Daily Brief: The Supply Chain Crisis of Xiaomi

The Supply Chain Crisis of Xiaomi

Cooperation with MediaTeck "suspended"

Taiwan MediaTeck Inc. recently stopped providing mobile chips for Xiaomi. As an analyst pointed out, losing the support of MediaTeck would resulted in the biggest crisis for Xiaomi on the supply chain side. Previously, Qualcomm had already lowered its priority of cooperation with Xiaomi. Due to the source, the "suspension" of the cooperation between MediaTeck and Xiaomi will last for at least one season.

Alibaba invested 100 billion Korean Won in SM Entertainment

Due Diligence review in process

According to Economic Daily in Korea, the investment capital will be paid in two separate parts. Recently Alibaba is still discussing the details of the investment with the VC Funds management company. In addition to investing in SM Entertainment, Alibaba will also take part in distributing the products of China-Korea film co-production in the Chinese market.

Huawei & ZTE addressed Legal Letters to Xiaomi

Xiaomi mired into the patent battle among Chinese mobile phone brands

The mobile phone market in China already became biggest mobile phone market in the world. In this highly competitive market, is the patent battle bound to start?

Tecent Beijing Office Got Daubed

The graffiti says "SHAMELESS"

The identity of the wrecker is unknown. Tecent hasn't responded to requests for comment. The site was covered and secured by security guards. A source claimed that this incident involved an former Tencent employee who worked for the PR department.

Websites Offering Subtitles for Foreign TV Shows, Movies Shut Down

The government has not said it closed the two websites.

The Motion Picture Association of America, a trade group representing six major U.S. studios, recently listed Yyets.com one of the top 10 websites providing pirated content.