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Ladies and gentlemen,
On your left, China. And on your right, USA. They are the default male avatars from Cyworld China and Cyworld US respectively.
(The original Cyworld is one of South Korean’s most popular portals/social networks; they now have branches in China, Japan, Taiwan and America.)
I assume the Chinese avatar…
Continue readingThe Americanization of Cyworld Avatars?
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…
Continue readingget ready: Soul of the Ultimate Nation 奇迹世界
The leading Chinese search engine, Baidu, lists top searches of the day just the way Google Zeitgeist does. Link to today’s top keywords. Arrow indicates growth rate, followed by number of searches, and my translations.
1 mp3 ↑ 99199
2 qq ↑ 78692 [QQ is China’s most popular instant messaging platform]
3 电影 ↑ 72689 [movies]…
Continue readingChina’s top keyword searches: hard to find on english language web