All Posts For 2008 September

China Travels: Wuxi – Home of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”

China Travels: Wuxi – Home of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”

A small city now 45 minutes of bullet train away from Shanghai(was 2 hours a few years ago), Wuxi is and has been one of the brightest spots of tourism in all of... 

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Image and Video of The First Step of Chinese Spaceman

Image and Video of The First Step of Chinese Spaceman

The historical moment is 16:43 Sep. 27 2008. Chinese Spaceman Zhai Zhigan: Walking out of Spaceship Chinese spaceman Zhai zhigang is saying “Hello”... 

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Web2Asia Founder George Godula Interview: Different Marketing Strategies for China and Europe/U.S.A.

Web2Asia Founder George Godula Interview: Different Marketing Strategies for China and Europe/U.S.A.

George Godula, Founder of Web2Asia George talks about how companies and businesses must adapt to local culture and customs when branching out into China. How do... 

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9 Terms to Learn China History in the Past 30 Years

9 Terms to Learn China History in the Past 30 Years

Year 2008 is the 30th anniversary of the introduction of Reform and Opening-up Policy (改革开放政策, Gǎigé Kāifàng Zhèngcè) in China, as well as the... 

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Bits and Bobs: Views on the Chinese Internet, September 2008 (Part One)

Bits and Bobs: Views on the Chinese Internet, September 2008 (Part One)

It’s just about two months before the Chinese Blogger Conference 2008 is reality — I’m already thinking of making a second trip back (last year was my first). Since that 2007 conf in Beijing (which was really close to where I lived), the Chinese Internet has changed quite a bit…

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Chinese Youth on Western Media: A Diversity of Opinion

Chinese Youth on Western Media: A Diversity of Opinion

Several days ago, ESWN posted a translation of a Tianya post titled “What is the reason China’s younger generation is losing confidence in the Western... 

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Making Calls in China: Mobile Phones, SIM Cards, and Dialing

Making Calls in China: Mobile Phones, SIM Cards, and Dialing

Getting in touch and staying in touch has never been easier. These days, everyone and their mom has a cell phone, and we worry more about ignoring calls we don’t... 

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Why the Chinese Don’t Count Calories

Why the Chinese Don’t Count Calories

Last night at the Beijing Bookworm, British author Lorraine Clissold gave a brief talk on her new book, Why the Chinese Don’t Count Calories.  Something... 

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Artist Liu Bolin and the invisible man

Artist Liu Bolin and the invisible man

Aw Guo at IfGoGo.com posted on “The invisible man in China,” a collection of photographs from contemporary Chinese artist Liu Bolin (en, zh).  There... 

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Social media friends’ reactions to China due to the Olympics

Social media friends’ reactions to China due to the Olympics

photo courtesy rich115 on Flickr I asked my friends on Facebook and also my social-media addicted FriendFeed “friends” whether they felt more negative... 

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Blog Day 2008!

Blog Day 2008!

Almost missed it this year, were it not for the nice mention by Duncan Riley of Inquisitr in his Blog Day 2008 list. Blog Day is a meme that seeks to introduce... 

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