A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
China’s official internet research group, CNNIC, has translated its 17th Survey Report with stats that are up to date as of 12/31/05. There’s a nice analysis section that shows trended data over the last 9 years since CNNIC has been doing these surveys.
Of note:
Continue readingrelease of Internet stats in English
Check out photos from the self-described Chinese geek get-together in Nanjing over the weekend, where a select group of China’s technorati spent the weekend to talk about art, web 2.0 innovation, and technology. Based on the first Silicon Valley Mashup Camp in Feb. 2006, and organized by Robert Mao, founder/CEO of UUZone, a Chinese social…
Continue readingChinese geeks put on Mashup Camp China
I recently came upon the amazing work of Natalie Behring, a professional photographer living in Beijing whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and the Chicago Tribune among many other forums. In addition to the two series above, “Beijing Prepares for 2008” is also well-worth spending a bit of time with.
Continue readingfrom e-waste to young acrobats: natalie’s photos
Danwei has a post on Chinese gaming giant Shanda Entertainment’s recent educational online game, “Learning from Comrade Lei Feng.” Lei Feng was a model of self-sacrificing youth, held up by the Chinese Communist Party as an inspiration to millions during China’s Cultural Revolution.
Rather than beating bosses, players prevent crowds from wrong acts such as spitting, littering, and…
Continue readingleave revolutionary heroes out of games
MM/mm stands for meimei (妹妹, literally, “little sister”) stands for girls, chicks, hotties, or whatever term you choose. Mainstream sites in virtual China are rife with sexualized pictures and videos of women. It would be like having Playboy cover shots and links to porn videos on AOL, MSN, or Yahoo.
The photo above comes from the #4 most…
Continue readinggirls mm girls
Current exhibit at the famed ShanghART gallery in Shanghai: a video and installation piece by 31 year old Xu Zhen who took a team to the top of Everest with ice saws and pulleys, sawed off a 1.86 meter (his own height) slice of the peak, and brought it home for display.
Who cares how tall Everest really…
Continue readingFeatured Artist: Xu Zhen 徐震 cutting off the top of Everest
Tencent, the company that runs China’s most popular online chat service, QQ, has made a move into the already crowded C2C market in China. Paipai.com is Tencent’s now formally opened site, and includes online stores, a games area, and virtual products. Tencent plans to eventually leverage QQ with the new trading platform. According to…
Continue readingnew auction site formally online