ESWN links to the Red Herring’s article on “Second Life’s First Millionaire.” Bullet-point summary:

• Anshe Chung has declared herself a “virtual millionaire,” which I assume means she’s made a million US dollars on Second Life.
• Anshe Chung, real name Ailin Graef runs Anshe Chung Studios with her husband.
• Anshe…

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大众点评网 (“The Masses Rates Web”) allows viewers to vote on their favorite restaurants.

For example, pictured above is Hong Kong’s 许留山. It got 25 points for its food, 12 for environment, 15 for service and is priced at ￥32. You can bookmark requests, send them to friends, or rate them. And of course, you can add…

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Drawing Chinese surnames as “totems.”

Via PostShow, original post on 18摸 here.

From a strip entitled 阿狸的故事 (Ali’s Story).

As always subtitles in red.

Link to strip on Sina.
Link to author’s blog (where there are color, painted works of Ali).

A tour of 50 photos that “testify to the real life of the peasants over the last 50 years” has been put together by a blogger and reposted on Tianya BBS.  It’s got many great pictures, though unfortunately there are no specific dates or origins on them.  For instance:

Members of a people’s commune put on Mao buttons together

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Number two on a Baidu search for 农民网 is Jiangsu’s Modern Peasant 现代农民, a site run by the provincial committee for implementing a policy called "万名科技专家兴农富民工程" — can’t quite understand it, but something like "Scientific Experts Promoting Rural Wealth and Rural Projects."  It’s a government site listing current policies, meetings, and projects.  Not much human interest here.

The next is…

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“Does practical mean worth keeping?
Last year, 5,318 pets were abandoned.
Think twice before you get one.”

Created for the SPCA (HK) by 香港奧美廣告, via Longyin Review.

(Via ChineseInternetResearch)       Quacor.com — “The world first website for copyright movie absolutely free!” launched last weekend in Beijing.  You can download everything from Minority Report to Pepsi commercials with Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, to a treasure of Chinese films. Since I can’t download yet (the old Mac problem, I suspect), I…

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From RConversation, referring to blogs influencing mainstream international media:

“So. It’s time to gather some comprehensive data about just how journalistically influential the Sino-blogosphere has become.

Want to help me out?”

She wants:

• to survey how much journalists use blogs for story research.
• for blogger’s “concrete examples you might have of…

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From a children’s book entitled: 画童学画, 武器装备 (Drawing & Learning for Children, Arms Equipment):

I love the way the page is compartmentalized for its many uses: learning to draw, learning the character, the phrase, and even a place for stickers.

Via Danwei, via sinosplice.