A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
Several recent events in the megacorporational front, in no particular order:
Google launches Google Camp, an outreach program to Chinese university students, which includes a overall googlecamp.org social space as well as local university pages, presentations and activities.
Lenovo launches a design blog, Design Matters. It’s in English. It’s licensed…
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China Web2.0 Review points us to the top Taiwan blog, Wan’s Comic Blog (彎彎～用漫畫寫日誌). At least, according to Blog Look (部落格观察).
Below is a sample post. Translations in maroon, as always:
Nokia Mooncakes (for the Mid-Autumn Festival last Friday).
Design by Nokia. Culinary skills provided by Starbucks.
Via Postshow, via Engadget(CN), via alexwutw’s post on PalmIsLife.
From a strip entitled 奔向2008·漫画奥运 (Towards 2008: Olympics Comic).
As always translations in maroon.
Link to original comic on Sina.
Link to Sina’s comics front page.
ESWN has a story about “the Second WoW War,” where the First WoW War would be based about The Most Famous Pervert In China. It is, in short, a tale about a virgin maiden and her seduction at the hands of a powerful WoW guildmaster. The tale is told by the maiden’s elder brother on…
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Because I find myself in the business of tracking memes, I found this picture on the last page of a newly released American graphic novel called “American Born Chinese,” by Gene Luen Yang.
The rest of the page is blank, but the Backdorm Boys reference is clear.
From a strip entitled 豌豆笑傳 (The Peaboy Chronicles).
As always, translations in maroon:
Link to original strip on Sina, link to comic’s website.
堕落 duolo.com (contextually translated into “debauchery”) is like 豆瓣 (Douban) for food, entertainment and travel; that is, it is a social/sharing site for those things. One gripe I have is that the headings for items or posts are not well restricted; one item is titled “the few things I ordered at YanYangTian.”
From a strip entitled 悠嘻猴 (Laid Back Ape).
As always, translations in maroon:
Link to original comic on Sina, link to creator website.