A group blog about Chinese tech, media and design
EastSouthWestNorth reports on the publication of How Can I Not Slaughter You (叫我如何不宰你), a book about Shenzhen tour guides “slaughtering” tourists:
“This is an example of a business model in the Internet age. First, one develops a concept for a book. Under normal circumstances, it would be hard to find a publisher for a controversial proposal…
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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.
The Economic Intelligence Unit and IBM have released their 2005 E-readiness Rankings, a report which assesses various nations’ and regions’ abilities to “promote and support digital business and information and communications technology (ICT) services.” The ranking system in and of itself, as well as the notion that e-practices will evolve along some known continuum (at one point…
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Municator by YellowSheepRiver:
* The product is from Macau.
** China’s own microprocessor
Via PostShow.
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ElectricPower.cn (电力世界网) is a community website about electric power – in the sense that it features commercial products from different vendors (product specifications, prices, websites), a wiki about electric power, and reviews about components.
In short, a goldmine for electric power engineers who are not networked to a greater company / pool of resources yet. (To my knowledge,…
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Motorized roller blades with a 25.6cc, 2-stroke
combustion engine, running on plain unleaded gasoline. Acceleration, via handheld throttle: 0-20 mph (top speed): 17 seconds. From the Taizhou Rongda Agricultural Machine Co.
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Alibaba.com’s English language Chinese manufacturer directory gives access to all things wild and wonderful made in China, from flashing…
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