Tagged: Baidu

China’s Meituan-Dianping Deal Mirrors Didi-Kuaidi Merger

The merger of China’s Meituan, a “Groupon for China,” and Dianping, “China’s Yelp,” to create a $15 billion giant respectively backed by Alibaba and Tencent as well as several prominent VC firms,  marks the largest combo in China’s Internet industry in a year when Internet deals involving Chinese companies are pegged at $58.4 billion, nearly double the amount for...

Silicon Dragon News – mid-February, 2015

 Baidu’s Chinese New Year heat map tracking the large annual migration from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzen in real time. qianxi.baidu.com Happy Chinese New Year!   TECH DEALS AND TRENDS GREATER CHINA Robin Li channels Liberace at Baidu’s 15th anniversary gala. What is it with China’s tech lords? Join Baidu – see Robin Li play the drums. The perks...