Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com has launched a new coupon platform, Quan.163.com, marking its latest online move following the unveiling of its recent lottery and insurance e-commerce businesses.

The China Internet Network Information Center has published a report on the activities of Chinese group buying users for 2011 in Beijing, stating that by June 2011, there were 42.2 million online group buying users in China, an increase of 125% compared with six months ago.

Chinese social networking site Kaixin001.com has announced that its group buying business, which it previously operated on its own, will transform to a third-party cooperation model.

The world's search engine giant Google has launched the group buying search service in China, marking its formal entry into the saturated Chinese e-commerce market.

Chinese lifestyle information website Ganji.com has launched a new collective buying product, which will first cooperate with Womai.com owned by COFCO Group in providing group buying deals in Beijing.

Jointly invested by Groupon, Tencent Collaboration Fund and Yunfeng Capital, the collective buying website Gaopeng.com has been launched in China.

An insider from the Chinese Internet company Tencent has confirmed to the local media that the American collective buying website Groupon will establish a joint venture with Tencent to enter the Chinese market, and the CEO of the new company will be assigned by Tencent.

Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen, vice president of Groupon, has reportedly revealed the company's intention to enter the Chinese market.

The top management of KFC has for the first time made a public apology to consumers in China for the fake e-coupon claims circulating in chatrooms.

Chinese electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to issue CNY50 million worth of consumer cards in Beijing in a one-week period starting from March 2, 2009.

Apple (AAPL) has announced plans to sell refurbished products on its Chinese official website at discounted prices, and these products include the iMac and iPod product lines.

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