile internet revolution; 11 Youku: Waltzing with the State; 12 The expats; What have we learned?; Internet development: China's conundrum; China's internet and the new regionalism.; Appendix: Chinese internet in figures; Index
Summary
A fasinating inside look at how China has adopted the Internet at rapid pace, and the effects it wil have on business and society
