http://cnreviews.com The interesting people, business, and life in China Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:49:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Weekly Review: With the brand-spanking new Daily Reviews I'm now doing every...er, two days, I'm going to do something new with this week's Weekly Review by featuring a series of four posts over the past week all by Spanish/English language blogger ULN of the CHINAYOUREN China blog (yes, all CAPS, ... http://cnreviews.com/life/trends-phenomenon/observations-insights-of-a-blog-blocked-by-chinas-great-firewall_20090704.html China Daily Review: Two interesting links about China today, both about America (and, of course, how it relates to China). The first is great for anyone looking for a quick chuckle about how power correlates with sports and the second is great for anyone who has seen the latest Transformers ... http://cnreviews.com/life/news-issues/american-hegemony-football-transformers_20090702.html China Daily Review: Two interesting links about China today, both about business. The first is great for anyone looking to do some serious business in China's huge 4th and 6th tier cities (yeah, we're not even talking about 2nd or 3rd tier here, we're talking where most foreigners have never ... http://cnreviews.com/business/research-insights/opportunity-china-4th-6th-tier-cities-counterfeit-cigarettes_20090701.html Following a CCTV reported that Google China provided  easy access pornographic material, which is illegal in China, Google.cn can no longer provide international content from June 22nd. Google.cn was required to restructure its content, that is, delete all the inappropriate content, and report on its clean up efforts to ... http://cnreviews.com/business/research-insights/chinese-bloggers-discuss-google-business-china_20090630.html Join over 35 VCs and 150 animation industry gurus for the 5th Fantasy China National Animation Summit in Shanghai this Friday, July 3rd. The event will discuss new business models and new channels of the animation industry, while also providing a great opportunity for project roadshows of selected enterprises. A few ... http://cnreviews.com/life/events/5th-fantasy-china-national-animation-summit_20090630.html Weekly Review: Here are five interesting blog posts or news items from the past week that will help you remember that Chinese people are humans too, avoid becoming an ineffectual expat, brace for the netizen revolution, remember Michael Jackson with the Chinese, and find Chinese people who do cool stuff. [caption ... http://cnreviews.com/life/news-issues/beggars-expat-habits-netizen-revolution-jackson-parkour_20090629.html Over the past several weeks, the big news in China has surrounded first the "Green Dam Youth Escort" and then the CCTV spearheaded China mainstream media attack against Google. There has been an overwhelming amount of coverage both by the blogosphere and the Western mainstream media, enough to make your ... http://cnreviews.com/life/news-issues/green-dam-cctv-attacks-google_20090627.html [caption id="attachment_3295" align="aligncenter" width="628" caption="China Yuhuatai Revolutionary Martyr Memorial in Nanjing."][/caption] Was a revolutionary martyr's name written incorrectly when a memorial was replaced? His relatives toil for 30 years without result. June 25, 2009 Source: Yanzhao Metro Post (Hebei) When elder brother Song Fu (宋富）was martyred during the revolution (1945-1949), his name was ... http://cnreviews.com/life/news-issues/martyrs-name-miscarved-on-monument-family-ignored_20090626.html Hecaitou 和菜头, now based in Beijing, is one of the top active bloggers in China, updating  his blog every day and sometimes more than once a day.  He is a member of China’s Bai ethnic group and insists on being anonymous on the internet, the last Shangri-la for the ... http://cnreviews.com/business/research-insights/chinese-web-insights-cctv-attacks-increased-google-traffic_20090625.html Just last year, both online and print media have been fussing over the fact that "The Chinese are coming!" I remember China Daily publishing an informative piece about The Chinese Wave. Some excerpts are as follows: Twenty years ago, it was a dream for most Chinese. China's first approved foreign tourist destination ... http://cnreviews.com/life/society-culture/chinese-tourists-taiwanese-perspectives_20090625.html