All Posts For 2009 August

Prominent IT Blogger Keso Suspended By Twitter

Prominent IT Blogger Keso Suspended By Twitter

Famous IT blogger Keso has his Twitter account blocked. Despite contacting Twitter, the account has not been restored after 48 hours. Another case of Silicon Valley ignoring the rest of the world?

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Qifang.cn founder Calvin Chin interview

Qifang.cn founder Calvin Chin interview

Calvin Chin, founder/CEO of Qifang.cn, shares advice on social entrepreneurship in China, and shares some details about Qifang.cn, a new person-to-person student loan program.

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MacKinnon: Internet’s Uncertain Future & US-China Relations

MacKinnon: Internet’s Uncertain Future & US-China Relations

Discussion with Rebecca MacKinnon on the emerging uncertain future of the Internet under non-democratic, non-Western countries like China, and new approaches toward US-China relations.

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Top 4 Reasons Why Chinese Social Networking Is Different

Top 4 Reasons Why Chinese Social Networking Is Different

Why is China’s social network site dominated by local domestic Chinese players while foreigners have little success? Do Chinese netizens use SNS differently?

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Apple & China Unicom Rumors: The China Market For The iPhone

Apple & China Unicom Rumors: The China Market For The iPhone

Rumors continue of Apple negotiating with China Unicom to bring the iPhone officially to China. It’ll have to compete with grey market imports, fakes, & Google?

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Wanted: Shanghai Customer Service Executive for MSH China

Wanted: Shanghai Customer Service Executive for MSH China

MSH China, an insurance services company serving multinational companies, seeks a Customer Service Executive/Account Executive to work full-time in Shanghai.

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Stanford Professors, Establishing A Legal Company & Rich People

Stanford Professors, Establishing A Legal Company & Rich People

A Stanford professor takes a serious look at The Onion’s satire of China, a bunch of good advice on starting a company in China, & expectations of poor people.

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ChineseClass101.com Review: Good Podcasts, Confusing Design

ChineseClass101.com Review: Good Podcasts, Confusing Design

We take Innovative Language Learning’s ChineseClass101.com for a spin to see if we can learn some real Chinese through their new entrant into this competitive online language learning market.

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China 2010: insights from Microsoft, Symbio, Lip-Bu Tan

China 2010: insights from Microsoft, Symbio, Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan (Cadence), Symbio, & Microsoft shared insights into working with the Chinese government, the difficulty of penetrating inner circle of elites, and reasons for optimism for China 2010.

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Wanted: Beijing Hospitality Sales Manager for Foreign Company

Wanted: Beijing Hospitality Sales Manager for Foreign Company

Foreign hospitality company seeks experienced Hospitality Sales Manager with references to work full-time in Beijing’s central business district.

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China 2010: Innovation, Copycats, Cheap Labor, Staffing Challenges

China 2010: Innovation, Copycats, Cheap Labor, Staffing Challenges

Microsoft, KPMG, Symbio, and Cadence offer their thoughts on innovation, the myth of cheap labor, staff retention, and more business issues relating to China.

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Capital Punishment In China: Death Vans & Organ Harvesting

Capital Punishment In China: Death Vans & Organ Harvesting

China executes the most criminals per year in the world & Beijing has recently moved away from firing squads to lethal injections, including mobile “death vans”.

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Quote: Col. Timothy Reese on Americans Staying In Iraq

Quote: Col. Timothy Reese on Americans Staying In Iraq

“They will tolerate us as long as they can suckle at Uncle Sam’s bounteous mammary glands.” ... 

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