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keeping up with the blogs

February 28, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Without a really good Chinese blog search engine (see previous post), it is going to be difficult to keep up with the Chinese blogosphere. China Daily, reporting from the annual meeting of the
Internet Information Service Commission of the Internet Society of China in
Hainan, says:

Fang Xingdong, chairman and CEO of bokee.com, China’s largest…

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excellent online games report

February 27, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Pacific Epoch has great data on Chinese online gaming markets and companies. You can get a free pre-release of their 2005 Q4 report here. Just a few of the many useful findings:

percentage of game-playing internet population doubled from 2004 to
2005, with about 37 million gamers reported at end of 2005.
EA has committed…

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Image for Your Amusement #001

February 24, 2006 by Jason Li

Blogger MuMu’s profile picture.

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Blog Valuation

February 24, 2006 by Jason Li

Type in a URL. Hit Enter.

Your blog is worth XXX RMB (data from Alexa).

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Source: http://www.postshow.net (worth 40,906 USD)

For the comparatists out there, a similar Technorati hack (from Business Opportunities Weblog) rates PostShow at 206,621 USD.

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The Face of Web2.0c

February 24, 2006 by Jason Li

Original image by 阿华 on Yupoo.

Source: http://www.postshow.net

And the non-China version:

Source: Flickr, originally by Ludwig Gatzke

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BBStar Still Alive?

February 24, 2006 by Jason Li

Background
芙蓉姐姐 (Sister Hibiscus) made waves on the Chinese internet in mid-2005 for posting photographs of herself posing semi-provocatively accompanied by narcissistic commentary. The caveat was that she was not particular attractive to say the least. The hype and press started within the BeiDa and TsingHua BBSs, where the original posts were, and spread to most of the major news sites, even…

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South Korean glamour gamers

February 23, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Check out Jim Rossignol’s wonderfully rich description of gamers and culture in South Korea. Can’t wait to spend more time in China this year to dive into China’s gaming culture. Written for PC Gamer (UK), via Terra Nova.
Seoul, South Korea. To a fanfare of Asian nu-metal and the sound of a thousand screaming fans, a young Korean man enters a…

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Fast-moving dating site

February 23, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Pacific Epoch has an interview with Jason Tian, founder and CEO of Heiyou.com, a Chinese social networking site that has recently launched a site for romance — Match100.cn, now called Baihe.com. Good basic info on growth of these kinds of services.
…users upload photos and basic personal information and then contact each other.…

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Mainland-ization of the BBC

February 23, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Financial Times reports that the BBC, whose Chinese language news services have long been blocked by Chinese web filters, has launched a new site with articles in English and Chinese. Aimed at the younger Chinese Internet reader who wants to learn English, it’s also a good site for those who want to learn Chinese. It’s also another example of creating special…

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Baidu knows what google doesn’t

February 23, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Check out this hilarious ad from Chinese search engine, pointed out on Sam Flemming’s excellent blog. It features a depiction of a tall, white foreigner in a tophat [representing Google?] speaking a somewhat stupidly accented Chinese, holding the arm of a Chinese girl in a wig and a white wedding dress. Reminds me of some of the anti-foreign Chinese cartoons…

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