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The status of Chinese domain names

Posted on by Jason Li

The status of Chinese domain names… not ready.

For example, www.新浪.com (sina) leads to a not found error at http://www.xn--efvx5o.com/.

A more interesting example is www.搜狗.com (sogou), which redirects to http://www.epai.com/yima/domain/domain.htm, which redirects to http://999.5333.com/, which redirects to a generic domain not in use portal http://www.chunu.com…

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supporting Jay Chou: fans and leaks

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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From the blog of mainland Chinese blogger Flypig, this September 1 post and its comments describe some of the context around an instance of downloading pirated music — in this case, the anticipated “Still Fantasy” 《依然范特西》from Jay Chou 周杰伦, one of Asia’s most popular singers.  The album was released three days earlier than scheduled after…

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Chinese media workers unite!

Posted on by Jason Li

In case you missed it, there was a flurry in the China-news blogosphere (about a week ago). As Rebecca MacKinnon summarizes:

“The Taiwanese-run iPod subcontractor Foxconn sued two Chinese journalists for libel after they reported about abusive conditions at Foxconn’s iPod factory in Shenzhen… Foxconn got Shenzhen court to freeze all the personal assets of a journalist and editor from…

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Chinese Opensource OpenCourseWare

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Continuing on the subject of open access educational resources in China, there are two groups that lie on opposite ends of the education technology spectrum, that I wanted to bring into the picture.  The first is the China Open Resources for Education (CORE) which recently organized the 3rd Chinese Open Education Conference 2006 in Xi’an, China, Sept. 6-8. Program with speakers…

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