“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
CN Reviews looks back at 2009 and highlights our best posts. We covered social networking, social entrepreneurship, microblogging in China, growing online extremism, Chinese media, the Urumqi riots, the Lou Jing incident, National Day celebrations, and more.
Insights into microblogging’s (i.e. Twitter) current role and future potential in China’s internet amongst Chinese netizens. How will it affect businesses, advertising, and marketing in China?
A 3 hour bus ride from Guangzhou to Lianzhou involves smooth highways & narrow, uneven dangerous country roads. A truck rolls over & an old man grabs my crotch.
The 5th annual China Blogger Conference is being held in Lianzhou this year, about 3 hours outside of Guangzhou. We’re sponsoring and attending so check back for our coverage.
Review of the online virtual world game, iPartment or “love apartment” (in Chinese), where young Chinese girls decorate homes and “live with” their boyfriends.
Chinese bloggers answer why Kaifu Lee resigned from Google China, how it will affect Google China, and what we can expect from his new startup Innovation Works.
Why is China’s social network site dominated by local domestic Chinese players while foreigners have little success? Do Chinese netizens use SNS differently?
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?
How and why DIY free online website creation service Jimdo expanded to China and the Chinese market. Competitors, setbacks, lessons learned, and tweaks made.
Co-working has taken off in Shanghai, allowing entrepreneurs, independents, and freelancers to network and socialize while sharing office space and resources.
BloggerInsight asks notable Chinese bloggers how CCTV’s recent attacks against Google will affect Google’s business in China. Their answers might not be pretty.
Translation of a Hecaitou (well-known Chinese blogger) post on how CCTV’s recent attacks against Google for links to vulgar content has boosted Google’s traffic.
A review of what many Chinese bloggers are saying about the recent “Green Dam Youth Escort” mandatory filtering software debacle: Flawed, dangerous, wasteful…
Well-known Chinese brand strategy expert & advertising man Xu Dawei criticizes China Mobile & China Telecom’s 3G ad campaigns for not making much sense.
A collection of blog posts by mainland Chinese bloggers concerning the censorship and memories surrounding the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square 1989.