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Guns, lost sons and Lei Feng condoms

Lei Feng-brand condoms banned.

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Murdoch and blogs

Danwei’s mentor Rupert Murdoch is getting jiggy with blogs. Reuters reports: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which is looking for a local partner as it aims to launch its popular MySpace Internet social network in China, is in early talks with … Continue reading →

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Chinese Wikipedia unblocked

The Chinese version of Wikipedia has been unblocked! Andrew Lih has the story. Excerpt: Here in the PRC, it has been four days since the block of Chinese Wikipedia (ZH) was fully lifted. All reports indicate it is indeed accessible … Continue reading →

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More Murdoch action in China

Yet another News Corp deal has been announced during Rupert’s current visit; the China Daily reports: China Mobile inks deal with News Corp US media giant News Corp on Saturday clinched a deal with China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile … Continue reading →

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Monday morning reading

• TechNewWorld reports: Baidu and eBay announced a multi-year agreement to cooperate in advertising, on-line payment and a co-branded toolbar in China. This agreement provides Baidu advertisers with access to one of the most robust on-line communities in China, said … Continue reading →

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Talk Talk China closes

Talk Talk China, the blog where three hardened expatriates detailed their frustrations with life in China to hilarious effect, is closing down. For a year and half, the blog entertained cynical foreigners and enraged the odd nationalist and politically correct … Continue reading →

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More rumbles from MySpace about entering China

Here comes China Internet comedy show of 2007 — MySpace still wants to come to China. The is from Austalian IT: News ponders MySpace China NEWS Corp said it could launch a version of its popular MySpace internet social network … Continue reading →

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Is Google.com blocked in China?

Gooogle.com has been behaving as though it’s blocked all day. Google.cn is fine. UPDATE: Judging from the comments, Google.com is accessible to most people in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, but has been acting funny lately. It seems China’s Net Nanny … Continue reading →

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Guoxue and online exhibitionism

Bai Luming, descendant of Bai Juyi, seduces confucius.

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Chinese bloggers conference

Your correspondent attended the annual Chinese bloggers’ conference in Hangzhou on October 28 and 29. Rebecca Mackinnon of Global Voices was there, and she has written a good summary of some of the more interesting speakers at the event: Bloggers, … Continue reading →

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