A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
Linsanity has calmed down and everyone should be finished reading through their bookmarked articles on Jeremy Lin. The one article that stands out and pretty much summarizes what Chinese people think of Jeremy Lin, is Adam Minter‘s Bloomberg piece. Adam gives us a view from Weibo, then contexualizes it within Chinese politics and media, and then ends addresses race…
Ikea’s financial success with 23% revenue growth in China in 2010 is being accompanied by a new challenge, hoards of middle-aged customers who have figured out a way to hack into the Ikea Family membership card. Large crowds of singles between the ages of 45 and 65 show up for unlimited coffee, and…
Continue readingIKEA: A new third place for the…elderly and single
Neocha is currently profiling the illustration & graphic design work of a Xiamen-based artist, Lin Xiaozuo. Featured: an interesting play on traditional Chinese shadow puppets.
First though, the original art form looks like this (photo source):
And Lin’s work:
For more samples, head over to NeochaEDGE…
Continue readingReinvigorating an old art form: Shadow puppets
Can innovative entrepreneurship prosper in state capitalism? A Beijing company called Red Technology （红派科技） said “Yes” and announced its new product that aims to rival the influential iPad: the RedPad, a pad tailor-made for the Chinese government officials. The innovation of this RedPad does not lie in its hardware or software, it looks no different from other pads and runs…
Continue readingRedPad, a Pad Tailor-Made for Chinese Officials
Chunjie aka Spring Festival aka Chinese New Year is here! It was my first month in China last year, and I had just moved to Beijing. I vividly remember dropping off my roommate at Beijing airport for her own participating in Chunyun–the elegant word-pairing that sums up…
Continue readingThe Last Train Home: Following One Migrant Family’s Struggles
From Quora, response written by Dashan (Mark Rowswell), the Canadian man that appears in all sorts of Chinese advertisements and TV shows with a mouthful of fluent Mandarin.
The original question:
Why do so many Chinese learners seem to hate Dashan (Mark Rowswell)?
He seems like a nice guy. Does he…
Continue readingUncanny confessions by Dashan, the white face who speaks Mandarin on China TV
Image courtesy Scallop Holden on a Creative Commons License.
With the world’s eyes on North Korea right now, it’s important to remember the role of China in this story. As the North’s primary ally, China will be playing a critical role in the coming months and years as the leadership transition plays out.
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Continue readingIs China a Telecom Bridge to North Korea?
