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Ziboy has been one of my favorite photobloggers since he started in 2001. If you want to see what Beijing really looks like, he can take you there.
His “friends” roll is another kind of window, into the Chinese online animation and blogging community.
ESWN gives us some more insight on the current flap in virtual China. The Chinese chapter of a society for crushing small animals and taking photos of them tried to sell some pix of the damage a high spiked heel can do to a kitten. Chinese Internet users apparently collectively tracked down the photographer, the seller, and the woman too.…
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China Word of Mouth Blog started me on a journey to better understand Chinese BBS (Bulletin Board Service) aggregators. A lot of the most interesting things are happening on China’s BBS, including the circulation of sensationalistic photos and lots and lots and lots of pictures of women with very few clothes on. More on that later. Here’s the #1 photo (for today?…
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Xu Jinglei’s blog, one of the most popular in China, has received over 14 million hits since she started writing last October. Xu is a wellknown actress and director who has appeared in such films as “Letter from an Unknown Woman” starring herself and Jiang Wen; “Spicy Love Soup”; and “Far From Home”. She writes about what she eats, who she…
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3 of the 4 new domain names announced by China’s Ministry of Information Industry yesterday, going into effect as of tomorrow (March 1).
This could be a Big Deal — the beginning of an “alternate root” — the beginning of another Internet, according to some experts.
My colleague Mike Liebhold directed me to an analysis…
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