Tag Archives: Internet

The “more abundant” sex lives of China’s young netizens

Posted on 2007-12-01 by maya

A recent survey conducted jointly by two American companies reports on the differences between Chinese and American ‘Young Digital Mavens,’ ages 16-25.

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U.S. vs Chinese Internet users: Who’s in a ghetto?

Posted on 2007-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

There has been some discussion on several China blogs recently about a statistic that only six percent of the hyperlinks on the Chinese Internet are to websites outside of China. You can follow the discussion on BlogNation, Shanghaiist and chez … Continue reading →

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Danwei FM: Job search with Maneck Mohan

Posted on 2007-10-29 by Robert Ness

Maneck Mohan, founder of Recruit.net As Chinahr.com’s annoying superman job seeker commercial circulates on Focus Media screens and subway station walls, we are reminded of the proliferation of job sites that has occurred in the last year or so. Is … Continue reading →

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Party Congress ends, Blogspot blocked again

Posted on 2007-10-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Popular Google-owned blog host Blogspot was suddenly accessible in China on October 15 or 16 this year, after a period of being blocked. The 17th Party Congress started on October 15. The 17th Party Congress ended yesterday. Today, Blogspot is … Continue reading →

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Net Nanny takes her meds

Posted on 2007-10-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

China’s Net Nanny has unblocked the Google-owned blog host Blogspot. Blogspot has been blocked since June this year, but have a look at this Danwei post to see the on-again ogg-again approach the Nanny has taken to messing with the … Continue reading →

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China Internet, live from ad:tech

Posted on 2007-10-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Video interview by Thomas Crampton of Kaiser Kuo and Andrew Lih.

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Danwei FM: Interview with +8*

Posted on 2007-10-15 by Robert Ness

Benjamin Joffe, CEO +8* An interview with Benjamin Joffe of consulting company Plus Eight Star–+8*. +8* specializes in Internet and mobile markets in Japan, Korea, and China. Asian mobile and Internet culture can be strange and confusing. You may have … Continue reading →

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Finding big brother in China’s Facebook

Posted on 2007-09-26 by Robert Ness

In this special edition Danwei FM podcast, your correspondent interviews the ‘brand ambassadors’ of Zhanzuo.com, ‘China’s Facebook’. The topic is the real name system (实名制).

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A big northern cock in Beijing

Posted on 2007-09-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The “Bohemian Beijing adventures of a big northern rooster”: a youngster comes to Beijing to seek a place in the arts and entertainment fields.

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18,401 websites shut down

Posted on 2007-09-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Last week Danwei republished some annoyed comments from Chinese bloggers who reported that thousands of websites and servers have been shut down this month, presumably in the run-up to the 17th Party Congress when all netizens should be aware that … Continue reading →

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