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The Olympic torch protests have caused quite a stir online and offline, and that on the whole, I’ve found a lack of balanced viewpoints or real voices from real people. So here is my attempt to mitigate that:

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Famous Chinese Journalists Oppose the Carrefour Boycotts

“I would like to tell those…

Headline image from 玩聚 on ju690 (with my translation in white):

The story goes that an officer within Chong Qing city administration (城管) looked up 城管 (city administration)”on Baidu Baike (= Baidu’s Wikipedia competitor) and found the following:

“City administration… A mafia (黑社會) that bullies storekeepers unable to pay their rent or economically…

Cool: TBWA’s Olympic ad for Adidas.

Makes sense? I don’t know — yes, there are many people in China and so I’m guessing the theme is something grandiose along the lines of “standing on the shoulder of billions.” But it’s looks a bit like they’re competing somewhere in hell…

Alibaba ads spotted at the Hong Kong International Airport.

I’m back in Hong Kong for a few weeks, so if anyone here is interested in picking my brain (or chatting) over a cup of tea/coffee, drop me a line.

Previously blogged, China’s Internet Police, and now back with new animated, region-customized imagery. They float on-screen, on the bottom left, to show they’re watching. They also sometimes get in the way of the text (which I don’t quite understand).

Click on them will bring you to the their BBS, like this (please bear with my…

This looks like a very cool undertaking. Collabor8 (C8) is an 8 week project that will run from the 28th of April to the 20th of June, bringing together Chinese and Australian designers in a series of online courses and discussions. It’s being put on by the Omnium Research group at the College of Fine Arts. It’s…

Twifan.com is a Chinese mashup that searches posts and users on two of China’s microblogging sites, Jiwai.de and Fanfou. Someone there also had a great idea — a comparison of the top 100 most-followed users of Twitter, Jiwai.de, and Fanfou.
As an independently operated webpage, we do not have any direct connection with FanFou and Jiwai.de, so this…

Presenting Hong Kong’s most famous graffiti artist and typographer…

And it’s true — I do see his work around town, when I am home. Unfortunately, he passed away in July.

See the Chinese Wikipedia entry about him for more details.

Photo taken by Frank Chan…