Author Archives: Adam Schokora

Zhai Minglei: CNBloggercon interview

In this interview, Zhai Minglei, a citizen journalist and blogger talks about how he is pleasantly surprised by some developments on the Chinese Internet.

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Zola, citizen journalist

An interview at this year’s Chinese blogger conference with Zola (Zhou Shuguang), a citizen journalist and blogger well-known for covering sensitive events throughout China.

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BloggerCon interviews: Yang Hengjun

In this, the second in a series of short interviews conducted at this year’s Chinese blogger conference, Yang Hengjun, a political espionage novelist and well-known blogger, talks about Chinese netizens’ collective power as ‘human search engines,’ and the domestic Internet censorship machine.

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Blogger Conference interviews: Ping Ke

An interview with Ping Ke of Antiwave.net at the Chinese bloggers’ conference in Guangzhou, November 2008.

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RMB 3 million foreign douche bag in Shanghai

Recording of a disgruntled customer lecturing a telephone operator in Shanghai.

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Interview with Zafka Zhang

An interview by 56minus1 of Zafka Zhang, co-founder of China Youthology.

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Neocha.com: Tomorrow’s Afternoon Tea

An album from Neocha’s netlabel that brings together ten original tracks from independent Chinese bands and solo acts with female vocalists, all of whom are Neocha.com users.

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Music Shorts – 21 Grams

The Shanghai Beat “Music Shorts” brings you a performance by 21 Grams, a Shanghainese experimental post rock band whose introspective music is inspired by an their passion for film.

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Web 2.0 unites around #080808 campaign

August 8, 2008 is here and so is the latest Twitter hashtag (#tag) campaign: #080808. Twitter is a “microblogging” platform that allows users to post updates to their profiles in 140 characters or less, about the length of typical English … Continue reading

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China’s first blogger on the Chinese blogosphere

Chairman Mao Yesterday, The Guardian published an article written by Isaac Mao titled “China’s First Blogger: It Was Just Like a Fairy Story.” Mao also recently spoke at the Guardian’s Future of Journalism Conference. In the article, Mao talks about … Continue reading

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