All Posts For 2008 April

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China Public Holidays 2008 : Plan Your Trip to/in China

China Public Holidays 2008 : Plan Your Trip to/in China

Update: 2010’s Chinese public holiday schedule has been announced. Happy Labor Day! I remember I stayed at home (Shanghai) for 7 days watching all the Desperate... 

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Review of NextStep Shanghai Entrepreneur Mixers

Review of NextStep Shanghai Entrepreneur Mixers

Sometime in early 2007, some wise guy on ShanghaiExpat.com felt expat entrepreneurs in Shanghai could really use a community and network to support each other’s... 

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Which China Twitterati are Twittering the most?

Which China Twitterati are Twittering the most?

Christine Lu (of China Business Network) compiled a great list of the (primarily English-language) China Twitterati on Twitter. If you’re on Twitter and am... 

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Mind the Gap: <I>Hunong</i> and <i>Zixi</i>

Mind the Gap: Hunong and Zixi

First of all, excuse the gap — as in the gap, day-wise. Thursday evening looked like terminal illness for yours truly after a massive day’s all-in-ones:... 

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China Online Travel Industry Report of 2007 Q4 from Baidu

China Online Travel Industry Report of 2007 Q4 from Baidu

Baidu Data Research Center (百度数据研究中心) released a Online Travel Report 2007 on April. 10, 2008. It provides some very interesting data about online... 

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Belated Happy Birthday to “1kg More”  and Updates

Belated Happy Birthday to “1kg More” and Updates

1kg More (多背一公斤)was four years old on April 18, 2008. Happy Birthday, 1kg More! And congratulations on the great progress in the past year, Andrew!... 

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The Monday Metropolis: Rain…

The Monday Metropolis: Rain…

Everything seems cool when it starts to rain. But when it rains nonstop for 24 hours, things get a bit different. Here’s a look at our nation’s capital... 

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Ready for the “International Chinese”?

Ready for the “International Chinese”?

If you’ve been watching the officialspeak lately, the word 华人 (hua ren), which means — quite simply — “Chinese” — has been... 

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Mind the Gap Wednesday: Qianxu — Quagmire or Quality?

Mind the Gap Wednesday: Qianxu — Quagmire or Quality?

To many a Westerner (especially to this Swiss-Chinese), one Chinese characteristic that we may have some trouble getting over is this characteristic known as qianxu... 

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What does the world think of the U.S. and China?

What does the world think of the U.S. and China?

Via blackandwhitecat.org, one of fellow CN Reviews blogger Kai Pan favorite blogs, we got turned onto a recent BBC World Survey (pdf)on international public opinion... 

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Shanghai Guide: From Airport to City Center

Shanghai Guide: From Airport to City Center

If you’re coming to Shanghai, you’ll most likely be arriving through Pudong International Airport (PVG). Located 30 km east of downtown, it took over... 

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The Monday Metropolis: Of Boxes and Red Roofs — Beijing Subway Station Designs

The Monday Metropolis: Of Boxes and Red Roofs — Beijing Subway Station Designs

You are familiar with Subway Line 10, are you? It’s one of those new subway lines opening in about two months here in Beijing, and when it’s reality,... 

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Tencent to Build 3000-person Search Army to Power Search Engine

Tencent to Build 3000-person Search Army to Power Search Engine

Zhang Liming (张黎明) from Beijing Morning Post (北京晨报) has a report titled as “Tencent learned from Korean Model to Hire a 3000-people Human Flesh... 

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Weekend Jots: What Do the Chinese Netizenry Use?

Weekend Jots: What Do the Chinese Netizenry Use?

After about two week at one of my newer gigs, the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, I’ve a good idea what the average Chinese, born in the 1980s, uses on the... 

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CNBloggerCon 2008 location poll up – committee will decide by 4/30

CNBloggerCon 2008 location poll up – committee will decide by 4/30

UPDATE 5/5:  CNBloggerCon 2008 Location and date has been decided! Fellow CN Reviews blogger Min Guo (@grigo) tweeted me the poll for 2008’s CNBloggerCon... 

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