A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
There’s an interesting article in Penn Olson recently about Twitter’s new redesign and just how much it resembles Sina Weibo. It’s been circulating around a few tech circles I follow:
Twitter’s slick new redesign has brought it – visually and practically – closer to…
Continue readingIs Twitter Catching Up To Weibo?: Multimedia and Emoji in Western Social Media
China telecommunications expert, Marc Laperrouza, tips us off to an unconfirmed bit a of juicy news about the Chinese telecommunication market: China Telecom is being investigated for anti-monopoly infringement! You don’t hear of state-owned enterprises the stature of China Telecom being investigated for monopoly infringement very often so this is pretty big news. Mark explains the charges:
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Is investigative journalism a crime against the Chinese people? Is free speech a Western Conspiracy? The nationalists in China seem to think so. On Oct. 18, a group of men in Hebei Province performed a public ceremony in the name of patriotism, in which they burned newspapers and magazines of the Southern Media Group (Nanfang, 南方传媒), which is known for its investigative…
Continue readingBook burning? Nationalists accuse Southern Media of treason by burning their paper
I came across this article recently on hackaday.com, talking up the possibility of new hackerspaces in China:
Government leadership in Shanghai wants to build 100 community hackerspaces funded by the Chinese government. Each space will be at least 100 square meters, open 200 days a year, and come equipped with wood and…
Continue readingShanghai Government to Sponsor Hacking Spaces?
Wall Street Journal has created a wonderful interactive map that traces five generations of blood ties of China’s ruling elite.
The interactive map accompanies WSJ’s article by Jeremy Page, Children of the Revolution, explains the emergence of “Princelings,”
The offspring of party leaders, often called “princelings,” are becoming more conspicuous, through both…
Continue readingBlood ties rule China: an interactive map revealing the ruling elite’s relationships