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Pardon me, but who gives a damn about Gong Li anyway?

Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:43 AM by will
Imagethief was not in the least surprised to hear that Chinese netizens were outraged that movie actress Gong Li has taken Singapore citizenship. But then, Imagethief is not in the least surprised by anything that outrages Chinese netizens. Chinese netizens Read More...
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Spontaneous Olympic joy by decree and other news

Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 6:28 AM by will
Cliff Coonan has a story in showbiz trade Variety that examines the broadcasting problems I posted about last week. The article is something of an omnibus piece on current Olympic issues. Among other things, it gets into the organizers' efforts to develop Read More...
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The counterfeit hackware ain't your major problem

Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 10:19 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to see an article discussing the security problems of Chinese counterfeits of networking equipment on the breathlessly named "Law and Justice" section of the ABC television network's website. What I found interesting was not Read More...
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Facebook provides a Chinese take on the source of Western media bias

Posted Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:17 AM by will
Imagethief has been interested to receive in the past two days a couple of notices through Facebook account referring him to a new group (you must be a logged in Facebook user) called "The North Eastern Chinese American Protest." I'll let the group describe Read More...
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YouTube blocked, unsurprisingly

Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:53 PM by will
Since last night, most likely due to the posting of video of the Tibet demonstrations, some of which is reposting of material from major news organizations (such as this, from CNN ). Via Danwei and Shanghaiist . CNN and BBC have been regularly blacked Read More...
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China Mobile knows where you are -- should you care?

Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 5:19 AM by will
One of the hallmarks of bad China journalism is reacting hysterically when China is found to be doing things that everyone else is doing. Unfortunately, it happens rather a lot, presumably because hysteria shifts more units than thoughtful, reasonable Read More...
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Chinese innovation brings us one step closer to green eggs and ham

Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:09 PM by will
Yes, it's more fluorescent, green pigs. Details here (AP) and here (Xinhua). It used to be when you saw a green, glowing pig you automatically assumed a nuclear accident nearby. How times have changed. Naturally, this will all yield great benefits for Read More...
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Three more stories to start the new year

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:58 AM by will
A few articles worth a look today: Olympic risks in China Evan Osnos of the Chincago Tribune has written an article reviewing the many risks that China faces in hosting the Olympics: Chinese leaders warn that the Games should not be politicized. But they Read More...
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A few stories to start the new year

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:56 AM by will
I am ringing in 2008 by being officially too lazy to write anything original. But here are a few interesting stories from the past few days that are worth a read: And I thought Aussies were relaxed Controversy in Australia, which has announced the implementation Read More...
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Was the China corruption website collapse story "newsiness"?

Posted Monday, December 24, 2007 11:59 PM by will
The greatest contribution that comedian Stephen Colbert has made to modern society is the concept of "truthiness". Reading from the Wikipedia definition , truthiness is: ...a satirical term to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or Read More...
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Is Google News Alerts trying to tell me something?

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:13 AM by will
Today's Google News Alert for "BOCOG": Is Google sending me a message? This same story has appeared in this alert fifteen times in the past eight days (and it's a December 1st story). By the way, I hear BOCOG has replaced their ticketing chief . Read More...
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A succinct recap of the RSS hysteria

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:58 AM by will
The great thing about leaving China for two weeks is that you are virtually guaranteed to come back to some kind of scandalous dustup. In this case it is the hysteria that accompanies the most recent blocking of Feedburner by the Net Nanny (among others). Read More...
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The last word on "Incorruptible Warrior"

Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:26 PM by will
The Wall Street Journal yesterday ran a story on the brief life and quiet death of the computer game "Incorruptible Warrior", which was developed by Ningbo City government to help educate wayward youth about proper civic values. Apparently proper civic Read More...
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