Tortue

Former Digital Media Strategist at Ogilvy PR Hong Kong, DJ, Mandarin addict and currently working on a new venture in the mobile & web application business in Taipei.

Tortue has submitted 21 stories, 10 of which were voted popular, and has earned 0 Gold Stars.

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Google Plus launched with some Weibo flavors

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As a social media enthusiast, we are practically sure that you’ve also followed with excitement Google’s latest attempt to invade social networking market, after two resounding fails with Google Wave...

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Tech-Web

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1 year 10 months ago

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Expat Myths: are they in Asia for the beer or the women?

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Months ago I received the usual monthly e-mail newsletter from an organization I subscribe to. This newsletter often features articles, essays and stories from subscribers who have just moved abroad...

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General

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2 years 2 weeks ago

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Glass Dragon: China's Cyber Offense Obscures Woeful Defense

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The official line in Washington D.C. is that there's a new Cold War brewing, with an ascendant China in the place of the old Soviet Union, and cyberspace as the...

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Tech-Web

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2 years 3 weeks ago

internet

hacking

infrastructure

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Wikileaks: Report on China-Taiwan conference in Taipei notes "united front" tactics of PR

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A November 13-14 conference in Taipei on cross-Strait relations marked a milestone in PRC-Taiwan political discussions. The PRC delegation, which included distinguished academics and retired senior People's Liberation Army (PLA)...

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China News

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2 years 1 month ago

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Mainland journalist: ‘I cried for freedom’

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There’s a fascinating piece in the Want Daily today about the reaction of Chinese observers of Taiwan’s recent mayoral elections. It details the response of a number of mainland academics...

How to learn Chinese with online services (Part Two)

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Now that you certainly are a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker (after using ChineseTeacher.com), let’s focus on our second gem called “Skritter“, a gem that will take your reading, memorizing and...

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Learning Chinese

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2 years 5 months ago

mandarin

characters

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How to learn Chinese with online services (Part One)

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Let’s be honest, learning Chinese outside a proper environment is a difficult operation. Mandarin isn’t really a complex language but it definitely needs to be practiced a little bit every...

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Learning Chinese

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2 years 6 months ago

mandarin

online

learning chinese

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This year Taiwan’s standard of living surpassed Japan’s

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IN THE 1930s the Japanese economist Kaname Akamatsu proposed a theory of how the economies of Asia could take wing. It became known as the “flying geese” model of development...

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Taiwan News

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2 years 6 months ago

taiwan

japan

standard of living

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EU votes to add Taiwan to visa-free list

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The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of Taiwan’s inclusion on its Schengen visa-free list yesterday, edging the country one step closer to enjoying visa-exemption privileges in the EU.

Taiwan Dollar Rises Most in a Decade as Investors Pour in Funds to Stocks

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Taiwan’s dollar rose the most in a decade on speculation overseas investors will keep pumping funds into local stocks as dollar printing in the U.S. makes more cash available that...

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Taiwan News

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2 years 6 months ago

taiwan

stock

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