American Hegemony Tied To Football & Transformers!
Is American hegemony tied to its aptitude for soccer (er, football)? Is Transformers 2 really just a big commercial for the United States to sell its weapons?
Opportunity In China’s 4th-6th Tier Cities & Counterfeit Cigarettes
Business opportunities and insights for China’s 4th-6th tier cities, and China’s massively lucrative counterfeit cigarette industry (& how you can get into it!).
Google Needs to Behave To Succeed, Say Chinese Bloggers
BloggerInsight asks notable Chinese bloggers how CCTV’s recent attacks against Google will affect Google’s business in China. Their answers might not be pretty.
5th Fantasy China National Animation Summit – July 3rd
Join over 35 VCs & 150 animation industry gurus for the 5th Fantasy China National Animation Summit in Shanghai featuring well-known foreign & domestic speakers.
Beggars, Expat Habits, Netizen Revolution, Jackson, & Parkour
CNR’s Weekly Review highlights some of the most interesting and can’t miss blog posts from the English China blogosphere. This week: June 21-27, 2009.
Green Dam & CCTV’s Attacks On Google – 12 Point Review
A 12 point summary of the entire Green Dam Youth Escort web-filtering and censorship software controversy and the CCTV attacking Google for porn links scandal.
Martyr’s Name Miscarved On Monument, Family Ignored
Song You believes his brother’s name has been written incorrectly on his county’s monument to revolutionary martyrs. For thirty years he’s appealed to the local authorities without resolution.
Chinese Web Insights: CCTV’s Attacks Increased Google’s Traffic
Translation of a Hecaitou (well-known Chinese blogger) post on how CCTV’s recent attacks against Google for links to vulgar content has boosted Google’s traffic.
The Chinese Tourist (In The Eyes of The Taiwanese)
As more and more mainland Chinese are able to travel abroad, how are they being received? Here’s one account of a mainland tour group in Taiwan by a Taiwanese.
The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of Trains, Youth, Politics, Dissidents & CCTV
CNR’s Weekly Review highlights some of the most interesting and can’t miss blog posts from the English China blogosphere. This week: June 14-20, 2009.
