Category Archives: Internet

Gay cruising in Dongdan

A few days ago, Danwei remarked on a Beijing News article about Dongdan Park — the capital’s best-known gay pick-up spot — that did not actually mention this well known aspect of the park. Not everyone is so coy. Here … Continue reading →

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Tianya blogger hunts down reprint payments from newspapers

A Chinese blogger tries to get payment from newspapers that reprinted a blog post.

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Apathy — Glimpses Inside the Chinese Media
by Ann Condi

What do people think when they are shown a tool to help them access off-limits sections of the Internet?

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by Ann Condi

Second Life millionaire is Chinese

Let me show you an apartment Second Life is a popular virtual reality game. According to Red Herring, Second Life has more than 1.6 million users, who “generate more than $650,000 each day through the sale of digital goods, a … Continue reading →

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Don’t call it self-publishing: print on demand hits the net in China

POD books are illegal in China, say regulators.

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Spam of the month

Running a website brings special joys, such as a large amount of spam, and email from psychos across the globe. Today, your correspondent received this from a person identifying himself as Nhut Nguyen: Jery, You are actually a jankee male … Continue reading →

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Mobile Business in China – podcast

If you are like me, you have sat in restaurants and bars nursing your drink in awkward silence wishing you knew enough to join in the conversation about things called 3G and TD-SCDMA. If so, then you be pleased about … Continue reading →

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SMS-gate II: High school edition

In a redux of the Qin Zhongfei case, two teachers in Anhui province get jailed on libel charges for sending an SMS to county leaders criticizing their principal.

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Zhang Yu: Open and hidden shamelessness

Zhang Yu describes the casting couch.

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ill communication: China Mobile seeks copy editor **Urgent **

The following paragraph is taken from the about section of China Mobile’s English web site: Construction of the Three Civilization: New progresses were achieved in the development of corporate culture and fruitful results were seen on the spiritual civilization front, … Continue reading →

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