Category Archives: Internet

Yu Guoming on Internet politics

Posted on 2007-05-17 by Joel Martinsen

Yu Guoming (喻国明) interviewed in Globe magazine (环球).

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Comrades, Flush!

Posted on 2007-05-16 by Joel Martinsen

同志们，冲啊！ found on toilet walls in several places in China. A funny piss-take on a revolutionary slogan, or an insult to heroic martyrs?

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Baidu as a verb

Posted on 2007-05-14 by Joel Martinsen

Baidu changes its ‘search’ button to 百度一下.

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Who’s tops in Chinese lit?

Posted on 2007-05-10 by Joel Martinsen

An online ranking of Chinese-language authors puts Han Han ahead of Su Dongpo. Not a problem, say Ge Fei and Cai Jun.

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Shanda sells gamers a way around the anti-addiction system

Posted on 2007-04-29 by Joel Martinsen

Shanda (盛大) sells its gamers a way around the anti-addiction limitations.

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Who owns the copyright to forum posts?

Posted on 2007-04-28 by Joel Martinsen

Dianping (大众点评) publishes a collection of reviews from its forums. Sohu republishes. Dianping sues and wins. What are the IP issues?

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MySpace China launches, Wendi officially on board

Posted on 2007-04-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

MySpace China launched today, and The Wall Street Journal has published a piece by Jason Dean that reveals some details about the company: • “In a departure from the way other big foreign Internet companies have entered China, MySpace China … Continue reading →

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Chicken parody case goes to court

Posted on 2007-04-26 by Joel Martinsen

‘I don’t want to speak’ (我不想说) sung by Yang Yuying (杨钰莹) is parodied by ‘I don’t want to say I’m a chicken’ (我不想说我是鸡); IP infringement case goes to court.

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Wang Xiaofeng’s Naked Chatting

Posted on 2007-04-23 by banyue

Wang Xiaofeng (王小峰) hosted a face to face meeting to his fans yesterday in a bookstore in Dongcheng District, Beijing.

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Fake Louis Cha unrepentant, asks for editing help

Posted on 2007-04-23 by Joel Martinsen

The man writing a fake Louis Cha blog explains himself. Is he a star-chaser, or is he just working hard to better himself?

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