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Those having trouble finding a WiFi hotpsot in Hong Kong will be heartened by the Hong Kong government’s recently launched Wi-Fi program which aims to roll out more than 2000 new hotspots by the middle of next year. The program will cover libraries, government offices, job centers, public inquiry centers, sports, cultural and recreation centers, […]
In China a large part of the labor force is made up of migrant workers who travel around the country working on various projects. Guangdong Province, in southern China, is the manufacturing center of China, and employs many migrant workers in its factories. As they are always on the move, the vast majority of these […]
China’s homegrown 3G mobile phone network has at last been tentatively launched, four years behind schedule, and with only four months until the Olympics are set to kick off. Commercial trials began yesterday (April 1) in eight Chinese cities, with only 40,000 handsets and 10,000 computer data cards available for public use. Another 20,000 […]
A couple of very interesting articles have just been published on online behaviour, social networking and bulletin boards (BBS) in China. Check the links below:
(1) Mobinode
(2) China Web 2.0 Review
Google and Baidu battle it out for the hearts, minds (and RMB) of China’s netizens.
The Chinese search engine market is dominated by three major players – Baidu, Google and Yahoo, of which Baidu is by far the biggest. Competition between Baidu and Google is becoming increasingly intense, as each strives for a bigger share […]
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Chinalyst, a Beijing-based community website for English language China blogs, recently announced the winners of its 2007 Blog Awards (blogs must be registered with the community). Chinalyst now hosts over 100 English-language China blogs dealing with such diverse topics as news, business, law, technology, travel and expat life. The Awards were based on voting […]
Chinese companies take the lion’s share of the glory at the annual tech startup event.
On August 29th the winners of Red Herring’s 100 Asia Awards were announced in Hong Kong. The Red Herring 100 Asia event, now in its third year, brings together entrepreneurs, corporate strategists, and investors from across the Asia Pacific region for […]
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Navigating large cities is often troublesome, especially cities in foreign countries that use non-Roman characters. There are an estimated 300,000 expatriates living in Beijing, and over four million overseas tourists visit annually. Many expatriates have lived in the city for years and speak excellent Chinese, but still report having difficulty getting around and finding an […]
On this very critical moment of media re-shuffle in China, none of the new media(mainly the internet and mobile phone) or traditional media affords to miss the 2008 Olympic Games.
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After the huge digital timer for the Olympic countdown flashing over 20:08 on Aug 8, 2007, the competition between business who are going to […]
China on track to become the world’s biggest internet market.
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The Pew research group has just released a study (PDF) outlining the growth of internet users in China today. The study estimates there are now 137 million internet users. This places China second only to the US, which has an estimated online population of between […]
