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Guge still gets to back alleys of virtual China

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Part trashing Google/Guge, part pursed-lips shock, part guide to the backstreets of virtual China, this May 10 “Daily Economic News 每日经济新闻” article spells out how to find drugs, guns, and other illegal things online–and makes the assertion that Guge/Google is not doing a proper filtering job.

The reporter’s central question: “How can we prevent the Internet from becoming more of a…

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Web Novel Makes Splash

Posted on by Jason Li

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Teenager drops out of high school. He pursues writing. He enters Sina’s online writing competition. He wins. He receives high praise from the judges. He is to be published by Zhaohua Publishing House.

Is this a one off phenomenon, or is the internet providing alternate gateways for expression (for those who don’t follow the traditional path of school)?

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Netease Club Hacked!

Posted on by Jason Li

网易社区, Netease’s online social space, located at club.163.com has been hacked! See:

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The question (floating around the Chinese web) is, what did they do to provoke this, and who did they do it to?

Via PostShow.

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no profit, no choice: sexual content in virtual China

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Even though I know that just writing about it here means this post will turn up the next time someone searches for “china porn,” this 4/18 Southern Daily article, “Portals Flooded With Sexual Content for Page Views; The Profit-less Can’t Be Choosy,” provides some useful insights.

    Some have alleged that the more sophisticated net users have all gone to…

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China’s Independent Internet

Posted on by mikeliebhold

While preparing for a seminar on the future of China’s Internet hosted by IFTF colleague, Lyn Jeffery leader of IFTF’s Virtual China project,  I took a closer look at the details of China’s decision to set up new Chinese character domain names.  Although the new domains cannot be acurately described as a separate Internet, that in fact is what is developing. One engineer after looking…

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a sea of consumers

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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The May Day vacation has apparently succeeded in spurring Chinese consumers onward and upward. This Sichuan water park has 20,000 revelers.  As one Netease commentator asks:  is it vacation or is it misery?

Link for more photos of May Day vacation crowds.

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The Bun Murders Sequel (馒头 Strikes Back!)

Posted on by Jason Li

The original internet spoof of the grandiose Chinese movie, the Promise (blogged previously), called 《一个馒头引发的血案》 (The Murder Caused by a Bun) has inspired multiple sequels in the past few months.

The first is called 《一个馒头引发的麻烦》 (The Troubles Caused by a Bun) and uses film clips from movies with the Hong Kong star Stephen Chow:

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