Fake news on Weibo stokes support for Trump in China
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Explaining why Twitter is worth less than its “Chinese clone”
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A few days ago, Tech In Asia published the provocatively titled article, Twitter is now worth less than its Chinese clone. Coming fresh off the heels of Twitter’s recently-failed acquisition talks, the article definitely resonated with many members of the tech community. But as many of us know,…
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How the internet is making hardware startups as fast as software in Shenzhen
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Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from ‘Created’ in China: Shenzhen is making hardware like Silicon Valley makes apps, written by An Xiao Mina and originally published on Fusion.
China is amidst a massive transition from a country primarily of manufacturers to one of makers. Lei Gao is part of this new generation…
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Debunking Silicon Valley myths about WeChat’s conversational UI & other findings
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The psychedelic art of an Adventure Time-inspired Chinese webcomic
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Electrocat and Lightning Dog is an indie webcomic set in a futuristic world of talking animals, aliens and psychedelic strawberries. Inspired by Pendleton Ward’s Adventure Time, it follows the tried-and-true formula of two best friends going on random adventures, except that Electrocat and Lightning Dog is even more zany and non-linear than its progenitor.
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Dear activists, please stop telling everyone Telegram is secure
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By Jason Li, Lokman Tsui
A Traditional Chinese translation of this article was first published on Inmedia on August 4, 2016.
Activists at this year’s Hong Kong July 1 march made a big push for mobile chat app Telegram, but for all the wrong reasons. While we marched…
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Hong Kong’s Animation-Comic-Games Convention 2016: Mostly a frenzy of shopping with a shrinking presence of local creators
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It was business as usual at this year’s ACG (Animation-Comic-Game) Con in Hong Kong. Big international videogame and toy brands dominated, and attendees diligently lined up to shop for Japanese manga merch, to play test games in VR, or to marvel at finely-crafted toy figurines from Japan or the US. This 90% off gacha booth was, for example, swamped…
HK Book Fair 2016: 100Most steals the day, homegrown dim sum comics and a wuxia novels exhibit
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The Hong Kong Book Fair 2016 continues the city’s longstanding tradition of hosting consumer-obsessed, discount-supermarket-style book fairs. As with previous years, it was mobbed with students towing suitcases to buy in bulk, 20%+ discounts all around, and bookstore-publishers cross-selling each other’s books (but promoting their own most prominently). The books themselves include both fiction and non-fiction, with a large selection of titles…
ZHUANG B — (v.) to be a poser
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In Chinese internet parlance, to 装B (zhuāng bì) is to put on airs — worldly, moneyed, educated, eccentric, or any other combination thereof. In other words: to be a fucking poser.
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The History of Chinese Typewriters Needs Your $upport
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Tom Mullaney (professor of Chinese history + technology at Stanford) is running a Kickstarter campaign around exhibiting and preserving the fascinating history of the Chinese typewriter. One highlight of his exhibition will be centered around how Chinese engineers cracked the puzzle on creating a typewriter…
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