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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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Imagethief drinks the Twitter Kool-Aid

Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:03 AM by will
Facebook communication has been in something of a precipitous decline over the past couple of months. This hasn't bothered me much, since it cut down on the number of invitations to naff applications. Barring those from the occasional late adopter, stumbling 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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Chinese tweets on Tibet

Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:31 AM by will
Dave at Mutant Palm has been scanning and translating Chinese tweets (Blogspot -- proxy needed in China) on the Tibet situation from local Twitter clones and comparing them with International ones. It's worth having a look at some of the sentiment zipping Read More...
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Shouldn't China be the number one Internet nation on Earth by now?

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 5:06 AM by will
In January, CNNIC, the organization that administers the Chinese portion of the Internet, released its 21st Statistical Survery Report . This was a big deal because it included the startling fact that at the end of 2007 China had a whopping 210 million Read More...
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Scandalous death of a propaganda image

Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:42 PM by will
The Wall Street Journal has an article (subscription - alternate links below) that nicely retells the story of the fake photo scandal currently sweeping the Chinese Internet. Taken (and doctored) by professional photographer Liu Weiqing, the photo may Read More...
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Athlete blogs: Something else to worry Beijing come August?

Posted Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:27 PM by will
The IOC has bowed to the inevitable and said that athletes can blog --within limits-- from the Games this summer: Athletes have long demanded they be allowed to write their blogs -- online journals of personal opinion or reflection -- during the Games. Read More...
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Let me tell ya about Edison Chen's dirty photos

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:17 AM by will
With the possible exception of Disney villains, Imagethief cannot think of a group of people that more richly deserve their miserable fates than Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen and his cavalcade of cupcakes . If I sound unsympathetic here, that is because Read More...
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Tom Lantos, Yahoo's antagonist on China issues, dies

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:17 PM by will
From CNET : Tom Lantos, the Democratic congressman and Holocaust survivor who used his moral authority to pressure Yahoo and other American Internet companies about their behavior in China, has died. Lantos famously --and perhaps a bit unfairly-- referred 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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David Wolf on Danwei FM

Posted Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:44 AM by will
Robert Ness of Danwei's "Danwei FM" podcast series has interviewed my old China PR mentor, David Wolf on technology in China. David runs consultancy Wolf Group Asia and authors the always interesting Silicon Hutong and Peking Review blogs. In this interview 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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Googling for weirdness in China

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:50 AM by will
From the China Daily , here are the top ten Google searches in China for 2007: Interesting (also for what it says about the English speaking world), but the real gem in this article is right down at the bottom, where they list the top English language Read More...
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