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Temple Fair (庙会，miàohuì) in Chinese New Year – belated.

Temple Fair (庙会，miàohuì) in Chinese New Year – belated.

We had an internal contest on “Planning Your Chinese New Year” in Kango before Chinese New Year – we want to share with the US team that how Chinese... 

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CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Those Fine Thin Lines

CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Those Fine Thin Lines

Those fine thin lines. Telling us where to wait while the guy in front gets served. Telling you what not to do lest you risk undesired consequences. Fine thin lines... 

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CNReviews blogging the 2008 BIL Conference Mar 1-2 in Monterey, CA

CNReviews blogging the 2008 BIL Conference Mar 1-2 in Monterey, CA

After reading Scoble’s take and Ethan Zuckerman’s post on BIL (the emergent, self-organizing, and anarchic companion conference to TED), I was motivated... 

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The Monday Metropolis: Mind the Gap Between What’s Reported… and What’s Real

The Monday Metropolis: Mind the Gap Between What’s Reported… and What’s Real

Has the Internet become the misinformation superhighway? This morning, I woke up all happy, knowing that the Airport North Freeway now has ETC capabilities. I’ve... 

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How To Spend Your Maobacks — 80s-Style

How To Spend Your Maobacks — 80s-Style

Yours truly is making headlines these days. OK, the People’s Daily has still not carried a big pic of David Feng as of late — but the generation your... 

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Breaking News: Livid says CIAO to V2EX

Breaking News: Livid says CIAO to V2EX

I emailed Livid before our CN Reviews Livid interview post about him was up. V2EX was an online community that Livid started based on his open source project, Project... 

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CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Beijing and Tianjin

CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Beijing and Tianjin

We’ll get back to the “regular” Mind the Gap articles next Wednesday (I can hear the moans, I know…), but this Wednesday, I’d like... 

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CN Reviews Interview with Livid

CN Reviews Interview with Livid

UPDATE: We emailed Livid after posting this interview, and he shared with us the sad news that Livid is shutting down V2EX.  We posted on his announcement here. One... 

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The Monday Metropolis: Public Beta: Beijing Airport Terminal 3

The Monday Metropolis: Public Beta: Beijing Airport Terminal 3

I remember those days of the 1980s. Were it not for its size — tiny at just a single terminal and about 14 docks — visitors to the capital of the PRC... 

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That Hair… At the Head of a Sea Change

That Hair… At the Head of a Sea Change

“That hair.” Some guy with obviously too long (for David Feng, at least) hair decided to rock to some tune on his MP3 player (which, sad to say to many... 

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Yew Chung Silicon Valley (YCIS) Chinese New Year Gala

Yew Chung Silicon Valley (YCIS) Chinese New Year Gala

This is a bit off-topic for CN Reviews, but relates to how Silicon Valley celebrates Chinese New Year. Last night, we attended a Chinese New Year gala hosted by... 

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Numbers & Images of South China Freezing Rain, Ice Rain, and Snow Natural Disasters

Numbers & Images of South China Freezing Rain, Ice Rain, and Snow Natural Disasters

Shanghai recorded the lowest temperature of this winter on Feb. 13, 2008, the first official working day of Chinese New Year. Good news is that the weather in most... 

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Infographics by Yang Liu on China and Western cultural differences

Infographics by Yang Liu on China and Western cultural differences

I recently discovered these infographics by Yang Liu (hat-tip to Global Voices, OneManBandwidth, and Adino Chang). Sorry if you have already seen these, but I’m... 

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CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Authority

CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Authority

When it comes to dealing with those in power in China or in the West, it can be a real… nightmare, if you’re not ready for it. In the West, most of us... 

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Chinese New Year Food Map: a survey

Chinese New Year Food Map: a survey

Chinese New Year eve dinner has been the most important event of Guo Nian (过年，celebrating the new year) for a few thousand years. I remembered that people... 

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