GrabTaxi, the taxi-hailing app that rivals Uber in Southeast Asia, is in the money after announcing a $350 million Series E round from a range of investors that -- interestingly -- include Didi Kuaidi
As you probably know, <a HREF="http://disrupt.beta.techcrunch.com/BJ2011/">Disrupt Beijing</a> is happening next week and I'll be heading south from Beijing after the event. I would love to hang out w
<a HREF="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Foxconn">Foxconn</a> is planning on replacing many of it's hard-working human manufacturers with about 1 million robots, a number that, if you think about it, is a
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/04.jpeg"><a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/04/11/china-is-a-nation-of-fakery-inside-the-shanzhai-markets/">The first part of this v
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03.jpeg">It's hard to believe, but 1 out of 5 phones in the world is counterfeit and the vast majority come from Shenzhen. This ten-minut
A Chinese games company, ShunXiang Technology, has created a four-player, arcade version of Plants Vs. Zombies. “Great,” you say. “I love PvZ!” But wait, there’s more!
http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMjUyOTYwMjI4/v.swf A video making the rounds on Chinese websites shows a young student being picked up from the University in Shandong province in a little red
The first half of Going it Alone, Part III: Inside the Factory Walls appeared on CrunchGear yesterday. We pick up our survey of how consumer electronics are made with … Injection Molding “One
Adam Hocherman, 34, is an entrepreneur and founder of the consumer electronics company American Innovative in Boston, MA. Adam founded the company in 2003 with the help of the US Government’s SB
The cellphone market in Shenzhen is like a flea market where everyone is selling the same thing. If it looks like an iPhone, it’s here. There are hundreds of models, hundreds of odd names, and h
I’m sitting on a darkened patio of a club called Viva in the Futian district of Shenzhen. It’s not too late – about 1am – and the place is busy but not full. It’s mostly
For a long time my concept of sourcing – basically order fulfillment – was all wrong. When I ordered a USB charger or headphones for my phone or MP3 player, I thought some little old lady
This is part one of a series of four articles. Read the rest here: Getting From There To Here The Ex-Pats Shanzhai Market The driver pulled up to a small office complex in the heart of the city and be
Greetings from sunny Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong. I’ve spent some time in Asia – at least the tech centers – and have never found a place like this. It’s like Blade Runne