Baidu's Chinese New Year heat map tracking the large annual migration from Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzen in real time.

qianxi.baidu.com

Happy New Year! 

TECH DEALS AND TRENDS

GREATER CHINA

Leading taxi apps Kuaidi and Didi in $6 billion merger to counter Uber's advance in China http://ow.ly/J6siA

LinkedIn's China bet starts paying off with increase in users http://bit.ly/1zfeda4 

Tesla's Elon Musk ready to fire execs over weak China sales - just 120 of the luxury electric cars last month. Could put dent in Tesla's global ambitions. http://for.tn/1L3PGMe

Apple's digital personal assistant Siri got a new competitor from ZTE: "Hello, World! I'm from China!" http://t.co/7JUGirPOp7

Behind Alibaba's $590 million bet on smartphones http://bloom.bg/16LwyVB

 Chairman of ludicrously valued, Netsun, aka "the other Hangzhou-based e-commerce company," now a billionaire. http://goo.gl/jdWtDq

http://onforb.es/1AwqmP5

Under Lenovo's ownership, Motorola appears to have gotten its mojo back. http://onforb.es/1zSDEFo

Chinese company Hanergy plans to release solar powered cars later this year. http://onforb.es/1AwqmP5

Taiwan's National Development Council will invest $83 million in four venture capital funds, including 500 Startups and TransLink Capital

Inside China's bitcoin mine that's making $1.5 million per month from a repurposed factory in Liaoning province.  

http://bit.ly/16SgwKC 

'Made in China' Is Increasingly Becoming 'Made in USA' http://nbcnews.to/1DwMbNP

China Rising: How four giants are revolutionizing China's homegrown film business. http://bit.ly/1zF2VkC

Tech clouds over China: entrepreneurs, customers, cloud computing onforb.es/16xhbAR  

Silicon Valley

The new white flight: in Apple's hometown, parents flee schools that are "too Asian" - too academically driven

www.wsj.com/articles/SB113236377590902105 

INDIA

http://bit.ly/1DtzCD8http://bit.ly/1DtzCD8 

Jack Ma's Indian sojourn into e-commerce begins with Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial Services acquiring a 25% stake in mobile payment ecosystem Paytm, run by One97. Alibaba co-founder Peng Lei is joining the board of Paytm. http://bit.ly/1vQd1zA 

India-based mobile news aggregator raises $50 million from NY hedge fund Falcon Edge Capital, Matrix Partners, Sequoia Capital and Omidyar Network. The new financing follows $18 million in October for the startup positioned for Indian-language mobile users.  

Location-based SEO enabler NowFloats in Hyderabad raises Series A funding led by Omidyar Network. http://bit.ly/1CQQ3c3 

India outgrew China last year if you believe the new statistics.

What happened to the '10000 Cr startup fund' announced by Government of India http://your.st/1M5LWwP 

Indian billionaire amongst secret buyers of NYC real estate http://flip.it/18iLE 

The Bumpy Ride for Deep Kalra's MakeMyTrip Web Operation http://onforb.es/ZzFi5Z