p2pnet - rss feed: Google’s Xunlei investment
p2pnet.net News:- Google is escalating its cultivatation of China, where it already actively helps with online censorship.
It’s to invest in Xunlei, based in Shenzhen, south China, in a move which, “may help it tap growing popularity for online videos in the world’s second-biggest Internet market,” says Bloomberg News.
Existing investors in Xunlei include IDG Venture Capital and Morningside Asia Advisory Ltd.
“The Chinese Web site also has partnership agreements with companies such as Motorola Inc., Sina Corp. and Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd., according to its Web site,” says the story.
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Also See:
online censorship - ‘Sold technology to Chinese police’, October 31, 2006
Bloomberg News - Google to invest in Chinese video Web site, December 25, 2006
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