“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
China has a lot of people. Something like 1.3 billion of them. We write about a very tiny fraction of them. However, this tiny fraction of people are usually pretty cool. Maybe they’re successful, influential, or just plain nifty. Either way, they’re doing something meaningful in China and we just might learn a few good things from them.
CNReviews blogger Elliott Ng shares his plans to join Google in China. He will be commuting to Beijing until July 2011, then moving to Beijing.
Quickly becoming a 2010 must-read, chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Richard Baum’s “China Watcher”–a decidedly non-scholarly work of non-fiction for the Zhongguotong (China Hand) and layman alike.
Book review of the banned book by Richard McGregor that talks about the Chinese Communist Party. What did McGregor write that earned the ire of the Chinese censors? Point-by-point summary of what to expect when you get yourself a copy (if you don’t get arrested for buying it).
Interview with ICS EXPO 360° man Steven Weathers. How he started his career in China. His initial thoughts on the Expo. Advice for people going there like where the best coffee is, etc.
The Chinese people came together to mourn the victims of the Yushu Earthquake. Expo volunteers, students, and online portals contributed in their own ways.
Two years, 503 posts, and 4,298 comments ago, we started the CN Reviews blog journey. Here’s 20 blogs that sent us traffic and linked to us and otherwise gave us intellectual food and water and kept us on our odyssey.
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?
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.
Of well-known Beijing-based British journalists, bloggers, good journalism, buying books on the street, mango-passionfruit slushies, interracial relationships, and Urumqi riot coverage.
An introduction to the bunch of China bloggers based in Shanghai who met up for drinks and lively conversation, and a review of the shenanigans they were up to.
