Like Apple, Xiaomi has its own cult followers

June 15, 2015 by Jason Li

In light of Mary Meeker’s recent statistic from KPCB’s 2005 Internet Trends report (slide 163):

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I wanted to revisit Stratechery’s previous article about Xiaomi’s ambition to become a high-end, all-purpose consumer electronics brand for China.

First they…

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Starting Up in Shenzhen

Hardware Makers Thrive in the Grey Area of Chinese IP Rights

May 27, 2015 by Jason Li

From bunnie’s blog:

About a year and a half ago, I wrote about a $12 “Gongkai” cell phone… that I stumbled across in the markets of Shenzhen, China. My most striking impression was that Chinese entrepreneurs had relatively unfettered access to cutting-edge technology, enabling start-ups to innovate while bootstrapping. Meanwhile, Western entrepreneurs often find themselves trapped in a spiderweb…

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Support citizen journalism around the environment in China

April 28, 2015 by Jason Li

Check out chinadialogue’s Kickstarter campaign to set up this year’s Citizen Journalist Award for environmental reporting in China.

Ethnography of Tech

Growing up as a teen gamer in China

April 9, 2015 by Jason Li

A fantastic account about growing up as a teen gamer in China – dodging parental fears of “videogame addiction,” finding meaning in leveling up and going cold turkey as she is forced to surrender her laptop.

Read the rest of the story on Boing Boing.

Typography Design

An icon font for Chinese provinces and East Asian countries

April 2, 2015 by Jason Li

From Haoyun Su:

Inspired by ProPublica’s StateFace, EyesAsia is a web font focusing on East Asia. In brief, you type a letter and get a mini map in return (open-sourced on Github). It includes the following shapes:

East Asian countries, such as Japan and…

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Typography Design

Featured Chinese typography: Fever Chu

March 24, 2015 by Jason Li

Endless Learning poster design for US & China Typographic Poster Exchange 2013.

More designs by the talented Fever Chu 朱安邦 on their Behance profile.

On Publishing Art Magazines in Asia & Chinese Net Art

March 17, 2015 by Jason Li

Our illustrated notes from some of the talks and panels we attended this week at Art Basel Hong Kong.

Into Asia: Publishing Asian Editions:

Digital Geographies: Net Art in China:

A Look Back: Our Writing on Internet Culture & Graphic Novels in China

March 16, 2015 by Jason Li

Editor’s note: This post was commissioned by The London Book Fair, who wished to offer attendees in its upcoming conference an introduction to internet culture, graphic novels and book culture in Greater China.

Internet memes are alive and kicking in China, though they might not be the ones we’re used to seeing. If you…

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The Translation Detail Everyone Missed in the China Internet’s Incredibly Surreal Anthem

February 20, 2015 by Jason Li

In case you missed it, the New York Times, ProPublica, the Guardian and the Atlantic all wrote about this incredibly surreal but voted best of event anthem celebrating China’s glorious internet. Thanks to ProPublica we have a subtitled, Youtube video above.

As James Fallows at the Atlantic pointed out,…

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Book Review

Book Review: China Airborne by James Fallows

January 23, 2015 by Jason Li

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In China Airborne, Fallows skillfully uses the rise and uncertain future of the aviation industry in China as a parable for the development in China. An avid political-economic analyst and storyteller, Fallows’ account is surprisingly easy to read, given the complexity of his argument that China is “contradictory” yet exciting.

Fallows is a charismatic writer with a…

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