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Social Travel

Posted on by Jason Li

Major portals often feature a section on travel (旅游), so it is only a matter of time before some Chinese guy combined travel with the Flickr/Douban social software interface.

PostShow directs us to the latest one, tuniu (途牛) – share your photos, stories and advice about your latest journeys!

 

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get ready: Soul of the Ultimate Nation 奇迹世界

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

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Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN) 奇迹世界, a South Korean “action” massively multiplayer role-playing game developed by Webzen and licensed to leading Chinese game operator The9, was recently voted “Most Anticipated Online Game of 2006” by Chinese gamers. (Link to Chinese article). SUN is currently in closed beta…

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China’s mobile phone users: the next great wave of netizens?

Posted on by Lyn Jeffery

Maoxianjia at China Tech Stories reviews some of the forecasts coming out of the 2006 Boao Forum for Asia, held in Hainan, China, April 21-23. Baidu’s CEO, Robin Li, noted that 3G will be available before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, potentially revolutionizing mobile Internet in China.

He estimated that in the next 2-3 years, wireless internet…

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Super Girls @ QingMing?

Posted on by Jason Li

From EastSouthWestNorth:

“It was duly noted that the Civil Administrative Department in China will investigate and penalize anyone who offers to burn paper figures that represent items such as villas, sedans, mistresses, Viagra, condoms, 3P girls and Super Girls for their ancestors during the traditional Qingming festival.”

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Online Bribery Database

Posted on by Jason Li

From Pacific Epoch:

“Beijing’s Tongzhou District recently established an internal database of local bribery records, Beijing Star Daily reports. The system catalogues all criminal records of bribery in the construction, finance, pharmacy, education and governmental procurement sectors since 1997. Individuals and enterprises can apply for access to the database, said the report.”