A positive sign from a report recently released by the Climate Group:

Investment in renewable energy in China – almost USD $12 billion in 2007 – is almost level with world leader Germany as a percentage of GDP. Stronger policies from the Chinese government are creating increased demand for low carbon investment and China will require a further USD $398 billion (USD…

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Sold at the Chinese New Year Festival/Market in Victoria Park, Hong Kong:

Via Casey’s Fist of Fun.

From Danwei:

The Black-Voda-Pod, also known as the Voda-Pod-Berry, encapsulates the dreams and realities of China’s average mobile phone user: It is a fake BlackBerry device, sporting a fake Vodafone logo, and running a fake iPhone operating system, including a fake Opera web browser. And it works too.

The owner, a local soldier, did…

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On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 303 intellectuals and activists signed and released a manifesto named Charter 08. Demanded changes include:

• Separation of powers
• Guarantee of human rights
• Election of public officials
• Freedom to assemble/form groups

(Translation courtesy of Perry Link at the New York Review of…

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Photo of Shanghai schoolchildren by alokemon on Flickr.

On his blog, Micah Sittig discusses choosing between international, local-Chinese and in-between schools for your children. The post focuses on Shanghai. Highlights include:

• Even at good international schools, the teacher turnover rate is high.
• Some international schools not only replicate the educational but…

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Hong Kong Hustle does a pretty good job of catching interesting exhibitions, events and parties around Hong Kong. It’s got a luxury, upper class feel for the most part, with occasional spots on local things.

For example, they covered Pecha Kucha, which is usually a hit-or-miss mix of interesting presenters and audience members.…

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Neocha profile header image from dogone.

The question posed:

Often times… people criticize the Chinese for not being very creative or not having much innovation. How do you look at that?

The answer given by B6, Neocha co-founder:

Actually, I agree very much with…

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