web 2.0 cross-cultural mobs: Digg battles

September 12, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

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Some of you will already have seen this story, but it’s really worth taking a closer look at it to understand some of the ways that online “community” gets stuck at the border, and at how online “mobs” turn to the oldest and ugliest stereotypes in the book once they’re mobilized.

It all started on September 2 when …

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The status of Chinese domain names

September 12, 2006 by Jason Li

The status of Chinese domain names… not ready.

For example, www.新浪.com (sina) leads to a not found error at http://www.xn--efvx5o.com/.

A more interesting example is www.搜狗.com (sogou), which redirects to http://www.epai.com/yima/domain/domain.htm, which redirects to http://999.5333.com/, which redirects to a generic domain not in use portal http://www.chunu.com…

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Google’s new digs in Beijing

September 11, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Want to know what Google looks like in China? The company moved into their own building in the Qinghua Science Park in northwest Beijing last week, as documented on Flickr by Hong Bo, or Keso, founder and editor of China’s wellknown IT community Donews; and by blogger and cultural commentator Flypig. The photos kind of…

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supporting Jay Chou: fans and leaks

September 10, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

From the blog of mainland Chinese blogger Flypig, this September 1 post and its comments describe some of the context around an instance of downloading pirated music — in this case, the anticipated “Still Fantasy” 《依然范特西》from Jay Chou 周杰伦, one of Asia’s most popular singers. The album was released three days earlier than scheduled after…

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Sunday Strip: 悠嘻猴

September 10, 2006 by Jason Li

From a strip entitled 悠嘻猴 (Laid Back Ape).

As always, translations in maroon:

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Link to original comic on Sina, link to creator website.

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Chinese media workers unite!

September 9, 2006 by Jason Li

In case you missed it, there was a flurry in the China-news blogosphere (about a week ago). As Rebecca MacKinnon summarizes:

“The Taiwanese-run iPod subcontractor Foxconn sued two Chinese journalists for libel after they reported about abusive conditions at Foxconn’s iPod factory in Shenzhen… Foxconn got Shenzhen court to freeze all the personal assets of a journalist and editor from…

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Chinese Opensource OpenCourseWare

September 8, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Continuing on the subject of open access educational resources in China, there are two groups that lie on opposite ends of the education technology spectrum, that I wanted to bring into the picture. The first is the China Open Resources for Education (CORE) which recently organized the 3rd Chinese Open Education Conference 2006 in Xi’an, China, Sept. 6-8. Program with speakers…

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woocall: sina’s new embedded website chat tool

September 7, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

This might be fun, but I can’t get it to work in Chinese on my Mac. : ( I can use the English, however. It’s called woocall (available in both English and Chinese), and has been in beta at Sina for the past few months. Woocall, as Jason reminds me below, is similar to Gabbly: it allows…

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Beijing: Panel on Internet Publishing in China

September 3, 2006 by Jason Li

My favorite English-language bookstore in Beijing, the Bookworm, is holding a panel on “Internet Publishing in China” this Monday. The three star panelists are:

Hong Huang, one of the China’s most popular bloggers and head of China Interactive Media Group
Roland Soong of ESWN fame
Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei fame…

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