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The 6th Chinese Internet Research Conference is themed, “China and the Internet: Myths and Realities.”

It takes place on June 13-14 in Hong Kong. Topics are interesting, and registration only costs 300 HKD.

Go here for full details.

Mafia is a decently well-known game within role-playing communities. To put it succinctly (see wikipedia for a more elaborate explanation of the game), it’s a game played by a group of people in a living room, where people are secretly assigned mafia or innocent roles.

During each turn the innocents have to suss out which people…

From IfGoGo, by awflasher:

1. People used to greet with “Did you have the dinner?”, now they say “Did you feel it(the shaking) last night?” instead.
2. People used to care where their friends live, now they care on which floor do their friends live.
3. People now always check carefully on the walls…

About the show:

Slice is a collaborative project that seeks to uncover relationships between perception and movement, ephemeral experiences and the concrete materiality of everyday life.

In “Stop-Action” artist Rania Ho has handcrafted a scale reproduction of a familiar everyday object—a ping-pong table—out of low-cost commonly found materials. The inertness of this…

Rough translations given below image.

Source: 青青春春的秘密花园

Source: Daisy*蓓蓓〓部落格〓

Source: 雪茉莉

Source: PChome forum

Source: Ligaohau’s blog

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A friend mentioned this to me when I was back in Hong Kong: Young professionals, after overworking themselves far past midnight, gather in McDonalds armed with… PSPs and Nintendo DSs.

Even though they are strangers to one another, they will get together for a good multiplayer game of, say, Monster Hunter. It’s popular enough that…

Was passing by Heathrow and picked up a pamphlet about…

And I checked the website, which said they were co-hosting “over 800 events nationwide spanning art, design, cuisine, culture, science, business, technology, education and sport [that] will capture the imagination and advance the UK public’s understanding of China.”

Their lineup seems pretty impressive, and includes…

This happened several months ago, but I think it’s still worth capturing.

From PFSK:

“While single-use chopsticks may be a convenient option for restaurant owners and patrons alike, there is a small group of Chinese DIY designers and young environmentalists who are taking initiative to counter their use. One such group called…

Spotted on the streets of Hong Kong:

“Wifi available here,” it says

Unfortunately, it’s just a convenient place for the telecom company to advertise that they are offering wifi… for a fee.

Correction: From a comment by Alex:

“Actually this is not true.  PCCW had been offering paid Wifi access at…