Category Archives: Internet

News organizations and blogs have been in a tizzy the last last few days about an anti-fur ad paid for by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). The ad features Pamela Anderson and will be used globally. USA … Continue reading →

Someone has contributed a comprehensive and well-written history of the 798 Factory aka Dashanzi Art District to the free Wikipedia encyclopedia. You can find it here.

Ken writes from Liuzhou, in Guangxi Province: “When I try to access Google China, I am re-directed to the delightful Go Ogle.” Ken has a blog about stuff in Liuzhou, such as why an old Chinese saying says it’s a … Continue reading →

Ahem. While doing research about Naspers, the South African media company that is apparently going to take a major stake in Beijing Media Corp, the Danwei editorial team stumbled upon Sportscn.com. Sportscn.com is a sports website that is owned or … Continue reading →

The China Daily has a fun new competition going. Readers can use their mobile phones to vote for the most newsworthy person and happening of 2004. There is a disconnect between the graphic reproduced above and the text: the China … Continue reading →

Immediately after IBM’s sale of its PC businesses to Lenovo in exchange for some cash and almost 20% of the Chinese computer behemoth, another Big Blue deal in China was announced this weekend. The new deal is the establishment of … Continue reading →

China Radio International’s website has started a special section of articles about AIDS and HIV issues in China. Just a few years ago, the government used to deny there was a problem; now state-owned media has accepted HIV education as … Continue reading →

A wesbite called Linux Business Week has some details about the IBM Lenovo deal that were not reported elsewhere: The way the deal is structured Lenovo will get IBM’s designs, its PC R&D arm and all its PC people starting … Continue reading →

Xinhua has published a report taken from CRIEnglish.com: Growing tolerance towards homosexuals A recent survey reveals that male homosexuals in China have exceeded 5 million. It’s the first official statistics in China concerning the gay people. Experts say the release … Continue reading →