what Baidu’s up against
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virtual memorial halls
Posted on by Lyn Jeffery
The Qingming Festival just passed by a week or two ago–the day when Chinese families all over the world go to pay their respects at the graves of their ancestors. Graves or memorial halls are swept and freshened with flowers, fruit is presented, paper goods are burned.
Much was written in both the Chinese and English-language media about…
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China’s e-government: room for hope
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Netease News: Satirical!
Posted on by Jason Li
As Linghucong’s blog states, Netease news is becoming coming into its own with increasing amount of feature articles that possess a well-informed, sharp, satirical edge. For example, check out their latest feature: 2046中国包揽诺贝尔奖 (2046 China Nets All Nobel Prizes).
Here’s an excerpt:
Caption reads, “Remember her, China’s first female Nobel Prize…
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documenting Chinese street performers
Posted on by Lyn Jeffery
You never forget these kinds of itinerant street performers once you’ve seen them live. They present a mix of acrobatics, feats of endurance and strength, and qigong body control that allows them to do things like swallow a sword, or force a live snake through the mouth and out the nose. Such performances, related to martial arts, have been going…
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concert content in virtual China?
Posted on by Lyn Jeffery
Reading the recent review of the April 8 Rolling Stones concert in Shanghai by New York Times writer Howard French, I decided to see if I could find some online photos or reviews of the concert. First stop: Flickr. Perhaps there aren’t any Chinese Flickr users who could afford the tickets to the show in Shanghai, but…
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Featured Artist: ShiDouJi
Posted on by Jason Li
Via ChinaVisual.
Creative Commons: China Edition
Posted on by Jason Li
Date: 3/29/06
Place: Law School of Renmin University
Event: The official ceremony for the establishment of Creative Commons in China.
Guest of Honor: Lawrence Lessig
Question: Will someone tell me why there is an iPod ad on the screen?
To celebrate this event, iMagine, a record label in Hong Kong, has…
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motorized roller blades? Check Alibaba.com
Posted on by Lyn Jeffery
Motorized roller blades with a 25.6cc, 2-stroke
combustion engine, running on plain unleaded gasoline. Acceleration, via handheld throttle: 0-20 mph (top speed): 17 seconds. From the Taizhou Rongda Agricultural Machine Co.
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Alibaba.com’s English language Chinese manufacturer directory gives access to all things wild and wonderful made in China, from flashing…
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The eBay of Work
Posted on by Jason Li
K68.cn assigns “missions.” Each mission comes with its objectives, a time limit, and also its (monetary) reward. The missions are all digital work (数字化工作), and so far there are missions for logo design, copy writing in other languages, and programming.
Yet, every mission is open to the public. Anyone can compete, and the best one wins.…
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