Twitter founders have been yapping optimistically about Twitter in China, but I personally don't buy it. This good Shanghaiist article talks about what's been happening and why the internet "tidal wave" won't break down the Great Firewall
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* Since Micah didn't officially title this bad boy I'm using the first line in the piece.
Fantastic explication at how one of the author's Flickr photos made it into the mainstream Chinese media in just a few hours.
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I’ve found that I tend to encounter the most interesting Chinese programs while riding in a taxi late at night. It’s those call-in advice radio shows that taxi drivers like so much. I love those shows!...Naturally, I don’t want to actually listen to these shows on the radio at their scheduled times, I want to listen to them online when I want to listen to them.
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1. Setup a zuosa account (Chinese twitter clone)
2. Verify your mobile number
3. Sync zuosa with Twitter. Done!
I just tried out Zuosa today. In many ways it is a Twitter-clone. The idea, design and even the colors are much alike, but like any good clone, it has grown apart from the original in many ways. Here are some things that are different:
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According to this article by the China Daily the internet is going to be restored soon. Lots of promises coming from the NPC delegates. Additionally, I responded to this article by listing 5 reasons it won't be restored.
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What’s the best study aid you can get for learning a language? Aside from the internet itself, I’ve found that the most useful single object in my Chinese study over the last 18 months has been an iPod touch.
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I just posted a list of some of my favorite China blogs. Check it out. If there's something you think should be added, let me know. I'll be adding to this list over time.
This is a list of the China blogs that I like and follow - any English-language blog on anything about China.
General Blogs
* China Law Blog (feed) - Business law in China. Thoughtful. Good discussion.
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There are a number of important reasons why wide-eyed optimism over Apple’s short- to medium-term prospects in China are somewhat premature.
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Delegate. At least that's what Rebecca MacKinnon said in her testimony to the Senate. In this article Imagethief quotes a short paragraph from this speech, but more importantly links to several other interesting articles on the topic of exactly how technology isn't the only way China enforces censorship.
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Apple’s plans for expansion in China: the company intends to open 25 stores in that country over the next two years. At the moment, Apple (AAPL) has a single store in Beijing and at least two others planned for Shanghai, including one at the Shanghai World Financial Center, so the company’s ambitions in the country are aggressive.
read more »The Beijing Tourism Information Net homepage weather forecast has not been updated for five days and causes some trouble to families.
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On March 1, Shanghai will start cracking down on smoking in most public places as part of a wider effort to clean up the city before the Expo. Similar to Beijing’s clampdown before the Olympics, this latest ban on smoking will extend to 13 types of public venues...
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Have you ever wanted to know where the Chinese social media sites are located? - from Blogs to SNS and everywhere in between. Here is a great super link list from around the Chinese blogosphere for you to get a fast snapshot of the websites and their URL.
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The Chinese microblogosphere as of February, 2010 - Zuosa, Digu, Sina, Taotao, Google Buzz, etc.
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According to foreign media reports, Google in China launched a map search service for users to use when traveling during the Spring Festival.
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Google has sent a cease and desist letter to the Chinese search site Goojje, whose logo eerily resembles its own.
Google has confirmed that it's demanded the Chinese site stops aping its trademarked logo. Goojje is no longer using its original URL, www.goojje.com, but that address gives a redirect to www.dierqi.com, where it seems to be operating normally.
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Google appears to be content to remain in China doing business as usual while it finds a way to work within the system, according to one of the search giant’s founders. This despite a strong statement 30 days ago that it would stop censoring search results in China and possibly pull its business out of that country.
read more »According to foreign media reports, AOL now is has been further close to sell ICQ, AOL selected 4 buyers to enter the next round of assessment among the 7 bidding buyers.
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Two days ago, Google announced a new product called Buzz which competes with Facebook and Twitter. With it’s competition blocked in China, the door appears to be wide open for Google to strike, but what risks lie ahead for Google and its latest platform?
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