http://cnreviews.com About China blogosphere, travel, and entrepreneurship Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have some UpTake U.S. colleagues who are going to visit the UpTake Beijing R&D team in September. They asked me for some hotel recommendations. I will probably just introduce them to Winser Zhao (Twitter) of SinoHotelReservation who has helped me in the past and provided some other ... http://cnreviews.com/beijing_hotels/jade-palace-hotel-review-beijing_20080828.html From The Independent's slideshow of Olympic photographs. Now that the Olympics are over, the foreign media and China observers are all quick to speculate about what will happen in the post-Olympic era. Here's a brief sampling of what's being addressed: - The economy: While many foreign companies are concerned about ... http://cnreviews.com/china/what_next_china_in_the_post-olympics_age_draft_20080828.html Photo originally found on Mop here. "Add fuel?" "Let's go?" "Olé! Olé! Olé?" "Come on?" One of the quirkier news stories that has come out of the Beijing Olympics is how to translate the ubiquitous Chinese cheer 加油 (jiāyóu). The New York Times Rings blog wrote ... http://cnreviews.com/china_cultural_differences/more_than_just_adding_oil_20080821.html Sky Canaves, lead blogger of Wall Street Journal's China Journal blog, highlights the ingenious solution to the lack of food options at the Olympic Green. Too bad the solution results in an exploding lunch box! (h/t Shanghaiist, China Herald) According to her post: Due to the lack of cooking facilities, a ... http://cnreviews.com/olympics/sky-canaves-exploding-lunchbox_20080821.html I noticed an interesting comment posted by mtlyorel in Elliott's recent post about David Brooks: Neither Brooks or other commentators let alone career China-bashers i.e. Fallows - understand fully the concept of collectivism in China. For starters, collectivism needs semantic qualification. Collectivism is really a concept that exists in all cultures, ... http://cnreviews.com/china_cultural_differences/american_dream_chinese_fear_collectivism_vs_individualism_20080820.html Guest post from Shanghai-based Xiaodi Zhang, product management executive at eBay and co-founder of HopStix, a new China travel review site for sharing about food and travel. Also posted on the HopStix blog as "He's Not Superman After All." She also left a super-insightful comment on my earlier ... http://cnreviews.com/olympics/liu-xiang-national-pride_20080820.html Chinese basketball fans are elated over the China men's team 59-55 victory over Germany. Looks like the triple play of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and Sun Yue are keeping China in the running for a basketball medal. Meanwhile, off the courts Chinese are getting a kick out of ... http://cnreviews.com/olympics/google_olympics_logo_china_basketball_germany_20080819.html Think the games are confined to the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube? Well think again, outside of China the Olympics might be confined to your TV set or your computer screen, but not so here in Beijing. Let's move out into the streets. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on ... http://cnreviews.com/olympics/no-escape-beijing-olympics-2008_20080818.html Last week, on August 11, New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks published his essay "Harmony and the Dream" (NYT login required) and inadvertently created a perfect case study of how a journalist parachuting into China can get eviscerated by the blogosphere in less than 7 days. Of course, its ... http://cnreviews.com/china_cultural_differences/david-brooks-china_20080818.html Off-topic post alert (but what is really on-topic for CNReviews these days heh) I'm at WordCamp SF today, and just saw a presentation by Stephen Spencer, founder and CEO of Netconcepts. I think he is one of the best SEOs in the business, take my word for it! He ... http://cnreviews.com/blog_business/wordcamp-2008-seo-mistakes_20080817.html