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The earthquake coverage by the Chinese media is a world away from the past where they were eager to sweep under the carpet whenever negative news broke due to the government control.
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cynagh0st writes "A Pew Internet & American Life Project report indicates that of an overwhelming majority of Chinese people that believed the Internet should be 'managed or controlled,' 85% want the government to do this managing. This is resulting from surveys on Internet use over the last seven years in China. 'The survey findings discussed here, drawn from a broad-based sample of urban ...
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Shares of Chinese Internet companies mostly rose Thursday, with Sina Corp. leading the sector after the company said its first-quarter profit surged and issued second-quarter revenue guidance above analysts' expectations.
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Due to congestion on China's backbone networks and the time it takes for communications to travel across undersea cables to North America and Europe, travelers find a noticeable difference in the responsiveness of the Internet in China compared to the rest of the world.
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Chinese government officials struggled Friday to answer questions from angry citizens on why so many schools collapsed in this week's deadly earthquake, and vowed to punish anyone responsible for shoddy construction in the buildings.
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67 WALL STREET, New York - May 15, 2008 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Internet Services issue, a report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 17-page feature contains industry commentary through in depth interviews with 3 analysts. The full issue is available by calling (212) 952-7433 or via ...
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There has been a great deal of chatter in worldwide news sources about foreign internet companies failing in China. Ebay and Yahoo seem to have lead the pack by ultimately selling their brands to Chinese competitors. Yahoo, in particular, has been eager to kiss up to the Chinese authorities.
Since I am fluent in Chinese, I sometimes amuse myself by looking through the misrepresentations that grace Yahoo China's pages-- a recent perusal showed a picture of British volunteers trying to save beached whales with a caption saying "Foreigners mercilessly butcher more innocent animals." Google has been much less servile than Yahoo and what has it gained them?... |
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For westerners, there is little that is more incomprehensible than Chinese and it follows naturally that the country itself is veiled to outsiders. Nonetheless, after five years living here, I must say with certain regret that China and her native language are quite mundane. Like most outsiders, I came to China with at least some romantic hangups forged in a blurry amalgamation of kung fu movie lore, bastardized English versions of Confucius' quotes and a generous helping of misinterpreted Daoism. As soon as my Chinese was good enough, I tried to express my interest in "philosophy" to Chinese friends who promptly thanked me for my respect for their culture and chided me for wasting time on bygone ideas. Go to the mall, sing some Karaoke, drink some baijiu (100 proof "white wine") and you've understood this place, they would say, jokingly.
Today, China is a place living primarily in the present. Materialism is king and, despite controlled media, educated people have a good sense of "the way the world works."
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