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Alibaba Group to Pay USD 433.5 Mln to Settle Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit

Alibaba Group, 10/27/24

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA; 9988.HK) announced today in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it had agreed to pay USD 433.5 mln to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit filed by investors alleging monopolistic practices. Read More

Pinduoduo Appoints New VP Finance

Pinduoduo, 12/30/21

Chinese group-buy e-commerce platform operator Pinduoduo (Nasdaq: PDD) revealed in a new SEC filing today that Ms. LIU Jun will succeed MA Jing ("Tony Ma") as Pinduoduo's Vice President of Finance, effective January 1, 2022. Read More

Gridsum Announces Completion of "Going Private" Merger

Gridsum, 3/25/21

Gridsum Holding ("Gridsum" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: GSUM), a provider of cloud-based big-data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions in China, today announced the completion of the merger with Gridsum Growth Inc. ("Merger Sub"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gridsum Corporation ("Parent"), pursuant to the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of September 30, 2020 (the "Merger Agreement"), by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. Read More

Game Live Streaming Platform Operators Huya, DouYu to Merge

Huya, 10/12/20

Chinese game live streaming platform operator HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) and Wuhan-based game-centric live streaming platform operator DouYu International Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: DOYU) today announced that they have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 12, 2020 (the "Merger Agreement") with Tiger Company Ltd., a newly formed company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Huya ("Merger Sub"), and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, Nectarine Investment Limited ("Tencent"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited (0700.HK). Read More

Gridsum Enters into Definitive Agreement for Going-Private Transaction

Gridsum, 10/01/20

Beijing-based Gridsum Holding Inc. ("Gridsum" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: GSUM), a leading provider of cloud-based big-data analytics and artificial intelligence ("AI") solutions in China, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Gridsum Corporation ("Parent"), and Gridsum Growth Inc., a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to which the Company will be acquired by an investor consortium led by Mr. QI Guosheng (the "Chairman"), chairman of the board of directors of the Company (the "Consortium") in an all-cash transaction that values the Company's equity at approximately USD 75.5 mln (the "Merger"). Read More

Sina Enters into Definitive Agreement for "Going Private" Transaction

Sina, 9/28/20

Chinese online media company Sina (Nasdaq: SINA) today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with New Wave Holdings Limited ("Parent") and New Wave Mergersub Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to which Parent will acquire all of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares (each, an "Ordinary Share") not currently owned by Parent and its affiliates in an all-cash transaction (the "Merger") implying an equity value of the Company of approximately USD 2.59 billion for all the Ordinary Shares. Read More

58.com Announces Completion of "Going-Private" Merger

58.com, 9/18/20

Chinese online classifieds site 58.com (NYSE: WUBA) today announced the completion of the merger (the "Merger") with Quantum Bloom Company Ltd ("Merger Sub"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quantum Bloom Group Ltd ("Parent"), pursuant to the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of June 15, 2020 (the "Merger Agreement"), among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. Read More

Pinduoduo Names New CEO, General Counsel and VP of Finance

Pinduoduo, 7/01/20

Chinese e-commerce platform operator Pinduoduo (Nasdaq: PDD) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. CHEN Lei as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Read More

China Expands E-commerce Laws to Include Micro Merchants, Promote Fair Competition

The Beijing News, 6/20/18

The standing committee of China's National People's Congress recently issued a draft update to China's e-commerce laws. Read More

Feud between Tencent, Today's Headlines Escalates with Fresh Lawsuits

BiaNews, 6/02/18

Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent (0700.HK) recently issued a statement saying that Beijing-based Bytedance Technology, operator of popular news aggregation platform Today's Headlines and short video apps Douyin and Huoshan ("Volcano"), and its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Microlive Vision Technology, have been slandering Tencent through a number of channels, causing serious harm to Tencent's reputation. Read More