Written By Daniel on January 2, 2008 at 2:44 am | In music, society, economy, industry, entertainment, youth, user generated content, e-commerce, internet, China | Please Comment
Two interesting articles were published in December on different aspects of China’s evolving digital marketplace. The first covered the development of social networking in China, written by Melinda Liu and Manuela Zoninsein in Newsweek, and the second covered China’s music industry, written by Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, in his Long Tail blog. Links […]
Written By Daniel on November 20, 2007 at 1:27 am | In internet, media, e-commerce, user generated content, connecting, technology, China | Please Comment
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 […]
Written By Daniel on September 17, 2007 at 12:05 am | In blogging & bbs, publishing, media, user generated content, technology, connecting, events, China | Please Comment
Event Description
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 […]
Written By Daniel on September 13, 2007 at 3:06 am | In internet, media, society, publishing, blogging & bbs, technology, user generated content, consumer, China | Please Comment
Sina has recently announced that selected bloggers who use their site will soon get paid for their efforts. Three thousand of the sites top bloggers will receive 50% of the advertising revenue derived from their blog after costs have been deducted. Apparently a Chinese blogger can expect to earn around RMB 2 per thousand page […]
Written By Xuan on September 9, 2007 at 7:08 pm | In internet, blogging & bbs, user generated content, China | Please Comment
The year 2007 witnesses the fast expansion of Social Networking Sites (SNS) anywhere in the world and, to any direction.
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SNS is booming, no matter on the internet or on the little screens of cell phones, in a more virtual form or a more real one. While the SNS big brothers such as Myspace, Facebook, […]
Written By Daniel on July 12, 2007 at 9:36 pm | In 3G, gaming, internet, user generated content, technology, connecting, virtual worlds, experiential, China | Please Comment
Overview
CScout recently China paid a visit to the office of HiPiHi in Beijing’s Haidian District, for an interview with Hui Xu. Hui, founder and CEO of HiPiHi, was the general manager of MyWeb China, and was nominated as one of the “Top Ten China Internet Heroes” in 1999. Hui was also the chairman and CEO […]
Written By Daniel on July 6, 2007 at 2:15 am | In technology, user generated content, events, connecting, China, art | Please Comment
Contemporary art goes global in China.
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China’s current artistic “renaissance” has been likened to the emergence of Western Modernism over a hundred years ago. While this may be a questionable comparison, there is no doubt that something dynamic and vibrant is happening in the world of Chinese contemporary art right now. The constraints set out […]
Written By Daniel on July 4, 2007 at 4:42 am | In consumer, 3G, user generated content, mobility, connecting, technology, China | Please Comment
China’s mobile music market shows promising potential.
Trend Description
According to UK-based research consultancy Ovum, revenues from text messaging, ringtones, music downloads and games in China will grow almost 50 per cent in the next three years, generating US$11.5 billion by 2010. With nearly 450 million mobile subscribers already, China is a key market for wireless value […]
Written By Daniel on June 28, 2007 at 11:28 pm | In user generated content, consumer, fashion, design, China, art | Please Comment
More Chinese consumers buy domestic as China re-vamps its image.
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Just a few years ago China had just joined the World Trade Organization, and the country was locked in a fervent embrace with globalization in its whirlwind rush to modernize. Western stuff was cool. Chinese stuff was not. The hippest hangouts, the […]
Written By Daniel on at 12:17 am | In user generated content, mapping, mobility, technology, connecting, experiential, China | Please Comment
Domestic 3D mapping sites aim to compete with Google Earth in China.
Trend Description
Online maps are quickly becoming an indispensable part of many Chinese netizens’ daily life. A recent survey by ChinaByte.com, a leading IT portal, of over 18,000 Chinese web users, found that 81 percent of them use online maps “quite often”. One […]
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