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China Word of Mouth Blog started me on a journey to better understand Chinese BBS (Bulletin Board Service) aggregators. A lot of the most interesting things are happening on China’s BBS, including the circulation of sensationalistic photos and lots and lots and lots of pictures of women with very few clothes on. More on that later. Here’s the #1 photo (for today?…
Continue readingscratching the surface of BBS photos
Xu Jinglei’s blog, one of the most popular in China, has received over 14 million hits since she started writing last October. Xu is a wellknown actress and director who has appeared in such films as “Letter from an Unknown Woman” starring herself and Jiang Wen; “Spicy Love Soup”; and “Far From Home”. She writes about what she eats, who she…
Continue readingChinese celeb superblog
From the wonderful design blog of choc_orange:
3 of the 4 new domain names announced by China’s Ministry of Information Industry yesterday, going into effect as of tomorrow (March 1).
This could be a Big Deal — the beginning of an “alternate root” — the beginning of another Internet, according to some experts.
My colleague Mike Liebhold directed me to an analysis…
Continue readingChina–the other internet?
