Tag Archives: mobile phones

Dirty jokes by mobile phone

Since the announcement that any mobile phones sending sexual and pornographic text messages will have their text messaging function turned off, bloggers and microbloggers have been mercilessly mocking and teasing the government plan

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An exploding cell phone, or a zip gun misfire?

A Guangdong man’s cell phone reportedly exploded in an electronics store, cutting an artery in his neck. Now witnesses say it wasn’t his phone: it was an improvised firearm.

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Tax invoice spam

Chinese Mobile phone spam in 2008.

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Music on mobile phones

SARFT vs. 56.com; quake reconstruction; democratization? Wen Jiabao profiled; 19 years; civil society after the earthquake.

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Making a windfall from earthquake mobile phone credits

China Mobile offers 100 yuan to subscribers in Sichuan. Beijing opportunists ship their SIM cards south to take advantage.

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The text message as satire

Satirical mobile phone text messages.

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China cracks down on ‘illegal’ maps

A clamp down on map making in China.

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Mobile phone spam list of shame

A list of companies condemned for sending mobile phone SMS spam

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China Telecom blocking Skype?

Is Skype being blocked by China Telecom?

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Roaming charge hearing inconclusive

Qingdao Morning News (青岛早报) reports on the public’s concerns over the mobile phone roaming fee hearing (漫游费降价听证会

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