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Category Archives: Consumer Culture
A cinema for the blind in Beijing
This week’s 1510 Digest, a weekly English summary of essays and reportage published on the Chinese website My1510.cn: Cinema for the blind By Sergeant Xiaoman, June 11 2012 This post describes a community initiative in the Houhai area of Beijing: In … Continue reading
Posted in 1510 Digest, Consumer Culture, Internet and Media, School and Education
Tagged 1510, Danwei.com
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1.8 trillion yuan changed hands in 3 months of Chinese e-commerce
Last week Deutsche Bank sent out an email summarizing some numbers about the Chinese Internet from iResearch, a firm that regularly releases stats and information about the Internet economy. Here are some of the numbers from iResearch: • The growth … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Internet and Media
Tagged Danwei.com
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Should Chinese political delegates wear $2,000 suits?
A photo montage is being circulated on Sina Weibo that shows Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) delegate Li Xiaolin wearing an Emilio Pucci blazer and pants suit contrasted against a group of raggedy village children. Li Xiaolin is currently … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Internet and Media
Tagged clothing, CPPCC, Danwei.com, Emilio Pucci, Fashion, Li Xiaolin, NPC
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Breast feeding rebels in China
Chengdu, China — A peaceful parental counter-movement is growing that is beginning to question the popular reliance in China on medically assisted births and infant formula, as well as the Tiger Mom ethos that puts children through the educational grinder. They … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Health and Medicine, Internet and Media, Urban Culture and Cities
Tagged breastfeeding, Childcare, children, Danwei.com, milk, Milk Formula
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Lei Feng in the age of the microblog
March 5, 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Lei Feng, a legendary PLA soldier who was devoted to Chairman Mao and selflessly serving the people. He is said to have died on March 5, 1962; in 1963 … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Internet and Media, Urban Culture and Cities
Tagged Danwei.com, Lei Feng, propaganda, Two Meetings
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Salaries in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
A recruitment firm called J.M. Gemini has published the results of a salary survey based on compensation at the firm’s client companies in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Below is a selection of salaries in the survey; all numbers refer … Continue reading
Posted in Business and the Economy, Consumer Culture
Tagged Danwei.com
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Panic buying of water in Liuzhou – a report from the ground
BBC News — 26 January 2012: River pollution sparks panic water buying in China city Ken Fletcher is a British resident of Liuzhou in Guangxi Province where the panic buying is taking place. He sent this report to Danwei on January 27. … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Health and Medicine, Wildlife, Nature and the Environment
Tagged Cadmium, Danwei.com, environment, Liuzhou, mining, water
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Spring Festival in Kedong, 2012
I’ve never really understood Spring Festival. Sure, I know the traditions and the stories, but I must admit, I’ve never really felt it. The first year I was in China, I spent the holiday wracked with fever, hallucinating in my apartment as … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Traditions
Tagged Danwei.com
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Teen digital habits in Beijing and Palo Alto
In August and September 2011, Danwei worked with the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) on a survey of the digital and media habits of high school students born in 1993 and 1994. The results were presented … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture, Internet and Media
Tagged Apple, Beijing, Cellphone, Chinese Consumers, Computer, Danwei.com, iPad, students, Tablet, technology
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Luxury consumption on Jinbao Street
Inhwa Chung and Lucy March are currently interning at Danwei. They have spent several weeks researching stores and consumers on one of Beijing’s luxury shopping streets by talking to sales staff and customers. Jinbao Street screams wealth. Jinbao (金宝) means “gold and … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Culture
Tagged Beijing, Burberry, Chinese Consumers, Consumers, Danwei.com, Gucci, Jinbao Street, luxury, Omega, rich, Siu, wealth
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