Category Archives: Internet

Pamela Anderson is a favorite subject of China’s state-owned news agency Xinhua, and a cover girl of the Chinese edition of FHM magazine. Pamela is also totally with the zeitgeist. She has her own blog. It’s called Stacked.

The Open Net Initiative is an organization associated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. They have published a comprehensive report on how China’s Great Nanny works, available in PDF format here. Thanks to Kaiser … Continue reading →

On May 1, four hundred Westerners wearing traditional Chinese-blue factory worker suits will all walk together from the Lido Hotel to the Dashanzi 798 Factory District. It’s not a protest march, it’s an art event called Short Step organized by … Continue reading →

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China offers online banking for customers through its website. The image at left is not that website, however. The ICBC homepage was copied in its entirety from icbc.com.cn and put up at cnicbc.com.cn (since … Continue reading →

The venerable People’s Daily Online is trumpeting the results of a CNN QuickVote in which 95% of respondents answered “No” to the question “Do you think Japan should become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?” The original … Continue reading →

Two items on state-owned new agency Xinhua’s website today: Evidence of last century’s Japanese surveys of China’s mineral resources revealed (in Chinese) Elizabeth hurley promotes swimwear collection (pictured)

At a public hearing held yesterday on environmental concerns over the lake-lining project at the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan), experts clashed over whether it was necessary, or even legal, to line the lakes in plastic sheeting to stop water leakage … Continue reading →