Google Blocked For At Least Some in China
Google results were blocked for (at least) some in China for the past few hours... this includes the search results of all types of Google country domains (e.g. google.de just as much as google.com or google.com.hk) but not the homepage of the service itself, and not an app like Gmail or Google China Music. Casual [...]
Top Ten China Mobile Site
Opera released a State of the Mobile Web: First Quarter, 2008 report recently. The report listed the top 10 Chinese mobile sites based on the statistics of Opera Mini. Web portal content and search engine access is extremely popular in China, accounting for nearly 55% of the traffic. E-commerce and e-mail are not yet as [...]
Is “City of Life and Death” a reconsideration on history or a consuption of history?
It is disputable on China-Japan relationship. Except the movie with in the mainsteam, any movie or art work that wants to understand the history in different angle will be doubted and criticized. Cape No.7 directed by Twain director is a live example. The movie shows the affection of a Japan soldier to a China girl, [...]
In China, New Limits on Virtual Currency
SHANGHAI — The buying and selling of the make-believe currencies used in online gaming has become so widespread that Chinese authorities fear it will affect the real economy. To quell that threat, those authorities said on Tuesday that they had issued new regulations aimed at restricting the trade and use of virtual money. China is [...]
China's Internet backdown lauded by firms, activists
China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed an abrupt delay of the contentious plan. The surprise climbdown was reported late on Tuesday by Xinhua news agency, which said the Ministry of Industry and Information [...]
Why do the netizens feel unease at the youngest “29-year-old mayor” of China?
A succession of titles “80s generation, 29 years old, Qinghua University, post graduate, the youngest mayor”, enabled the appointment announcement top the homepage of the key websites. However, the 29 year-old Zhou Senfeng didn’t win applause from the netizens. In contrary, the following posters expressed their doubt and ridicule. Quoting the remarked from the “Focus”, [...]
Is it appropriate for the Chinese netizens to have real name over the internet?
"Hanzhou Computer Information Network Security and Protection Management Regulations" will be enacted from May, 1st. It states that the internet information provider should establish the system of security & protection and carry out the technical measures of security and protection. "When BBS, video game or other on-line services are provided, the information of the users [...]
