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different design traditions: 1957 contraceptive billboards

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Have been checking out the QQ.com BBS.  QQ.com is currently the 7th most popular site in the world, according to Alexa.com.

Yesterday someone posted two extraordinary photos of billboard ads for contraception from 1957. This would have just 8 years after the founding of the PRC. From these we get a reminder that the U.S.…

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China’s MSN Space/Live Spaces head to head with BaiduSpace 百度空间

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Time for me to do my homework on this.  I’ve been personally less interested in Microsoft online products and services for the past several years, preferring to explore other options.  But for understanding Virtual China, understanding MS is a must (as it would be for understanding virtual anywhere).

Did you know that globally, MSN Space had an estimated 100 million (100,000,000) unique visitors…

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Hong Huang on why net publications may overtake print ones

Posted on by Jason Li

Interesting snippet from the Danwei TV Hard Hat Show’s episode on “Hong Huang, Media Mogul and Blogger“.

FYI, Hong Huang, 洪晃, is a high-flying “media mogul” who runs several magazines here in China, including the Beijing and Shanghai editions of Timeout. (Her mother was also Mao Zedong’s translator.)

In the middle of the episode, she comments on why…

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MSN Spaces + Google = BaiduSpace 百度空间

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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Imagine MySpace pages MSN Spaces with the search functionality of Google and all its features, and you’ll see what Baidu is trying to create: BaiduSpace 百度空间, now in beta in China. Blogger Xiong Jiezeng has an analysis (in Chinese) of what works and what doesn’t, which should be of great help to the feature’s developers.

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Draft law to further push breaking news onto the net

Posted on by Jason Li

ESWN tells of a draft law that “will make it a punishable offense (50,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan in fines) for the media to publish independent reports on suddenly breaking incidents.”

Lyn has blogged about the special role of the internet, specifically the BBSs, for breaking news. If passed, will this new law further push breaking news onto…

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Chinese portal rankings

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

iResearch has compiled the Alexa data for us: Sina has the greatest reach (defined as how many Alexa users per million are using it everyday.  Alexa says that in the last 3 months of this year, Sina’s reach has grown by another 8%.

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